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  • April 21, 2010
Gov. Crist loses another

Rep. Tom Grady, R-Naples, withdraws his support of the governor's Senate bid.

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  • April 9, 2010
Gulf Coast Tourism

This week's snapshot looks at the change in taxable tourism sales.

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  • May 7, 2013
Inflation remains subdued in the region

Business owners on the Gulf Coast have long been concerned about inflation, but so far the data show it has remained tame overall.

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  • August 18, 2011
Sarasota home sales up in July

Both the number of homes sold and the median sale price increased in 2011.

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  • September 29, 2011
Fund lends Florida banks $70M

The U.S. Treasury's Small Business Lending Fund is helping capitalize banks.

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  • August 9, 2012
Sarasota, Grand Cayman investor completes land buy from city

The price equated to $2,624 per acre.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • May 19, 2021
Airport passenger traffic nearly returns to 2019 levels

More than 1.1 million people flew through Southwest Florida International Airport in April.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • March 25, 2022
SWFL airport surges in monthly traffic report

Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 55% compared to last year at Southwest Florida International Airport.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • January 11, 2017
Tampa real estate firm makes $37M data center purchase

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II Inc bought a data center in Andover, Mass.

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  • October 19, 2017
Golf club finishes second phase in $1.5M project

Naples-based Coral Hospitality oversaw the renovations at Rosedale Golf & Country Club.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • May 15, 2015
Entrepreneurs throwing pitches

Pitching your company's idea to raise capital used to be a private affair, usually restricted to investors with enough money to lose on startups.

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  • October 30, 2015
Stuck-ups among us

One person's snob is another person's sweetie.

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  • December 16, 2011
A New Tune

David Brooks brings a philosophical mindset to banking on the Gulf Coast.

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  • July 16, 2023
Nearly 2,000 homes headed to 1,000-acre Plant City development

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a national supply company buys a SWFL warehouse, a Tampa restaurant expands and a Lakewood Ranch shopping center sells.

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  • August 24, 2025
Two Sarasota properties sold for redevelopment see 600%, 700% price increases

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Southwest Florida builder is busy, a Tampa Starbucks sells, and a Fort Myers parcel to be redeveloped.

  • Florida
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  • February 25, 2010
Reborn

A decade of accolades in the marketplace has failed to produce oodles of sales at a Gulf Coast medical and consumer products firm. Executives hope a management overhaul will turn its fortunes around.

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  • May 23, 2013
Bernanke, we hate to admit, is fueling Florida's growth

Florida's economy is back. Well, pretty much.

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  • May 2, 2008
Calendar of Events

View events from around the Gulf Coast for free.

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  • January 4, 2019
Airport poised for more growth in 2019 after airline, flight additions

Big buzz fluttered around Sarasota Bradenton International Airport in 2018 around new airlines and new routes. The airport, its CEO says, is on a continued upward swing.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 9, 2021
Police force goes out of its comfort zone — and geography — to woo new officers

Lakeland Police Department sets up pipeline of officers from New York City.

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