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Florida, behind a surprise No. 1 and No. 2, ranks third in business climate report

A metric that put Florida among the top three is exports: nearly seven out of 10, 69%, of Florida’s’ large export total comes from small businesses, the report shows.

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Alcohol beverage drinkers picked beer 49.7% of the time in 2017, down from 60.8% in the mid-90s, according to Beer Institute data.

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

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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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Bromley Cos. hires Cushman & Wakefield to lease a trio of planned office buildings at 22-acre Midtown Tampa mixed-use development

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The Pinellas County office market's vacancy rate and absorption levels have held steady against other submarkets, like Tampa, with healthy activity and rental rate growth throughout the county, and especially in places like downtown St. Petersburg

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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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Suffolk names Ben Wilson vice president of operations for Southwest Florida

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Economic agency names onetime Jeb Bush appointee interim leader

Susan Pareigis named interim president and CEO of Southwest Florida Economic Development Alliance

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