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  • October 20, 2005
Calendar of Events

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SURVIVAL STORY

Industry upheaval could not derail progressive thinking company

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Stock Keeps Rising

A father-and-son development team from Wisconsin burst into the Naples residential development market with lightning speed in just four years. Now, they're moving into other parts of Florida and beyond.

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  • October 14, 2005
Florida Chamber Sets Goals for 2006

The Florida Chamber of Commerce just isn't going to give up. Gathering at the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota last week for its annual meeting, members set their 2006 agenda, and it includes many issues that topped their list last year - tort reform, limiting the ability to amend the state constitution and lower taxes.

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  • October 14, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Lee/Collier)

Argosy Advisors Buys Riverfront Acres on State Road 31County, state buy Estero property for preservationShopping center sold, possibly for financing purposesNonprofit buys Fort Myersnursing home from countySouth Florida developer buys 39 acres in Fort MyersCentex HOMES to build at Verandah

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  • October 14, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Steiner Communities Acquires Trade WindsHalfacre owners buy Temple Sinai campusOffice Outfitters buys Venice buildingJRG Development plans restaurant/retail near outletsRenaissance Motor Cars to open on ClarkBlaikie, partners buy land for Blackfin Landing

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  • October 14, 2005
Calendar of Events

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Westwater Transformed

Mark Miller looks to the new waterfront - out east. He continues building companies, too.

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  • October 14, 2005
Grape Expectations

A veteran Gulf Coast vintner thinks Florida wineries should stop being just tourist curiosities and prepare to compete with Napa Valley.

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  • October 14, 2005
Code Breakers Make It Big

From the living room of a Queens apartment to a 110,000-square-foot Class A office building in Pinellas, SCC Soft Computer is moving up. Revenue may exceed $60 million this year.

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  • October 14, 2005
Options Open

Market forces have forced Roger Gatewood to rethink his strategy at Seaboard Square.

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  • October 14, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

London investment manager acquires Palm Harbor rentalsHialeah investor Miguel Soto buys Coachwood apartmentsHialeah investor Juan Puig increases bay-area portfolioPennsylvania dentist buys Howard Johnson

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  • October 7, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Starwood Capital Purchase Ends SpeculationLucca Development deal fuels first-phase proposalThomas Enterprises finishes Brandon Pavilion acquisitionPublic Storage increasespresence in Brandon areaHeretick-Powell partnership closes on St. Petersburg land

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  • October 7, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Prestige Builders Buys Citation ClubInvestment group plans Village West condo conversion Two doctors buy Silverstein Institute landRobert Harris Homes buys land for The PaddocksWhole Foods building certified by Green Building Council

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  • October 7, 2005
Finalists Named for 2005 Technology Innovation Awards

Twenty-four companies and not-for-profit organizations in Sarasota and Manatee counties have been nominated for the 2005 Technology Innovation Awards, sponsored by the Gulf Coast Business Review and 82 Degrees. Read about them for free.

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