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Business Observer | Business Observer

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 13, 2014
Prolific builder Pat Neal takes show to Tampa

It took more than 40 years for Pat Neal to tweak, twist and turn his homebuilding firm, Neal Communities, into a local leader in Manatee and Sarasota counties.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 10, 2014
Red Rose Inn to be reconditioned, resold

The well-know hotel and banquet center is the final real estate piece to sell stemming from the bankruptcy of East Coast Brokers and Packers Inc. and the Madonia family.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 10, 2014
Window firm opens more expansion

IRISS, based in east Manatee County, continues its rapid growth track.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 10, 2014
Small-government advocate dies

Jack Tanner led successful efforts to cut government waste in Lee County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 10, 2014
Ned Davis Research Group namesake buys land near Myakka State Park

The price equated to $2,605 per acre.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 10, 2014
Two Tampa apartments sell for combined price of $48.47 million

The combined purchase price equated to $78,805 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 10, 2014
European Equities Corp. buys Isla Del Sol Shoppers Village

The price equated to $84 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 10, 2014
Teknia Networks expanding to St. Pete Lock Up building

The price equated to $25 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 10, 2014
He's back: Icahn targets Hertz

In Southwest Florida, private-equity investor Carl Icahn is best remembered for his ruthless battle to control Bonita Springs-based developer and homebuilder WCI Communities in the late 2000s.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2014
IMD Cos. buys first marijuana-related company

The Tampa firm has acquired 51% of a California grow-room environmental-control company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2014
Dental firm closes $4.1M in deals

Sebring Software now has 37 dental practices under management in Florida and Arizona.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2014
Hospital chain names new president

David Miller will oversee Community Health Systems' integration of Health Management Associates.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2014
Take a bite out of returns

Controversy over federal health care reform apparently hasn't dented the industry's earning power.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 8, 2014
MagneGas deal could open European market

The Tampa company's Italian distributor is working with the Italian National Alternative Energy Laboratory to examine the natural gas alternative.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 8, 2014
Sarasota mortgage broker rings up $10M quarter

Coral Gables-based Thomas D. Wood and Co. has five offices statewide.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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