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  • By Adam Hughes
  • July 8, 2005
Fitness Machine

Lifestyle Family Fitness LLP grew from eight to 27 centers in less than two years. With $8 million in new capital, it's on track to double its units in the next two years. Geoffrey Dyer says he's running the business like a public company.

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  • By Adam Hughes
  • July 8, 2005
Room-Rate Recovery

The high cost of construction and the conversion of old hotels to condos are boosting the values and cash flows of existing hotels. It's a good time to be in the business.

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  • By Adam Hughes
  • July 1, 2005
The Ultimate Tourist Trap

Visitors to Seminole Hard Rock spend more than $1 million daily at the two Indian casinos. Do gamblers realize they're not on American land ... that they have no legal rights? Jack Gordon wants to change that.

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  • By Adam Hughes
  • July 1, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Chicago Group Pays $48 Million for 390 ApartmentsLeder Group-led partnership invests in Pinebrooke centerIndiana investors purchase Tarpons Springs apartmentsJMC Communities completesacquisition of Sandpearl landWest Palm Beach investor pays $6 million for 120 acres

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes
  • July 1, 2005
Legal Briefs (Tampa)

Florida Bar gives Walbolt appellate award GrayRobinson attorneys elected to boardsJudicial applicants sought for Pinellas-Pasco circuitStetson faculty members honored for workHill, Ward & Henderson hires new tax attorneyFoley & Lardner lawyers recognized By Chambers USACarlton Fields attorney becomes certified in tax lawSatterfield joins Broad & CasselFAWL installs new presidentFlorida Bar honors 50-year lawyers

  • Law
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  • By Adam Hughes
  • July 1, 2005
Law Firm Breakup Brings Defamation Charges

Attorney Kendrick J. Blackwell is suing his former partners over his forced ouster as managing partner of Tampa's Adams, Blackwell & Diaco PA, alleging he has been denied access to his files and client information.

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  • By Adam Hughes
  • July 1, 2005
Flying High

County auditors are questioning the return Pinellas taxpayers are getting on economic development money spent on airline ads and social functions.

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  • By Adam Hughes
  • July 1, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Realtor buys property, plans Mango Bay HideawayEastwood Associates buys Wood Street DevelopmentDevelopers buy Rusty Pot RanchTwo developers planning Ellenton subdivisionEarthworks Land Development moving to 33rd StreetBenderson Development buysStickney Point project

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  • By Adam Hughes
  • July 1, 2005
Executive Session with Tom Dowdy

The Gulf Coast Business Review sat down with the new president of The Radiate Retail Group

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  • By Adam Hughes
  • July 1, 2005
Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Events is available free of charge.

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  • By Adam Hughes
  • July 1, 2005
Affordable and Profitable

Harvey Vengroff and partners are addressing the affordable housing shortage through private enterprise. Everybody wins - investors, VWA employees and the neighborhoods.

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  • By Adam Hughes
  • July 1, 2005
Out on a Limb

Marketing institutional-grade properties to high net-worth investors is tricky business. The Tampa office of CB Richard Ellis has found a way to do it.

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  • By Adam Hughes
  • July 1, 2005
Crisis Management 101

Eleven months after Florida's nightmarish hurricane season, roofers are still stressed. Here's how four company leaders managed in the eye of the storms.

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  • By Adam Hughes
  • June 24, 2005
Rapid Escalation

Condo developer demand for industrial-warehouse land in Tampa's Channel District is pushing prices beyond $100 a square foot.

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  • By Adam Hughes
  • June 24, 2005
Legal Briefs (Tampa)

St. Petersburg Lawyer Keeps Nearly $1 Million, Regains LicenseTampa firm shifting from nursing homes?New bar presidents assume leadership rolesNorth Florida lawyer chosen to lead barFormer Wilkes & McHugh litigator opens law practiceCreditors select Akerman Senterfitt as co-counselGrayRobinson attorney elected Kiwanis directorHill, Ward & Henderson hires new tax attorneyCarlton Fields attorney becomes certified in tax lawFlorida Bar honors 50-year lawyers

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