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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 28, 2010
Where's the flood?

Investors raised billions of dollars in anticipation of a flood of distressed commercial real estate for sale at deep discounts. It hasn't happened — yet.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 9, 2010
Goodwill Inc.

If you think Goodwill is just a place where you drop off or buy used clothing, think again. The Southwest Florida franchise is delving into all kinds of businesses, from janitorial services to bookstores and used-car lots. Your business could be next.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 11, 2011
Concrete Save

A pair of businessmen with opposite pasts shares a common, albeit, complex, goal: To rebuild a once-successful construction company in an industry littered with hard-times stories.

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 5, 2013
Let's get physical

An entrepreneur with a stellar track record in franchising targets a new industry for creative destruction. His plan is to move fast, and be bold.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 16, 2011
Shine

A Gulf Coast energy firm made a supersized misstep with a big bet on solar power. A new focus could be its last shot.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 9, 2012
Marquet's Navy

Being a great leader isn't about being a great achiever, according to a submarine captain. The best leaders, he says, don't empower — they emancipate.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 25, 2011
'Eradicate Entitlement'

The recession doesn't have to mean the death of employee training and development. One Gulf Coast firm deep in survival mode shows the way, with stellar results.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 12, 2021
Exposure: Zero

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield now operates a single mall in Central and Southwest Florida and says it may begin exiting the U.S. by the end of next year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 1, 2021
Six steps to light your spark as a leader

Becoming a better leader, one expert says, requires an open heart, an open mind and an ability to open doors for your team.

  • Leadership
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 21, 2021
Famous fisherman reels in key leadership lessons

A man of the sea, Keith Colburn has a lot to offer landlocked leaders about staying calm as crises swirl.

  • Leadership
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 14, 2020
TerraCap grows by following focused "thesis"

TerraCap Management has grown its asset base by 10 times in the past five years by carefully executing a simple strategy.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 20, 2020
Construction industry voices offer perspectives on labor shortage

Gulf Coast construction industry voices offer perspectives on the labor shortage facing builders and developers.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 3, 2019
Tampa hotel company mirrors larger Marriott in experience, values

McKibbon Hospitality of Tampa shares many of the traits, values and successes with Marriott International, one of its largest franchisors

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 19, 2019
Playing to Strengths

Floridays Development Co. and its founder and CEO, Angus Rogers, have found that involving joint venture and other partners on its hotel projects add value and provide critical perspective

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • April 12, 2022
Young real estate company makes a splash in the market

Leaving behind the comfort of a well-known real estate brand — while nerve-wracking at first — has proved to be a prescient move for a longtime entrepreneur.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 22, 2017
Stage Presence

Turning around an organization in a financial hole requires quick decisions. It also requires a long-term approach.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • July 21, 2017
Play it Cool

The next generation of company leadership at Air & Energy has a lot to live up to.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 18, 2014
Progressive Prerogative

A Gulf Coast firm devoted to performing human resources tasks for other companies projects a growth spurt. That could bode well for many other businesses.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 7, 2014
Bigger and better

Private investors used leverage to build 21st Century Oncology Holdings into the largest operator of cancer-treatment centers in the world. Now they're hoping to raise as much as $300 million in a stock offering.

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 10, 2014
Won't back down

A Tampa attorney went on the offensive in a rare way for a client. The result is a vindication of the firm's ethics and standards — and a potential for more than $15 million in legal judgments.

  • Law
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