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  • July 18, 2014
Exec indicates good times in construction

Gulf Coast construction executive Craig Campbell has essentially built his own economic indicator tool, and the results are good: In four months Campbell has secured at least $10 million in new work, and a slew of potential projects are in the offing.

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  • July 18, 2014
Ohio's Health Care REIT buys two Pinnacle Medical Group buildings

The large real estate investment trust Health Care REIT purchased the two Pinnacle Medical Group buildings in Manatee County from The Sanders Trust for $16.32 million.

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  • July 18, 2014
Atlanta's Cortland Partners pays $78M for Island Walk, Gallery at Bayport II, land

Cortland Partners purchased two waterfront apartment complexes and vacant land from UDR Inc. for a total of $78.43 million. The Atlanta-based multifamily company purchased the 400-unit Island Walk apartments for $50 million and 277 of the 320 condominium units in the Gallery at Bayport II for $28.43 million.

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  • July 18, 2014
Retired ballplayer delivers

The cliche of the retired jock struggling in a post-sports career doesn't apply to former major league baseball player Matt LaPorta.

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  • July 18, 2014
Former bankers gobble up tasty firms

Apparently there really is life, and a sweet one at that, after banking.

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  • July 18, 2014
Bank capitalizes on fast growth

Longtime Manatee County banker Bill Sedgeman's anxiety was at an apex when he sat down for lunch at the Polo Grill in east Manatee County one day in April 2009.

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  • July 18, 2014
Hot Communities

Institutional investors are paying top dollar for manufactured-home communities, lured by high occupancies and steady income. Even private equity firms are looking at the hot sector.

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  • July 17, 2014
Sold! Antique pros open high-end auction biz

Andrew Ford and Elizabeth Lathrop Ford expand their company.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 17, 2014
Health Insurance Innovations buys Health Pocket

The Tampa company purchased the Silicon Valley health-plan comparison company for $32 million.

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  • July 17, 2014
Workers' comp fraud alleged

The state says as many as 146 employees at a Collier County produce company may have committed workers' compensation fraud.

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  • July 16, 2014
Heritage Insurance assuming 35,000 policies

The Clearwater insurer is taking on many of the policies of Sunshine State Property & Casualty Insurance Co., which is being liquidated.

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  • July 16, 2014
Executive pleads guilty to fraud

Anthony Michael Defeo of Punta Gorda pleaded guilty to wire fraud for a scheme to defraud investors on interstate road projects.

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  • July 16, 2014
Married couple enters mediation business

Trent and Lesa Miller, attorneys, own The Florida Mediation & Conference Center.

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  • July 16, 2014
Indiana woman victimized Floridians in $5M scam

Linda Deavers was convicted of wire fraud and money laundering charges.

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  • July 15, 2014
The decision: Will Mindy Grossman leave HSN? Should she?

Future job prospects for Mindy Grossman, CEO of St. Petersburg-based online and TV retailer HSN and one of the region's few executive rock stars, is a hot topic in the national and local press.

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