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  • November 21, 2014
Tampa company enters hemp marketing business

Ubiquitech Software purchased the HempLifeToday.com website and business.

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  • November 21, 2014
Icahn backs new Hertz CEO

Activist investor Carl Icahn says the new CEO of Hertz has experience turning around struggling companies.

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  • November 21, 2014
Sarasota newspaper's parent firm sold for $280M

Sale marks the second owner for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune since late 2011.

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  • November 21, 2014
Housing authority, Pinnacle complete two affordable housing projects

The Housing Authority of the city of Fort Myers and Pinnacle Housing Group LLC have completed redeveloping two former public-housing properties to create 212 affordable housing units.

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  • November 21, 2014
Collier County Supervisor of Elections moving to former E.B. Simmonds HQ

Collier County government purchased a 15,716-square-foot, three-story office building and an adjacent 14,746-square-foot warehouse building for $3.34 million.

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  • November 21, 2014
Isram Realty Group buys Pasco shopping center

Isram Realty Group purchased the 135,421-square-foot Pasco Square Shopping Center for $7.4 million.

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  • November 21, 2014
Automotive Management Services buys Davis Boulevard dealership site

Terry Taylor's West Palm Beach-based Automotive Management Services Inc. purchased a 12,000-square-foot auto dealership for $2.3 million.

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  • November 21, 2014
Great way to get ahead

A Tampa firm that offers coding classes for the masses, gr8code, is in a unique spot: It recently received a four-year, $5.4 million capital commitment.

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  • November 21, 2014
Publix Super Markets buys Lakewood Walk

Lakeland-based grocer Publix Super Markets purchased the 90,000-square-foot Lakewood Walk shopping center for $26.25 million.

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  • November 21, 2014
Eye doctors buy former Tampa Tribune Clearwater building

A purchase entity led by eye doctors: Herbert Knauf III, Clinton Sheets and Andrea Lusk of Eye Site of Tampa Bay purchased the 25,464-square-foot former Tampa Tribune Building for $2.6 million.

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  • November 21, 2014
Contentment is the enemy

Visit Sarasota County president Virginia Haley spent a recent lunch hour telling area hotel sales and marketing executives about how good the county has been doing in tourism.

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  • November 21, 2014
Michigan's Alidade Capital buys MiraBay Village, land

Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based real estate private equity fund Alidade Capital LLC purchased the 93,985-square-foot MiraBay Village retail center and an adjacent 9.79-acre development site for $12.25 million.

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  • November 21, 2014
Three Venice investors buy Veteran Air industrial condo

Tom Fouche and his sons David and Kevin Fouche of Venice purchased an 10,266-square-foot industrial condominium in Ironwood Business Park for $1.05 million.

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  • November 21, 2014
Wanted: family business drama

Your family business may sometimes feel like the reality shows you watch on TV — and that could be a hidden asset.

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  • November 21, 2014
Florida banks make fast list

During the recession, plenty of Florida banks shrank their assets.

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