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Parmenter buys Rocky Point Centre for $35 million

An affiliate of Miami's Parmenter Realty Partners purchased the eight-story Rocky Point Centre in Tampa for $35.1 million.

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Entrepreneur Tom Seguin, top left, owner of Bradenton jewelry store Suncoast Gem Lab, played Spiderman on a recent Saturday morning: He rappelled off the top of the tallest building in Manatee County, the 160-foot Bel Mare condo tower in Palmetto, on the banks of the Manatee River.

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Collier County school district buys land for elementary school

The School District of Collier County purchased 15 acres along the northwest side of the future extension of Logan Boulevard North for $2.05 million.

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Moving up

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Florida business climate: sigh

The business climate in Florida for entrepreneurs is a tad better than mediocre, according to new report.

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Self-storage is attracting more buyers than ever, driving returns down and prices up.

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Where's the money?

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Apartment living in Tampa is hot, hot, hot

Construction cranes are all over the downtown Tampa area, nearly all working to add thousands of residential apartment units to an area that once was a ghost town after-hours.

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Commercial Real Estate Profile: Steve Kempton

Steve Kempton, Regional president of Florida, Taylor Morrison

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And pigs (and profits) will fly

Canada sends a lot to Florida, starting with thousands of winter tourists and snowbirds.

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A lot of pancakes in $4M IHOP sale

Sale of building in Venice included drone marketing and a bidding war.

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Four Naples attorneys bolt from firm

Atlanta-based FisherBroyles is on an aggressive expansion plan.

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Brothers grab funding for movie industry startup

Folio Holdings says it will help take the risk out of distributing independent films using its own analytics system.

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Phony makeup seller gets 18 months in prison

Tina Oleszczuk pleaded guilty last September to selling nearly $1 million worth of counterfeit makeup products.

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