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Manatee–Sarasota

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  • October 24, 2014
Super 8 motel owner buys Rodeway Inn

Hotelier Girish Patel of Bradenton purchased the 97-room Rodeway Inn in Sarasota for $2.4 million.

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  • October 24, 2014
Attorney-led holding company buys Pines Industrial Park building

A company controlled by Sarasota attorney David Bone and his wife, Carol, purchased a 24,750-square-foot warehouse for $982,000.

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  • October 23, 2014
Prominent Sarasota insurance firm sold

Three generations of Ludwigs have run Ludwig-Walpole Co. since 1933.

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  • October 22, 2014
Sarasota web firm changes destiny, and its name

Destiny Group moves into a new office and adds employees.

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  • October 21, 2014
Atlanta market sizzles for First Watch

Breakfast, brunch and lunch chain now has six locations in Metro Atlanta.

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  • October 20, 2014
Bradenton bank with $260M in assets sold

Martin County-based Harbor Community Bank acquires First America Bank

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  • October 17, 2014
Icard Merrill law firm founder dies

William Merrill co-founded the firm in 1956.

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  • October 17, 2014
Found: Google says Sarasota is best in Florida

Search engine giant says businesses in the city embrace the web to create jobs.

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  • October 17, 2014
Gladstone Cos. pays $14M for Parrish farm land

An affiliate of the Gladstone Cos. purchased 825.6 acres of farm land in Eastern Manatee County for $13.77 million.

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  • October 17, 2014
Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. buys Whole Foods Market Centre

Daytona Beach-based Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. has purchased the 59,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market Centre property in downtown Sarasota for $19.1 million.

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  • October 16, 2014
Sarasota insurance firm rallies for strong year

Sunz Insurance top exec says “it's been an excellent year for growth.”

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  • October 15, 2014
Sarasota law firm Nelson Hesse to shut down

Firm's three attorneys now work at Kirk-Pinkerton in Sarasota.

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  • October 15, 2014
Developer starts $30 million senior-housing complex

Discovery Senior Living plans to start building a senior-housing apartment community in Bradenton next month.

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  • October 14, 2014
Sarasota pink eye test manufacturer sees $28M

New York City-based OrbiMed will invest in RPS Diagnostics.

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  • October 13, 2014
Shuttered bank signs $650K deal with regulators

No formal action taken against former LandMark Bank officers and directors.

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