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Airport shatters July passenger count

St. Pete-Clearwater experiences largest July ever, year-to-date passenger count up 12 percent over 2017.

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  • August 17, 2018
Health care nonprofit agency appoints new board member

Chico’s FAS executive Lori Shaffer joins leadership of Hope Healthcare.

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  • August 17, 2018
Airport outpaces competitors — even with single allegiance

Then there’s Punta Gorda Airport. Tucked between Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) to its south and Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) to the north, PGD is on a tear. Relying exclusively on Allegiant Airlines, the airport surpassed

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South Real Estate Group focused on Southwest Florida — for now

South Real Estate Group, formed in 2015 by John Conroy and his father, prominent Naples real estate attorney J. Thomas Conroy III, has focused on building a portfolio of tenant-driven retail and office projects in Lee and Collier counties.

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What They're Saying: Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield Executive Director Bruce Erhardt's most recent report on Tampa's commercial real estate market contends the current growth cycle, at least for land, shows no signs of waning.

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  • August 17, 2018
Priam Capital buys eight buildings in Tampa for $52 million

Priam Capital expands its geographic reach with the purchase of an eight-building office portfolio in Tampa's Sabal Park from IP Capital Partners in a deal brokered by Cushman & Wakefield

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  • August 17, 2018
New Market acquires Naples center for $37.8 million

New Market Properties bought Shoppes at Neapolitan Way in Naples to augment its portfolio of 44 mainly grocery-anchored retail centers in seven states

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  • August 17, 2018
Pair of Lakeland projects show strength of Polk County industrial market

New distribution center projects planned by Swedish furniture retailer Ikea and Dallas developer Xebec Holdings show that Lakeland and Polk County continues to be sought-after location for distributors.

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  • August 17, 2018
In Memoriam, Steve Seidensticker, 1953-2018

Steve Seidensticker died Tuesday, Aug. 14, after battling cancer for several months. He was 65 years old.

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  • August 16, 2018
Nonprofit names area president

Sue Wetzel, the new Sarasota area president for United Way Suncoast, spent more than 10 years as an executive with Johnson & Johnson.

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  • August 16, 2018
Florida law firm adds three new partners

Shutts & Bowen bolsters Tampa office business litigation, real estate and IP practice groups.

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  • August 16, 2018
Contractor awarded surgery center contract

Stevens Construction building Performance Health Surgery Center in Fort Myers. Completion is scheduled for this winter.

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  • August 15, 2018
Foundation names new board members, elects officers

Nancy Harris, Kent Hayes and Anne Rollings will serve three-year terms on the board of directors of the Education Foundation of Sarasota County.

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  • August 15, 2018
Bank lands senior executive

Former SunTrust president and CEO Allen Brinkman joins Seacoast Banking Corp. He will lead commercial banking for its new Tampa market.

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  • August 14, 2018
Manufacturer acquires distributor for $26 million

Helios Technologies acquired Custom Fluidpower, an Australian distributor that serves mining, material handling, agriculture, construction, energy/oil and gas markets.

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