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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 30, 2020
Saunders brokers $43 million Bluffs land deal

SVN Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate founder negotiated Florida’s largest conservation property purchase in more than a decade.

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  • November 3, 2020
Roofing exec faces more charges in PPP loan scam

New charges against Casey David Crowther include mortgage fraud.

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  • January 1, 2021
Economic forecast: Brewery hopes better times flow in 2021

Fort Myers Brewing, Jen Whyte, co-owner

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 22, 2021
Connor Group buys Bayside Arbors

Connor Group's $93.25 million investment in Bayside Arbors apartments represents Ohio company’s second deal in Tampa Bay in as many years.

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  • November 29, 2019
Area company buys Houston esports team

The business of esports is worth nearly $1 billion.

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  • December 10, 2019
Retailer with more than 550 stores names new CEO

Matt Beall joined the family business in 2004 as a buyer for Beall’s Outlet.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 6, 2020
Denholtz acquires nine-building, Tampa office complex

Thompson Center, at 95% occupancy, fits within company's strategy

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  • April 29, 2020
Entrepreneur behind $175 million business joins investment bank

Barry Shevlin will lead the Skyway Capital Markets Technology practice.

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  • June 5, 2020
Virtual shift for tech conference

Synapse Florida has created a virtual tech conference for the COVID-19 age, and it costs just $25 to attend.

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  • May 10, 2019
Organization helps veterans find new purpose through culinary careers

Bryan Jacobs founded Vets 2 Success to trains veterans for careers in the culinary, baking and hydroponic gardening fields.

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  • June 1, 2018
A spark of innovation gets big results

Tampa marketing firm SPARK shares how it pulled off a big win for longtime client Visit Florida.

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  • November 15, 2019
Economic forecast 2020: Banking

Rita Lowman, president of Pilot Bank

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  • June 15, 2018
Pricey storage suites for expensive toys selling fast

Island Storage Suites provides men — and their wives — what they want.

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  • August 24, 2018
Corporate gym management firm changes hands

St. Petersburg, Florida-based Corporate Fitness Works has been sold to former Valpak CEO Michael Michael Vivio and his wife, Beth Vivio, for an undisclosed sum.

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  • April 6, 2022
Naples man cleared in $70 million fraud lawsuit

The civil case dates back to summer 2018.

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  • By Ted Carter |
  • February 10, 2017
How to... Do business in Cuba

Jason Woody, head of a Tampa nonprofit specializing in cornea transplants, has worked hard in recent years to get a foothold in Cuba.

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  • October 4, 2013
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Operating Partner, Sarasota Ford; Co-Founder, Dealers United

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  • October 4, 2013
Background Check

Brandon Phillips started his business in a 150-square-foot office and now has 80 employees and 1,500 clients.

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  • September 19, 2014
Brookdale, HCP joint venture pays $123M for three Gulf Coast communities

A $1.2 billion joint venture of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. and HCP Inc. purchased three Gulf Coast continuing care retirement communities for a total of $123 million.

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  • March 14, 2014
Virginia family's Mountain Manor buys 16-building VanDerNoord portfolio

The price equated to $41 per square foot.

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