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Manatee–Sarasota

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  • August 24, 2018
Commercial Question of the Week

Officials from CBRE, Skanska USA, Lantower Residential and Ryan Cos. weigh in on whether a labor shortage or government tariffs pose a bigger threat to the current commercial real estate growth cycle in Florida.

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  • August 23, 2018
Engineering group announces leadership promotion, new hires

Karins Engineering Group promoted John Bonacci to vice president of engineering.

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  • August 22, 2018
Foundation announces new CFO

Christine Stobaugh, the new CFO of Gulf Coast Community Foundation, was most recently CFO of Grain Management.

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  • August 21, 2018
New bank raises $20 million locally

Gulfside Bank CEO Dennis Murphy says funds have come from about 225 area investors.

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  • August 20, 2018
Medical practice names two to leadership roles

Prior to joining Coastal Orthopedics, Iris Bernier was director of operations for a health care solutions provider in Missouri.

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  • August 17, 2018
Area attorney named president of international board

Jack Brown III was first elected to ACA International’s board of directors in 2015.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 17, 2018
What They're Saying: Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield Executive Director Bruce Erhardt's most recent report on Tampa's commercial real estate market contends the current growth cycle, at least for land, shows no signs of waning.

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  • August 16, 2018
Nonprofit names area president

Sue Wetzel, the new Sarasota area president for United Way Suncoast, spent more than 10 years as an executive with Johnson & Johnson.

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  • August 15, 2018
Foundation names new board members, elects officers

Nancy Harris, Kent Hayes and Anne Rollings will serve three-year terms on the board of directors of the Education Foundation of Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 14, 2018
Manufacturer acquires distributor for $26 million

Helios Technologies acquired Custom Fluidpower, an Australian distributor that serves mining, material handling, agriculture, construction, energy/oil and gas markets.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 13, 2018
Budget airline to start flights out of airport

Frontier Airlines will fly out of Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport starting Dec. 10.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 10, 2018
Architecture firm expands to Sarasota with acquisition

Goodwyn Mills and Caywood of Montgomery, Alabama, acquires SaltCo of Sarasota

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 10, 2018
Casto Southeast Realty Services in a sweet spot with plethora of projects

Casto Southeast Realty Services has differentiated itself through mixed-use commercial real estate projects that require expertise in places like Tampa, Lakewood Ranch, Sarasota, Daytona, Clemson, South Carolina and Raleigh, North Carolina

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • August 10, 2018
Apollo Global buys Gulf Coast retail centers for $49 million

New York-based Apollo Global Management acquires a trio of shopping centers in Naples, Clearwater and Dunedin through a portfolio purchase from H&R REIT, of Canada.

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  • August 9, 2018
Recreational property sale, at nearly $30 million, sets mark

A recent real estate sale on Longboat Key —at $12.66 million per acre — may have broken the record for island property values, real estate experts say.

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