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A favorite waiter retires

Every downtown has its favorite white-tablecloth restaurant.

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  • March 13, 2015
Budget Self Storage plans U.S. 41 development

Sarasota-based Budget Self Storage purchased a 9,163-square-foot retail strip center and an adjacent 16,000-square-foot residential vacant lot for $1.9 million.

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  • March 13, 2015
Radco Cos. buys Bay Park for $29.85 million

Atlanta-based The Radco Cos. purchased the 228-unit Bay Park Apartments for $29.85 million.

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Gators chomp on some growth

Nine Gulf Coast-based businesses made the inaugural Gator100 — a list of the fastest-growing companies a University of Florida alum either runs or owns.

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Wanted: best entrepreneurs

Are you the kind of entrepreneur who never lets no get in the way of a dream?

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  • March 12, 2015
Punta Gorda airport traffic jumps

Passenger traffic at Punta Gorda Airport grew 18% in February compared with the same month a year ago as discount carrier Allegiant flew more people.

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Chicago's Capright acquires Tampa firm

Oxtal Real Estate Advisors will maintain local office, with former president now a principal.

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Neal Communities sets February sales record

Sales spread from communities in Naples through Bradenton.

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Clearwater medical device firm seeks $12M

Clearwater medical device company looks to offset recent losses through $12 million transaction.

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  • March 11, 2015
Collier subsidizes office space

Collier County has leased about 9,000 square feet in Naples to subsidize national and international companies that establish offices there.

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  • March 11, 2015
Manatee County farmland sells for $3.2M

Wish Farms will continue to farm on the land, under a new lease.

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  • March 11, 2015
Largo man arrested over fake business scheme

Gary Gauthier first made news in 2014 after allegedly using his Christian radio show to lure investors in what authorities say was a Ponzi scheme.

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  • March 10, 2015
Sarasota art museum paints new leader

Anne-Marie Russell, coming from Arizona, will run the Sarasota Museum of Art.

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  • March 10, 2015
St. Pete apartments sold, renamed

Blue Rock Partners picks up its second Pinellas County complex in the past week, this time paying $66,400 per unit.

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  • March 10, 2015
Gourmet food purveyor raises $1.2M

Innovative Food Holdings raises $1.2 million to fuel the growth of its gourmet-foods distribution and home delivery of freshly prepared meals.

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