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Pour house: Beer flows but profits slow

Largo, Florida-based WingHouse discovered unacceptable losses stemming from its primary source of sales: draft beer. It contracted a company to help monitor the situation and the results have been impressive.

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Regional bank appoints new leader for commercial real estate loans

Charlotte State Bank & Trust tabs Todd Rinehart to lead commercial real estate lending activities in Lee County.

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Pretzel company searches for franchisees as it expands further into Florida

Philly Pretzel Factory has 173 locations.

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A place to bunker down

New Amavida Senior Living’s hidden gem is a Cat 5 shelter with natural gas-powered generators and redundant back-up.

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Area exec named to national roofing group leadership post

Brad Sutter, executive vice president of Sutter Roofing Co. of Florida, has been nominated to the vice chairman role of the National Roofing Contractors Association.

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Tech firm hires CFO, expands to nation’s capital

Lumina, a Tampa, Florida-based risk sensing and predictive analytics company, has hired Albert Narvades as chief financial officer and opened an office in Washington, D.C., to better serve its government and national security clients.

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Construction equipment firm takes in nearly $300M in auction

Records were in abundance at a recent Ritchie Bros. auction in Polk County, where construction and agriculture equipment changed hands rapidly.

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  • February 28, 2019
Executives convicted in $5M economic development scam

Leaders of VR Labs convicted by federal jury on multiple counts of defrauding Lee County of $4.7 million in economic development grant funds.

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  • February 27, 2019
National homebuilder announces two new area communities

Taylor Morrison will open Esplanade at Skye Ranch and Cassia at Skye Ranch.

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  • February 27, 2019
Tech firm starts 2019 with $116 million in new contacts

FTE Networks lands $116 million in connectivity infrastructure projects in January and February.

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  • February 27, 2019
Bank adds big names to board

St. Petersburg, Florida-based Freedom Bank has made a number of executive personnel moves, naming Craig Sher and Ron Campbell to its board of directors and hiring Valarie Nussbaum-Harris as vice president of Small Business Administration lending and Darry

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  • February 26, 2019
Iconic barbecue comes to stadium

Boog’s BBQ first opened at Baltimore’s Camden Yards in 1992.

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  • February 26, 2019
Onetime Sara Lee exec named CFO at area IT firm

Vology, a Clearwater, Florida-based provider of managed IT, security and cloud services, has named Grant Newmyer chief financial officer, effective immediately.

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New officers have designs on organization leadership

American Institute of Architects Florida Southwest Chapter approves slate of officers for 2019.

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Brewery announces expansion into new state

JDub’s Brewing Co. also released new packaging varieties, including two 12-packs.

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