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Charlotte–Lee–Collier

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  • April 15, 2024
Naples real estate brokerage, already in 18 states, expands to UK

Call it Closed aims to bring an entrepreneurial experience across the pond.

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  • April 14, 2024
Swedish firm Skanska completes $59M in Tampa school projects

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Palmetto resort is opening, Clearwater gets a new boat dealer, and a Port Charlotte apartment complex is under construction.

  • Florida
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  • April 12, 2024
Change in rating systems will cost Lee County residents millions

FEMA's downgrade of Lee County and several municipalities means flood insurance rates in the county will rise 25% starting in October.

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  • April 11, 2024
New fish shack coming to Charlotte County resort complex

A new seafood restaurant will open this year in Fishermen's Village in Punta Gorda.

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  • April 11, 2024
Family therapist on family businesses: Policies and preparation are musts

Dennis Jaffe helps family businesses facing friction "sit down and have a conversation, which feels fair and so they can listen to each other. You slow things down."

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  • April 11, 2024
Abraham Lincoln revisited as teacher of valuable leadership lessons

A New Jersey college professor and Abe Lincoln aficionado, at a Southwest Florida event, details why one of the most famous Americans ever is also an underappreciated leadership expert.

  • Florida
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  • Denise Federer
  • April 10, 2024
Mitigate the impact of key employee departures in a family businesses

A departure of a key employee in any company can sting, more so in a family business. But there are steps companies can take to guard against that kind of turnover.

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  • April 9, 2024
Florida Blue appoints new exec for state’s west coast

Phil Lee has more than 20 years of health care experience.

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  • Louis Llovio
  • April 9, 2024
Lee County gets 30-day reprieve on flood insurance downgrade

County officials say FEMA has granted the extension in an effort to allow the county to retain ranking that qualified it for a 25% discount.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Jim DeLa
  • April 8, 2024
Port Charlotte roofing firm owner pleads guilty to tax evasion

A Sarasota woman has pleaded guilty to attempting to avoid paying federal income tax on more than $1 million in earnings from her Charlotte County roofing business.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Steven Benna
  • April 8, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Tampa Ford dealership sale for $21.7 million highlights transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • April 7, 2024
$548 million hospital to open in Manatee County

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Miami developer borrows $65 million to build Fort Myers apartments, and a retail building in an artsy Sarasota neighborhood is for sale.

  • Florida
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  • April 4, 2024
Prominent Naples attorney, FL Senate president’s husband dies at 72 from fall

John Passidomo is survived by his wife, three daughters and two grandchildren.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • April 3, 2024
Naples yacht membership club appoints new CEO

David Arredondo, a South Florida-based executive and entrepreneur with experience in technology and e-commerce, has been named CEO of Naples-based Exclusive Yachts.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • April 2, 2024
Lee County given 'any and all tools' to fight FEMA decision

Several options are being discussed, including an appeal and hiring a consultant top go plead the county's case in Washington, D.C.

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