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Friday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› South Florida's commercial market post gains across all sectors
According to the new 1Q 2018 The Quarterly Report - South Florida Commercial Real Estate released this week by data firm Vizzda and the MIAMI Association of Realtors, South Florida's multifamily real estate transactions jumped 8.5 percent year-over-year in 1Q 2018.
› Publix buys all Safeway stores in Florida
The last remaining Safeway stores in Florida have been gobbled up by Publix Super Markets Inc. The Lakeland-based grocer said Thursday that it has acquired the Safeway stores in Largo, Altamonte Springs near Orlando and Oakland Park near Fort Lauderdale.
› Current red tide bloom began months ago, state says
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission began monitoring the most recent red tide bloom that has killed thousands of fish, a sea turtle, a duck, and a manatee in Southwest Florida, beginning in October.
› Copa Airlines’ expansion of Tampa flights has a broader purpose
Copa Airlines’ decision to expand its Tampa-to-Panama City service to seven days a week is about more than just those two destinations. Instead, for the airline, bringing daily service to Tampa starting next month is part of an effort to knit together a growing network that will have 79 destinations in 32 countries by year’s end.
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