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Business Observer | Business Observer

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  • March 7, 2014
Canadian developers Praetorian Capital buy, renovating former Wellcraft plant

The price equated to $6 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 7, 2014
TerraCap Partners' second fund buys Kane Plaza

The price equated to $130 per square foot for the office building.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 7, 2014
Truck yeah: Industry keeps on rolling

Truckers have it good — a positive sign for the economy.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 7, 2014
Where do you find good people?

With the economic recovery underway, employers say they're having a hard time finding qualified people to hire.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 7, 2014
Shoppers still love real stores

Internet shopping is all the rage.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 6, 2014
Pinellas Office Depot sells for $6.75 million

RMC Property Group purchased a 60,000-square-foot retail building at the intersection of U.S. 19 and Nebraska Avenue.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 6, 2014
Alltrust promotes exec to CEO

Sozon Vatikiotis first joined the fast-growing benefits consulting firm in 2011.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 6, 2014
Pest control biz hires Sears auto president

The acquisition surge also continues at Arrow Environmental Services.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 6, 2014
Alico changes the guard

Alico taps mining-industry executive Henry Slack to be its new chairman of the board.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 6, 2014
Wanted: entrepreneurs

The Business Observer seeks the best and brightest for its 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 6, 2014
Area construction attracts Texas-sized competition

A $420 million construction firm from Houston, one of the 150 largest contractors in the country, wants in on the Florida recovery.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 5, 2014
L'Oreal subsidiary coming to St. Pete

SalonCentric agreed to lease 52,533 square feet of office space in Cardinal Point at Gateway.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 5, 2014
Global consulting firm expands to Bradenton

Bosi Global seeks to help second-stage companies boost revenues.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 5, 2014
AT&T rings up Florida hiring boom

The firm, with 450 current job openings, hired 3,000 people in Florida in 2013.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 5, 2014
Real estate firm expands to Marco

John R. Wood Properties plans to staff the Marco Island office with 35 agents.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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