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Front Lines

A firefighter-turned-entrepreneur learned a key lesson in product development: Be willing to shift — quickly — to new markets and uses.

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  • May 5, 2017
Branching out

Barron Collier Cos. has deep roots in Collier County. But a new CEO says the company may look beyond its home for new projects.

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  • May 5, 2017
Profile

'I don't think the industrial market here will slow down anytime soon. The current environment is the best I have ever seen.'

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 5, 2017
Blackstone senior housing deal touches Gulf Coast

Deal nets Sarasota County and Winter Haven properties.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 5, 2017
Naples firm plans 563-acre Charlotte development

In the wake of its $6.5 million purchase of a 563-acre tract in Punta Gorda, Lely Development Corp. intends to start work on a project that could contain as many as 2,400 residents and hundreds of thousands of commercial square feet at completion.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 28, 2017
Gramercy buys Bristol-Myers' Tampa building

Gramercy Property Trust, a New York-based investment company that owns more than 325 properties nationwide, has acquired a Tampa office building housing Bristol-Myers Squibb's North American Capability Center.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Ted Carter
  • April 28, 2017
Fun House

An investor with an eye for sometimes-eccentric design features hopes her seven-figure deal for waterfront properties is a winner.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 28, 2017
Erhardt sees distant end to recovery

Talk about being bullish on Tampa Bay. Cushman & Wakefield Executive Director Bruce Erhardt, in his first quarter Land Market Overview newsletter to clients and investors, contends the region's commercial real estate recovery won't peter out anytime soon.

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  • By Grier Ferguson
  • April 28, 2017
Biz Kids

More than a dozen middle school and high school students recently pitched their original business plans and ideas to panels of investors. Validation — and cash — was on the line.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 28, 2017
Mr. Turnaround

A.G. Lafley helped breathe new life into Procter & Gamble and downtown Cincinnati. Can he do the same for Sarasota?

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 28, 2017
Sembler teams up with Atlanta firm

The Sembler Co. has struck a joint venture to pursue new development and acquisitions throughout the Southeast with Atlanta-based Berkley Development.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 28, 2017
Five-Star Fancy

Tampa Bay could be home to a new luxury hotel if job and tourism growth continue.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 21, 2017
Course Change

The Lutgert Cos. largely pioneered high-rise residential development in Naples. Today its growth stems largely from other sources.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 21, 2017
Dilweg Sarasota deal may spur others

The North Carolina firm that acquired the 13-story Sarasota City Center for the highest price spent for a downtown Sarasota office building in the past decade may be seeking other Gulf Coast deals, company officials say.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 21, 2017
Thrust Forward

One of the largest community banks in the region, seeking more market share, is fearless. 'We will compete with Regions, BB&T and SunTrust and Wells Fargo,' one executive says.

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