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Auto dealer takes high-tech device nationwide

Auto dealer Dennis Hampton plans to sell an inventory management system he developed for auto, boat and motorcycle dealers around the nation.

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Credit union names new top executive

Brian Best has been with the credit union since 2010.

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Insurance firm shakes up executive team

A new CFO is just one of the changes at the company.

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Foreclosure rates continue to dip

The Sarasota-Manatee foreclosure rate has been dropping since the beginning of 2015.

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Retailer, with sales drop, promises more cuts

Chico's sales fell 8% in the first quarter.

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Site selector: Sarasota made 'big mistake'

One of Florida's leading site selection executives — a former state official who oversaw the deal that brought the Hertz corporate headquarters to Lee County — has harsh words for Sarasota.

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Office space

Endeavor Innovative Workspaces combines private offices with open co-work space in an industrial park.

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  • May 27, 2016
Franklin Street expands to Orlando

Commercial real estate services firm Franklin Street has debuted its sixth office, in Orlando.

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  • May 27, 2016
Builders make the list

Like it does every spring, Builder magazine recently ranked the top 100 builders and the next 100 up-and-comers nationwide by the number of closings in 2015.

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  • May 27, 2016
Companies, students cash in on conference

The Florida Venture Forum held its ninth annual Florida Early Stage Capital Conference May 17 at the Hilton Carillon Park in St. Petersburg, hearing from 20 companies that competed for a share of $150,000.

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Calling all tenants

When Matt Drews came to Michael Saunders & Co. in August 2015 to run its commercial division, he brought with him some new ideas.

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  • May 27, 2016
Go deep

Football brought land brokers David Hitchcock and Clay Taylor together. They have stayed through a lot of deals.

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  • May 27, 2016
Man of the land

Bruce Erhardt gave up boat sales for land deals in the 1970s. He's never looked back.

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In question

Hospitality numbers for the first three months of the year showed Gulf Coast hotels' year-over-year occupancies declined, but average daily rates went up. With several hot spots of hotel development occurring on the Gulf Coast, we asked four leaders in the industry: Is the region in danger of over-saturation? Why or why not?

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Future vision

The entrepreneurs behind Metro Forecasting Models have forecast population growth with uncanny accuracy. Now they're taking their model nationally.

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