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Strategies | Financial services firm invests time, resources into disruptive model. PG.14 PASCO • H ILL SBOROUG H • PIN ELL AS • P OLK • M A N ATEE • SA R ASOTA • C H A R LOT TE • LEE • COLLIER
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While hospital employees battle COVID-19, executives fight on another front: rapidly falling budgets. HEALTH CARE ISSUE: PAGES 8-13
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Workforce development initiative, with a unique approach, scores some major successes in its first 10 years. PAGE 6
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Senior living deals require a focus on the client’s business model, not just the building, a team of experts says. PAGE 16
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A f it ness bu f f nav igates t he treacherous world of running a gym during the coronavirus crisis. PAGE 7
Leasing activity for Tampa area retail has fallen by 50% already in 2020 — and a recovery might be a ways off. PAGE 18
FBI Tampa field office renews lease. 16 Lakeland firm brokers nearly $30 million in deals in second quarter. 17 Amazon buys vacant land in Tampa in $26.4 million deal. 17
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In the crowded home health care space, a Sarasota firm has made good on a strategy to grow by acquisition. PAGE 10
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