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  • February 6, 2015
Retail construction forecast looks bright

There's some good news in a survey from the Association of Retail Environments on construction in the retail sector: Spending on new projects and renovations in North America will rise 10% in 2015, the sixth straight year of industry growth.

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  • February 6, 2015
Lennar Homes buys 65 acres west of River Bend community

Miami-based Lennar Homes purchased 65 acres south of 21st Avenue Southwest for $4.25 million.

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  • February 6, 2015
Future depends on millennials

Baby boomers are credited with trending real estate into the suburbs, but now it's millennials making the push back to urban cores.

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  • February 6, 2015
Campbell RV owners buy nearby Pro Lawn property

Kevin and Wanda Campbell, owners of the RV dealership Campbell RV, purchased the 3.4-acre Pro Lawn Supply property for $1.5 million.

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  • February 6, 2015
Fort Myers attorney buys Englewood's Rotonda Plaza

A company led by Fort Myers attorney Richard Pringle purchased the 46,836-square-foot Rotonda Plaza for $2.15 million.

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  • February 6, 2015
Continental Realty Corp. fund buys Sierra Grande Apartments

Continental Realty Corp.'s CRC Fund III purchased the 273-unit Sierra Grande Apartments in two transactions for a combined $44.25 million.

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  • February 6, 2015
Urban Core Holdings buys Tampa Gardens Apartments

Tampa's Urban Core Holdings LLC purchased the 135-unit Tampa Gardens Apartments in West Tampa for $3.55 million.

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  • February 6, 2015
Stonegate cheers trading

Stonegate Bank has been marching up the Gulf Coast, snapping up banks from Naples to Fort Myers, Sarasota and Tampa, including Florida Shores Bancorp in January 2014.

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  • February 5, 2015
Sarasota home services firm blossoms nationwide

Direct Energy Services will add locations from Panama City to Pennsylvania.

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  • February 5, 2015
Cortland grabs second complex in Brandon

Atlanta company has spent nearly $130 million in the region in less than a week.

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  • February 5, 2015
Former Hertz chief to lead casinos

Mark Frissora, the former CEO of Hertz who engineered the company's move to Southwest Florida, has been named CEO of casino giant Caesars Entertainment.

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  • February 4, 2015
Lincare names Hoefer new CEO

John Byrnes, who has led the home care company since 1997, retires this month.

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  • February 4, 2015
Ringling students conquer Disney contest

Four-person team wins Walt Disney Imagineering Imaginations design competition.

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  • February 4, 2015
Lee multifamily permits jump

Builders in Lee County pulled significantly more multifamily building permits in January than they did the same month one year ago.

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  • February 3, 2015
U.S. Tent Rental doubling space

The Sarasota firm purchased the former Berry Plastics building and 16.85 acres of vacant land for $2.45 million.

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