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A new day at the dock

Officials at the Bird Key Yacht Club, which has a long and notable history in the Sarasota area, faced some significant issues in 2013.

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Horizon Bay at Hyde Park sells for $74 million

In one of the largest senior-living deals along the Gulf Coast in 2016, a St. Louis-based company has acquired the Horizon Bay at Hyde Park independent and assisted-living project in Tampa for $74 million.

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Nearly four out of 10, 38%, of corporate CFOs say a mismatched skill set is the top reason new hires fail, according to a recent survey from Robert Half Finance & Accounting.

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Venice on the verge

This southern Sarasota County city has gone from afterthought to a developer's darling. What's fueling the mini-boom?

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Citigroup deal is tops for Tampa in 2016

At $116 million, Citigroup Technology Inc.'s purchase of the six-building office campus in Tampa that houses its Global Shared Service Operation Center will likely rank as the largest single-asset sale of 2016 on the Gulf Coast.

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Banks battle back

The battle between banks and credit unions, usually top-of-mind for area community bankers and credit union executives, has escalated.

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  • December 23, 2016
Think Big to get Big

A strategy shift that began as far back as spring 2015 at Tampa-based Garden Light LED, which designs, engineers and manufactures architectural and outdoor lighting, could produce big results in 2017.

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  • December 23, 2016
Price it right

The Naples real estate market, say several brokers and agents, is ready to pounce on a hotbed of activity in early 2017, given pending and closed sales data.

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  • December 23, 2016
Builder builds up client list

Halfacre Construction, one of the most established locally owned commercial builders in the Sarasota-Manatee region, scored two major victories recently.

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Fallow no more

Plans to revamp an important downtown Fort Myers tract imploded during the recession, leaving it derelict. That's about to change.

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All-cash home sales drop

Cash deals in the region fell 5.7% year-over-year.

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  • December 22, 2016
Bank ends year with $15M capital raise

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Pair of airports power up

Airports in Tampa and Fort Myers score high in J.D. Power and Associates rankings.

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  • December 21, 2016
Airport feels pinch in key traffic metric

Even with a decrease in total takeoffs and landings, passenger traffic increased 1% in November at Southwest Florida International Airport.

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Caribbean business trip nets nearly $7M in sales

The Tampa Bay Export Alliance organized a Dominican Republic in early December.

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