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  • January 31, 2020
Informed investment: Niche tech company 'moves up the food chain'

Investors continue to throw support to InformedDNA, a St. Petersburg, Florida, tech firm that provides genetic test analysis services to health insurers.

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  • January 31, 2020
Jackpot: Builder scores with $750M casino project

Miami-based builder Suffolk-Yates LLC has completed its $750 million renovation and expansion of the Seminole Hard Rock Resort & Casino in Tampa.

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  • January 31, 2020
Ohio joint venture forging ahead with downtown Fort Myers apartments

An Ohio joint venture has spent $12.5 million to acquire a tract in downtown Fort Myers, where it plans to build a two-building apartment project

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  • January 31, 2020
Brennan Investment properties turn super sized

Brennan Investment Group's new speculative distribution facility in Lakeland will measure 1 million square feet. Experts believe that size will become commonplace in the years to come amid technological changes and consumer demands.

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  • January 31, 2020
What They're Saying: JLL

Commercial real estate brokerage firm JLL says the surging industrial sector in Tampa is expected to continue in 2020, while office development remains in the "peaking phase" of the economic cycle in the region

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  • January 31, 2020
Prima Luce project advancing

MacFarlane Barney Development says it is going forward with its long-awaited Fort Myers condo tower, Prima Luce.

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  • January 31, 2020
Climate change: Florida climbs out of judicial hellhole

Florida makes great strides in improving its legal climate.

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  • January 30, 2020
Longtime area CEO’s foundation donates $16 million

Brian Jellison was CEO of Sarasota-based Roper Technologies for 17 years.

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  • January 30, 2020
Anti-fraud tech firm expands in area, expects to create 20 high-wage jobs

Jacksonville-based Sound Payments, a tech firm that fights fraud at gas pumps and other points of sale, has opened an office in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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  • January 29, 2020
Hotel completes $6 million renovation

The 225-room Crowne Plaza Fort Myers at Bell Tower Shops has completed a $6 million renovation project.

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  • January 29, 2020
Nonprofit breaks ground on $35 million skilled nursing, rehab center

The construction of the center is fully funded by a $35 million donation to Pines of Sarasota Foundation from the Esther & Harold Mertz Foundation.

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  • January 29, 2020
Builder completes work on 15-story luxury apartment building

Moss Construction has finished work on ICON Central, a 15-story luxury apartment building located at 855 Central Ave. in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida.

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  • January 29, 2020
Country's biggest builders have Florida flavor

The homebuilding industry, on a small growth surge, plays big for some companies.

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  • January 28, 2020
Breakfast, lunch chain to debut in Chicago area

First Watch’s first Chicago-area restaurant opening will be at 2155 22nd St. in Oak Brook.

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  • January 28, 2020
Publix to acquire one area Lucky’s Market location

Lakeland-based grocer and Aldi plan to acquire 11 locations from the chain, which recently filed for bankruptcy.

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