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  • November 10, 2014
Builders complete $38 million housing project

Construction firms recently completed a $38.3 million renovation of two former public-housing projects in Fort Myers.

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Sarasota County Bar Association exec to retire

Jan Jung has run the organization since 1989.

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  • November 7, 2014
New York's Vesper Holdings buys The Pointe at South Florida

New York City-based real estate investment firm Vesper Holdings LLC purchased the 1,002-bed The Pointe at South Florida student-housing facility for $31 million.

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  • November 7, 2014
TIA orders new 1.4-mile people mover

The aviation authority ordered the new system from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America Inc. as part of the airport's $1 billion master plan.

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  • November 7, 2014
Shareholder slams Hertz relocation

Hertz shareholder Jana Partners says the car-rental giant urgently needs to select a new CEO to regain its lost credibility with investors, blaming the company for a “disruptive headquarters relocation.”

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New College to offer Big data master's degree

Program is the first master's degree option at the liberal arts college.

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  • November 7, 2014
Tempo at Encore land sells as construction begins

A joint venture of the Housing Authority of the city of Tampa, Banc of America Community Development Corp. and RBC Capital Markets Tax Credit Equity Group purchased a portion of the more than 40-acre Encore development for $2.11 million.

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  • November 7, 2014
Tzadik Management buys four Gulf Coast apartments

Miami-based Tzadik Management purchased three Tampa apartments and one in Sarasota for a total of $23.22 million.

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  • November 7, 2014
Naples investor Capricornio buys four apartment buildings

A purchase company led by Monica Coariti De Salazar of Naples purchased four multifamily buildings for $1.63 million.

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  • November 7, 2014
Sarasota DeSears building becoming future Ashley HomeStore

Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. purchased a 47,329-square-foot DeSears Appliance, Furniture & Mattress store building for $4.4 million.

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  • November 7, 2014
Business trio shows strength in small numbers

Three Gulf Coast-based companies made Forbes magazine's list of the top 100 publicly traded companies with annual sales less than $1 billion.

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  • November 7, 2014
Law firm senses regional 'resurgence'

Shutts & Bowen, a Miami-based law firm that expanded to the Gulf Coast in 2006, is on a growth spurt in Tampa and Sarasota.

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  • November 7, 2014
Bowling center strikes award

Patrick Ciniello is a legend in bowling.

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Involving angels in education

Education technology is a hot sector.

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Real estate brokers get prickly for charity

Nobody likes a prick.

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