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  • January 4, 2019
Goodwill not hunting for a new CEO

Rick Evanchyk retires as president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, John Nadeau promoted to replace him

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  • January 4, 2019
On the Cusp

The $3 billion water Street Tampa project will see its first real vertical construction in the coming year, as a half doze new projects are now being built within the 53-acre project.

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  • January 3, 2019
Airport reports record-breaking November

Southwest Florida International Airport up 5.6% in passenger count in November and year-to-date

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  • January 3, 2019
Specialty grocer sets grand opening for latest store in area

Sprouts Farmers Market has scheduled a Jan. 16 grand opening for its Clearwater store, located at 23656 U.S. Highway 19 N., beginning at 7 a.m.

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  • January 3, 2019
Condo community sells for $10M, will become student housing

Park Place, a 92-unit condominium community located at 3400 Fletcher Ave., directly across from the University of South Florida’s Tampa, Florida, campus, has been sold for $10 million to a developer who plans to turn it into student housing.

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  • January 3, 2019
Trust company names assistant vice president

Most recently, Reppard Gordon was branch administrator and executive vice president at Premier Community Bank of Florida - Sarasota/Manatee.

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  • January 2, 2019
Homebuilder posts sellout in gated community

Neal Communities closes sales in 112-home Coastal Key in Fort Myers

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  • January 2, 2019
Health care system makes name change official

Florida Hospital facilities across the state have officially transitioned to the AdventHealth name and brand as part of a plan announced last year by the hospital network’s parent company, Adventist Health System, based in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

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  • January 2, 2019
Firm acquires area company's businesses for $225 million

Sarasota-based Roper's scientific imaging businesses include Princeton Instruments, Photometrics and Lumenera.

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  • January 2, 2019
Wealth management firm names new principal

Luke Nicholas will continue to serve Allegiant Private Advisors clients as portfolio manager.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 2, 2019
Discount carrier launches nonstop route to Canada

Discount carrier flair Airlines has begun to offer direct flights from St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport in St. Petersburg, Florida, to Winnipeg International Airport in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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  • January 2, 2019
Homebuilder earns industry association’s top distinction

Ryan Benson of A. Vernon Allen Builder named builder of the year for the Collier Homebuilders Industry Association

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  • December 28, 2018
Area company certifies artifacts from Neil Armstrong collection

CAG is part of the Certified Collectibles Group of companies, which also includes certification services for coins, comic books and stamps.

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  • December 28, 2018
Apartments dominate, but resorts rise

This year's top commercial real estate sales differed from recent years past in that resorts topped the list in each of the three Gulf Coast submarkets

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  • December 28, 2018
House money: Builder tops off resort project

The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has “topped off” the new 15-story hotel tower that serves as the centerpiece of the Tampa, Florida, resort’s $700 million expansion and renovation.

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