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  • By Jean Gruss
  • November 9, 2012
Captivating Insurance

Tired of paying big premiums to an insurance company to protect your business assets? You can pay yourself instead.

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  • November 9, 2012
One Part Fun

The insurance industry isn't usually the first thought for fun. Revenues, more recently, are also nothing to smile about. But a few jovial Gulf Coast insurance executives hope to change all that.

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  • November 2, 2012
Alladin and Verity Lane trust buys BNA Apartments

The price equated to $39,417 per unit.

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  • November 2, 2012
Sarasota investors Cotner, Alogna buy two Longboat villa buildings

The price equated to $126,000 per unit.

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  • November 2, 2012
Gecko's Hospitality Group buys Bee Ridge gas station

The price equated to $21 per square foot for the land.

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  • November 2, 2012
Tampa Developers building $20M Orlando hotel

The 22-acre community will contain 456 apartment homes.

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  • November 2, 2012
Atlanta's Pollack Shores starts Tampa NOHO Flats

The NOHO Flats at North Hyde Park is scheduled to open fall 2013.

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  • November 2, 2012
Liberty Group, DeBartolo acquired Jacksonville Holiday Inn Express

A joint venture of the Liberty Group and DeBartolo Development have acquired the Holiday Inn Express & Suites by IHG in Jacksonville.

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  • November 2, 2012
Fort Myers general contactor planning Daniels retail center

The price equated to $649,351 per acre.

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  • November 2, 2012
Couple exercises purchase option, buys Holiday Court Motel

The price equated to $11,000 per unit.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • November 2, 2012
Price Spike

The median prices of existing single-family homes in Collier and Lee counties have been rising at a 20% to 30% annual clip in recent months. Can they keep rising at this pace?

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  • November 2, 2012
Lennar Homes buys land for first Lakewood Ranch community

The price equated to $38,339 per acre.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • October 26, 2012
Low taxes, great fishing

Keeping taxes low is critical to attracting more high-tech manufacturing companies and jobs to the Gulf Coast. The fishing's good, too.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • October 26, 2012
Mall Maneuvers

The first new mall in the region in a decade will add nearly 1 million square feet of retail space. How will the mall stack up to the competition?

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • October 26, 2012
Big-space shortage

Tenants are taking up big blocks of warehouse space as the economy recovers, reducing vacancies in many larger buildings. But rents haven't risen to entice developers — yet.

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