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  • February 3, 2015
Tampa apartments sell for $85.1 million

Cortland Partners expands its Tampa multifamily portfolio, paying $102,300 per unit for Camden Bayside.

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  • February 3, 2015
Naples developer found dead

The Naples Police Department is investigating the death of prominent downtown developer Jack Antaramian.

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  • February 2, 2015
Goodwill Manasota adds equipment sales

The nonprofit has partnered with ReQuip Stores Inc., which will handle picking up and selling donated equipment.

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  • February 2, 2015
Developers plan five Naples condo towers

Developers plan to build five luxury condominium towers at Wiggins Pass in Naples in a development called Kalea Bay.

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  • February 2, 2015
Tampa Tank plans 108 new jobs

Steel company will use $2 million in government incentives as part of $18 million expansion

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  • January 30, 2015
Hodges honors Chico's executive

Hodges University recognized Gillian Cummings-Beck, director of insurance and risk management for Chico's, with its Founders Award.

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  • January 30, 2015
Sarasota company starting new drug trial

Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals' received U.K. approval to study a new anti-inflammatory drug.

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  • January 30, 2015
Florida Realtors welcomes new leader

Bill Martin has an extensive resume in Michigan, including four terms as a state legislator.

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  • January 30, 2015
Pasco great buy for rental investors

New RealtyTrac report eyes the northern Tampa Bay area for some of nation's best returns for single-family rentals.

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  • January 30, 2015
MQ Development Partners buys spec Waters Avenue retail site

Dallas-based MQ Development Partners purchased a 16.06-acre vacant parcel west of North Himes Avenue for $3.78 million.

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  • January 30, 2015
2015: fourth-best vintage

The Naples Winter Wine Festival's live auction is always the highlight of the luxurious Bacchanalian weekend in late January — and this year didn't disappoint.

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  • January 30, 2015
California's Carolyn Artis Trust buys Homes of Fountainview

The Carolyn Artis Trust of Encino, Calif., purchased The Homes of Fountainview mobile home park for $34.89 million.

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  • January 30, 2015
Western Global Airlines affiliate buys Estero Park Commons

A company affiliated with air-cargo carrier Western Global Airlines LLC purchased a 22,480-square-foot office building for $2.5 million.

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  • January 30, 2015
St. Petersburg: Tampa's cooler cousin

Miami attorney-turned-real estate developer Frank Guerra aims to bring a new kind of multifamily project, with green space and apartments in a resort-style setting, to a neighborhood outside downtown St. Petersburg.

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Sarasota investor Vorbeck buys Clark Road Square

Mick Vorbeck of Sarasota purchased a 10,164-square-foot retail strip center for $1.78 million.

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