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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 24, 2012
Market shift

Survivors of the real estate collapse like Irina Prell were nimble and shifted their business to new opportunities.

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What's in a name?

Name changes for large medical facilities, even subtle ones, can be big deals.

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  • December 3, 2009
Marketplace of Ideas: Rich Uncle Pays Your Mortgage

Rockwell points out that more of the same policies that caused the mortgage problem will not fix it.

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  • July 29, 2011
Huge Fun

Orlando becomes the first U.S. city to top 50 million visitors, thanks in part to Harry Potter and cheap flights. Those visitors are fueling expansion, and local businesses.

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  • March 18, 2005
Free Press (Sara/Mana)

WCI wins school's 'Business Partner of the Year' honorSarasota, California companies team up for system upgradeSarasota workforce board given award for workCounty seeks nominations for conservation awardsInfinium Labs presents game service nationally

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  • March 16, 2018
Virtual reality changes the way firms market real estate

Virtual and augmented reality is changing the way commercial real estate is designed, built, marketed and even furnished.

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  • March 25, 2010
Gulf Coast Gaming Mecca?

A state economist developed an analysis to gauge the revenues to the state from gaming in different counties and the Gulf Coast dominated the list — potentially more than doubling state revenues.

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  • August 13, 2010
Fight goes on for Sarasota's Fishman

For the second time in two years, Sarasota entrepreneur Jordan Fishman has won courtroom vindication in a business case that has consumed his life since 2005.

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  • March 13, 2020
Schroeder-Manatee chief talks to RCLCO

Rex Jensen discusses creation of Lakewood Ranch in consultant's "Great Minds of Real Estate" series

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  • July 12, 2019
Publix confirms plan to open in revamped Sarasota plaza

Publix Super Markets Inc. confirms for the first time plans to open a new store in what will be a revamped Town & Country Plaza in Sarasota

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  • February 15, 2022
Star investor headlines groundbreaking for new innovation center

ARK Investment Management's Cathie Wood and local officials broke ground for the new ARK Innovation Center project in St. Petersburg.

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  • February 28, 2014
Smokin' market

The market for commercial warehouse space could get a boost if voters legalize medicinal marijuana in November. That's just one of the reasons real estate executives are upbeat on the sector.

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  • October 30, 2015
Tumble forward

The new digs for one of the largest manufacturers in the region deftly combines form with function.

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  • September 28, 2023
Tampa General Hospital, USF team up to add nurses to workforce

Tampa General invests $4.4 million into the University of South Florida's nursing school to enhance training.

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Strengthening Demand

Tony Lapi is CEO of Rochester Resorts and Tween Waters Inn in Captiva.

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  • October 29, 2009
Fill the Sails

Doris and Steve Colgate grew their sailing school through calm and rough economic weather. They expect winds to be at their back next year.

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  • April 20, 2007
A different approach

Developer Leonard Gardner is asking for density increases and city funding to bring workforce housing downtown.

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  • November 5, 2010
Nov. 5 Earnings: WCG, HZO

WellCare and Odyssey Marine profit; MarineMax business model changing.

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  • August 19, 2010
Goodwill executive helping Haiti

The Goodwill franchises on the Gulf Coast continue to foster reputations as doers in difficult times.

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  • September 15, 2011
Bank faces tough times, but won't quit

The survival fight will wage on at Sarasota-based Bank of Commerce, recognized by regulators as one of the more troubled Gulf Coast-based community banks.

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