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  • October 17, 2014
Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. buys Whole Foods Market Centre

Daytona Beach-based Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. has purchased the 59,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market Centre property in downtown Sarasota for $19.1 million.

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  • October 17, 2014
Pizza kitchen readies for seconds

The Golden State is in its name, but California Pizza Kitchen has an appetite for Florida.

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  • October 17, 2014
Steelbridge Capital buys Pelican Bay Executive Center

Chicago-based Steelbridge Capital LLC purchased the 168,165-square-foot Pelican Bay Executive Center for $33.65 million.

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  • October 16, 2014
Local insurers assuming 39,000 Citizens policies

Two Tampa insurers take on policies valued at $74 million and more than $80 million, respectively.

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  • October 16, 2014
Hertz expands equipment rental to Panama

The construction-equipment rental division of car-rental giant Hertz is expanding to Panama.

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  • October 16, 2014
Sarasota insurance firm rallies for strong year

Sunz Insurance top exec says “it's been an excellent year for growth.”

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  • October 15, 2014
Sarasota law firm Nelson Hesse to shut down

Firm's three attorneys now work at Kirk-Pinkerton in Sarasota.

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  • October 15, 2014
Sunshine State Bank hires new CEO

The Plant City-based bank appointed the former chairman, president and CEO of Susquehanna Bank.

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  • October 15, 2014
Developer starts $30 million senior-housing complex

Discovery Senior Living plans to start building a senior-housing apartment community in Bradenton next month.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • October 14, 2014
Silver Airways to increase Florida flights by 40%

The Tampa and Fort Myers airports will benefit from additional flights starting in November.

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  • October 14, 2014
Goodwill appoints new CEO

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida named veteran retail executive Rick Evanchyk as its new president and CEO, succeeding Tom Feurig when he steps down in January.

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  • October 14, 2014
Sarasota pink eye test manufacturer sees $28M

New York City-based OrbiMed will invest in RPS Diagnostics.

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  • October 13, 2014
Could HSN be acquisition target?

Analysts speculate that company split at Liberty Interactive may give it the capital to buy the St. Petersburg multimedia retail company.

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  • October 13, 2014
Shuttered bank signs $650K deal with regulators

No formal action taken against former LandMark Bank officers and directors.

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  • October 13, 2014
Judge sentences Naples money manager

Former Naples money manager Blayne Davis has been sentenced to nine years in prison for defrauding investors.

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