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Downtown Sarasota condo market hits new echelon

Echelon on Palm announces 50% of its residences are reserved.

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  • March 3, 2015
Raymond James nabs Canadian asset manager

Cougar Global expected to bring an additional $1 billion in managed assets to Eagle Asset Management division.

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  • March 3, 2015
Children's 'Facebook' lands Tampa man in jail

Allan Michael Roth faces criminal securities charges after allegedly taking $300,000 from investors.

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  • March 3, 2015
Construction starts on Mercato homes

Lutgert Companies has started construction of 52 homes at Mercato, the popular shopping center in North Naples.

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  • March 2, 2015
Teri Hansen to exit Gulf Coast Community Foundation

Hansen has been president and CEO of the foundation since 2002.

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  • March 2, 2015
Lee commercial permits jump

Commercial construction's recovery continued in February as contractors in Lee County undertook big new projects.

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  • March 2, 2015
Bain cashing out of Outback chain

Stock sale could generate $464 million for company that helped buy Bloomin' Brands back in 2006.

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  • February 27, 2015
Coal drags Teco down

The Tampa utility needs to complete its coal division sale within the next couple weeks, or suffer a bottom-line hit.

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  • February 27, 2015
Hertz to slash more costs

Rental-car giant Hertz says it plans to double its cost-cutting measures to $200 million as it continues its financial restatements.

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  • February 27, 2015
Sarasota bank names prominent lawyer to board

Cliff Walters has practiced law for nearly 40 years.

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  • February 27, 2015
Tampa neighborhood house-flipping hotspot

Town 'N Country area joins neighborhoods in Detroit, Los Angeles, Jacksonville and San Diego were buying and selling quickly still rules.

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  • February 27, 2015
Shipwreck company raises cash

Endurance Exploration Group Inc. is ready to start salvage operations of its first found shipwreck, the SS Connaught. But first, the Clearwater company needs to salvage something even more powerful: cash.

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  • February 27, 2015
Big Gulp, small fee

Convenience store chain 7-Eleven wants to put you in business.

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  • February 27, 2015
California family performs 1031, buys Clearwater's Canterbury Oaks

The Zlotolow family of Venice, Calif., purchased the 72-unit Canterbury Oaks Apartments in Clearwater for $3.75 million.

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  • February 27, 2015
In the rough

More golf courses are closing than opening nationwide, and Florida's not immune. It might be time for a Mulligan.

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