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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 29, 2017
Real estate firm surges, adding 30 agents a month

Premiere Plus Realty Co. has more than 1,100 agents

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  • July 30, 2014
Bradenton manufacturer aims for global growth

Honeycomb Company of America executives attend a major industry trade show.

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  • August 1, 2014
C1 Financial kicks off IPO

The St. Petersburg-based bank is offering 2.63 million shares for between $18 and $20 a share.

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  • October 31, 2013
Local tech firm reels in Alaskan client

Voalte's newest customer is a hospital in the northernmost city in the country.

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  • March 11, 2016
Love's next generation

Chocolate chef Norman Love is training the next generation of superstar pastry chefs, and they're winning big competitions.

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  • November 6, 2014
PGT feels good vibes from Wall Street

Quarterly earnings rose 19.2% at the impact resistant window and door firm.

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  • January 2, 2015
Fort Myers job market sizzles

Employer surveys may be a good indicator of future economic conditions, but it's important to temper those with actual data, too.

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  • January 16, 2015
Hizzoner joins bank board

Randy Henderson may be best known as the mayor of Fort Myers, but fewer people may know his early career was in banking.

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  • August 25, 2011
Controlled Growth

Good timing and a willingness to shift its business model were the recession-survival secrets for Macy's Termite & Pest Control. Now the firm has much bigger plans.

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  • February 8, 2026
DC homebuilder buys Pasco County school land for $11M

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Fort Myers affordable house project nails down financing, a Clearwater office building sells, and a Sarasota office park hits the market.

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  • October 13, 2011
North Port distressed sales down

The market saw a 58% over-the-year decrease in distressed sales.

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  • February 20, 2012
Naples market has mixed results

January data shows home prices up but sales were down in Naples.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 8, 2023
Sarasota restaurant property sells for $5 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Port Charlotte resorts gets a new boss, a church hits the market in Lakeland and workforce apartments are coming to Naples.

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  • January 5, 2012
Robb & Stucky ready to reopen

The retailer reenters the market with a 60,000-square-foot showroom.

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  • October 2, 2014
AVI-SPL sells off event division

AVI-SPL said the sale will help it focus on its strategy in video conferencing and technology.

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  • July 20, 2012
Another Door Opens

Entrepreneurs know how to turn a challenge into an opportunity. Just ask Bill Daubmann.

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  • October 26, 2025
Fort Myers concrete company pays $7 million for industrial site

In the week's top commercial real estate news, portfolio sale includes Lakeland property, dealership completes remodel in Naples and a shopping center sells in North Port.

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  • May 22, 2008
THOMSON: Glimpses of the rebound

The Gulf Coast economy shows the first signs of a rebound. Will all areas participate?

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  • January 18, 2019
Rare wines available for public online auction

Coveted Screaming Eagle wine vertical is the featured attraction at the 19th annual Naples Winter Wine Festival.

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  • November 12, 2009
Florida investor group buys Spring Glade apartments

Elster/Rocatica LLC purchased the 78-unit Spring Glade apartments off 22nd Street north of Fletcher Avenue at a foreclosure auction for $915,000.

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