Most-read Business Observer stories of 2025

Layoffs, building sales and a resort changing owners are among the stories that led the news. An NBA Hall-of-Famer and a popular convenience store/gas station also made the list.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 5:00 a.m. December 23, 2025
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Business Observer readers, online at least, crave news about deals. 

Six of the top 10 most-read stories involve a sale of a building or a land parcel. That includes Buc-ee's, buying land in Charlotte County for what would be the Texas chain’s first store on the west coast of Florida. Another Charlotte County site, this one of the Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor, also drew readers’ attention. Two of the top 10 most-read stories in 2025 were about the Sunseeker sale — one when it was announced, one when it closed; a third Sunseeker story was No. 13, and two others were in the top 20.

The two most-read stories, meanwhile, both involve layoffs. 

A synopsis on the top 10 most-read stories includes:

 

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Mark Gordon

Mark Gordon is the managing editor of the Business Observer. He has worked for the Business Observer since 2005. He previously worked for newspapers and magazines in upstate New York, suburban Philadelphia and Jacksonville.

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