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  • October 17, 2014
Retail veteran to lead Goodwill

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida has muscled into quite a few businesses in recent years.

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  • October 17, 2014
Barron Collier Cos. buys Goodlette Corners center

Barron Collier Cos. purchased the 46,000-square-foot Goodlette Corners in North Naples for $13.3 million.

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  • October 17, 2014
Money walks, follows bond guru

Fallout from prominent bond investor Bill Gross' departure from Pimco, a $1.25 trillion California-based investment firm, has reverberated in Tallahassee.

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  • October 17, 2014
Gladstone Cos. pays $14M for Parrish farm land

An affiliate of the Gladstone Cos. purchased 825.6 acres of farm land in Eastern Manatee County for $13.77 million.

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  • October 17, 2014
Death, taxes and cell phone bills

Economic development officials statewide tout Florida's low taxes in many areas, usually for good reason, but they missed the call on this latest levy: Florida, at 16.55%, has the fourth-highest average state-local cell phone tax in the country, according to a Tax Foundation report.

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  • October 17, 2014
All Children's Hospital Inc. buys Palm Harbor outpatient center

All Children's Hospital Inc. purchased a 26,070-square-foot outpatient center for $3.9 million.

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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.

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