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Industries

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  • By Jean Gruss
  • April 5, 2013
Placed in trust

A Fort Myers trust company found a lucrative niche in the struggling financial service industry.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 5, 2013
'Capital to Grow'

The capital-raising market for community banks isn't totally dry. One local banker, with $250,000 of his own money, leads the way.

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  • By Jean Gruss
  • April 5, 2013
Playing a happier tune

After a painful shakeout that saw spectacular failures on the Gulf Coast, banks finally regain sound footing.

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  • April 5, 2013
Cabot Properties company buys Currie Davis industrial building

The price equated to $60 per square foot.

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  • April 5, 2013
San Diego trust buys Florida Avenue Pep Boys

The price equated to $95 per square foot.

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  • April 5, 2013
Pensam Capital, BH Equities buy Summer Trace Apartments

The price equated to $51,584 per unit.

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  • April 5, 2013
Sembler Co. redeveloping center, adding Walmart market to Park 66

The Sembler Co. is redeveloping a shopping center that's been in the company's portfolio for more than four decades.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • March 29, 2013
Courthouse buzz

Lee County Clerk of Courts Linda Doggett says she's seeing the economic recovery at the courthouse.

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  • March 29, 2013
Neal Communities buys land for Colonial Lakes on Winkler

The price equated to $86,792 per acre.

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  • March 29, 2013
Massachusetts' DeMatteo Properties buys New Port Richey Dollar General

The price equated to $147 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 29, 2013
Center for Allied Health & Nursing buys Sabal Park office building

The price equated to $54 per square feet.

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  • March 29, 2013
Sarasota couple opening new Italian restaurant

The price equated to $198 per square foot.

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  • March 29, 2013
Fort Myers Patel family buys two Clark hotels

The price equated to $40,432 per room.

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  • March 29, 2013
Lakewood Ranch couple buys 16 flex condo units

The price equated to $40.50 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 29, 2013
Kolter Group files plans for revised Gulfstream project

The developer of the undeveloped 17-story Grande Sarasotan project for downtown Sarasota has submitted new plans to the city for a condominium-hotel development on the 2.9-acre parcel.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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