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  • March 1, 2013
Surroundings consignment owners buy Imperial Shoppes center

The price equated to $150 per square foot.

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Ronto Group Inc., partners buy Waterford Landing property

The price equated to $37,890 per acre.

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  • March 1, 2013
Naples' Hardy, Indiana investor buy Entrada Community center

The price equated to $47 per square foot.

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MVP Restaurant Partners buys land for Sarasota PDQ

The price equated to $877,846 per acre.

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Ashton Woods Homes buys Palma Vista community

The price equated to $65,217 per lot.

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Warm Up

The pitfalls of government owning a tourist destination are front and center in south Sarasota County. Now the future of a multimillion-dollar site is in jeopardy.

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  • By Jean Gruss
  • March 1, 2013
Dissolving Government

As easy as it is to fund a new government agency, dissolving one takes years. Just ask Jack Tanner, who helped shut a wasteful one down and returned $100,000 to taxpayers.

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  • March 1, 2013
Building Wars

Anna Maria Island and Holmes Beach commissioners have blocked most new residential construction while they develop rules to prevent new large rental buildings.

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  • March 1, 2013
Tax Cut

Lee County commissioners consider suspending taxes on new construction for two years. Business is watching closely.

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  • March 1, 2013
Homebuilder D.R. Horton buys land near University Groves

The price equated to $51,458 per acre.

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  • March 1, 2013
Bring Them Home

Too many young people are leaving Tampa for cities that offer better jobs, says Mayor Bob Buckhorn. He intends to change that.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 1, 2013
Different Strokes

Manatee and Sarasota counties have lots in common. But within a large swath of the business community there's a strong belief that one county is considerably more responsive than the other.

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  • February 28, 2013
Best Bureaucrats?

We recognize the people in government who 'get it.'

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  • February 22, 2013
Winter Garden investor buys Devon Self Storage

The price equated to $34 per square foot.

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  • February 22, 2013
EFO Financial Group entity buys Bayside Corporate Center

The price equated to $93 per square foot.

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