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Massachusetts investor buys Venice Car Wash

Arlene Leakeas of Dracut, Mass. purchased the Venice Car Wash for $1.2 million.

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Collier wins permitting award

A few years ago, no one doing business in Collier County would have given high marks to its building-permit department.

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Kolter Group planning mixed-use along Central Avenue in St. Pete

The Kolter Group LLC has announced development plans for the downtown St. Petersburg block bordered by Central and First Avenue North and First and Second streets.

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  • July 18, 2014
Publix Super Markets buys Kingsway Crossing retail center

Publix Super Markets Inc. purchased the 63,779-square-foot Kingsway Crossing retail center north of State Road 60 for $8.2 million.

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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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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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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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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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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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Sold! Antique pros open high-end auction biz

Andrew Ford and Elizabeth Lathrop Ford expand their company.

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Health Insurance Innovations buys Health Pocket

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

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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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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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