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Real estate | Miami firm dives into region’s multifamily market with big goals. PG.18 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
BANKING ISSUE
Strong SIGNS Between government pandemic loans and a housing boom, several banks are poised for a stellar end to 2020. PAGES 10–17.
Craig Albert | SANIBEL CAPTIVA COMMUNITY BANK, PRESIDENT AND CEO
DATA SNAPSHOT
STRATEGIES
BANKING
Shrink Wrap
Hyper Drive
Give and Go
Traditional small business lending has suffered as banks have focused on pandemic relief loans. PAGE 6
Putting customers above profits drives growth at Sarasota trucking firm, which plans to add brokerage services. PAGE 8
Banks and credit unions are donating to a variety of pandemic causes — in a way unlike the past downturn. PAGE 14
HOSPITALITY
BANKING
BANKING
Poultry Player
Focused Opportunity
Chart a Course
Tampa company gets into the fastcasual chicken concept game, hoping to pluck market share. PAGE 7
Banks in the region, by a large count, posted big year-over-year gains in assets in the second quarter. PAGE 16
Bonita Springs firm sells Atlanta apartment complex. 18 Chicago firm sells Lakeland PepsiCo facility for $41.2 million. 19 Retailers pay attention to shape of recovery. 21
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Central Florida bank targets Southwest Florida market for expansion amid industry consolidation. PAGE 11
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