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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 16, 2014
Married couple enters mediation business

Trent and Lesa Miller, attorneys, own The Florida Mediation & Conference Center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2014
Hertz Equipment Rental names HR chief

Hertz announces more changes among its management ranks as the new interim CEO takes over.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 11, 2014
Hizzoner goes back to the future

James Humphrey, the mayor of Fort Myers who guided the city's downtown redevelopment during the real estate boom, is back with the partners of a law firm he founded in 1982.

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  • March 3, 2014
Bradenton baseball facility hits national showcase

Pirate City is one of four spots selected to host high school prospects.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • March 17, 2014
Ave Maria School of Law names new dean

Kevin Cieply will be the next president and dean of the school.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • April 11, 2014
Survivor banker retires

How many people can say they've had the same career for 50 years?

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  • May 1, 2014
Megabus coming to Tampa

The bus company plans to offer service to and from Miami, Tallahassee and Tampa starting May 15.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2014
Clearwater apartments sell for $13.4 million

The stabilized 184-unit apartment complex sold for $73,000 a unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2014
LWR's MGA Insurance Group sold

Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is bringing the Lakewood Ranch firm under its North American affinity businesses.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 4, 2014
Broadway Promenade sells for $11M

Phillips Edison-ARC bought the commercial portion, including Publix, of the downtown mixed-use development.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2014
Potential windfall for Chico's brass

Reports that women's retailer Chico's FAS may be sold to a private-equity firm for a premium may be good news for shareholders.

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  • June 20, 2014
Gramercy Property Trust buys Cott bottling plant

New York City-based real estate investment trust Gramercy Property Trust Inc. purchased a 176,000-square-foot production and warehouse bottling facility for $9.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • June 25, 2014
Retiree village earns positive note on $30M bonds

Village On The Isle, says Fitch Ratings, had a “good cash flow year in 2013."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • October 18, 2013
Citrus family sells Alico stake

The heirs of a longtime Florida citrus family sell their majority stake in Alico.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 1, 2013
Stability Steps

Eryk Hardwick, a Naples-based remodeling contractor, was working for an elderly client who complained about being unable to use his walker to get onto the beach.

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  • November 4, 2013
Homebuilder bolts past 700 annual sales

Neal Communities, with 712 sales on the year, is ahead of the 2012 pace.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • November 15, 2013
Lehigh Acres: Still a value

Bargain hunters rejoice: Two Florida towns, Lehigh Acres and Arcadia, are on Coldwell Banker's list of the top 25 most affordable real estate markets in the country.

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  • November 15, 2013
Orlando area investor buys Valrico Amscot building

The price equated to $342 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • November 18, 2013
Sarasota think tank partners with Georgia Tech

The Institute for the Ages will help generate research for aging-care products.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 29, 2013
Get in on the action in Jacksonville

A startup business competition partially backed financially by Shad Khan, owner of the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars, seeks companies for its spring 2014 program.

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