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  • June 17, 2016
Hub for millionaires

A wealth management office for uber wealthy people is addressing the millennial issue — both for future clients and employees.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • June 17, 2016
Universal model

An ATM that spits out $1 bills is part of a major technology transformation of PNC Bank's Gulf Coast branches. Other banks have seized the trend, too.

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  • By Jean Gruss
  • June 17, 2016
It's a small world

The number of community banks on the Gulf Coast has dropped by nearly two-thirds in the last 10 years. Some think the bank-creation cycle will start again.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 17, 2016
1250 Medical Plaza trades for $16.1 million

A Palm Beach Gardens investment firm has acquired a four-story medical office building outside downtown Sarasota near Sarasota Memorial Hospital for $16.1 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 17, 2016
Times building to receive upgrades

In the wake of its $19 million deal to acquire the Tampa Bay Times' flagship St. Petersburg building in April, Denholtz Associates of New Jersey and Tampa-based Convergence Capital are eyeing a series of renovations aimed at making the property more appealing to outside tenants.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna
  • June 17, 2016
Branch out

Florida will fuel the coming growth surge for Synovus Bank.

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  • By Jean Gruss
  • June 17, 2016
Rooney run

Today's toxic political scene discourages successful entrepreneurs from running for office, but Francis Rooney says his business and family are prepared for the scrutiny.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 10, 2016
Camaraderie driven

Southwest Florida's Lee & Associates' partners wanted a firm that was entrepreneurial — and fun. They got both.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 10, 2016
Bluerock buys Polk apartments

Continuing its surge into Florida, a New York-based private equity firm has acquired a 270-unit apartment complex in Polk County for $34.5 million, property records show.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 10, 2016
Hitting the Mark

If Kolter Group's reservations for its latest Sarasota condominium project are any indication, the downtown residential market in Southwest Florida is healthy — and then some.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 10, 2016
Firm hired for Herald-Tribune HQ search

The New York-based parent company of the Herald-Tribune Media Group has retained a commercial real estate brokerage firm to help negotiate a future headquarters for the media group — a move that could result in its exit from its iconic three-story office building in Sarasota's downtown.

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 3, 2016
Are you missing a deduction?

Manufacturers may be well familiar with a rule that allows them to exclude income created on U.S.-made goods. But recent changes expand it to contractors, engineers and architects.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 3, 2016
'Heartbreaker' of a deal

A veteran real estate agent took on a failed car dealership site in Tampa. The result? A lawsuit, $12 million in debt, guns, drugs and seven contracts.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adrian Moore
  • June 3, 2016
MY VIEW: The Danger of Endangered Species Act

Florida's revisions of its Imperiled Species Plan are heading toward punishing landowners. Florida should adopt the Texas model.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 3, 2016
Tampa buildings up for major award

Tampa City Center, Bank of America Plaza and the Waterford Plaza will find out later this month if they're outstanding.

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