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The future of IMG Academy, a storied sports training facility in Bradenton, lies not only on the field, the school’s president says, but in the online world. PAGE 8
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A women’s professiona l soccer tea m coming to Tampa next year recently completed a major task by securing a temporary home to play its games PAGE 12
The Bath + Racquet Residences and Club in Sarasota, a project several years in the making, is reporting brisk sales while passing a construction milestone. PAGE 13
Lee industrial park leases 75,650 square feet. 14 Dallas real estate firm expands in Tampa — again. 14
Naples firm sells 27 commercial properties.
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Fort Myers-based medical group American Oncology Network, in going public through a special acquisition, takes the long-range view on cancer services. PAGE 3
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