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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 7, 2011
Tampa's Burger 21 goes national

Front Burner Brands' burger business launches a national franchising effort.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 7, 2011
Fly to Denmark from Lee County

Comefly will again offer nonstop service to Denmark out of Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 7, 2011
Sarasota raises millage rate

Commissioners approved a budget that calls for a 5% millage rate increase.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 7, 2011
Mompreneur launches baby business

Tampa moms: Amy Lundy feels your pain. The sleepless nights, relentless crying and crippling social isolation are all things she experiences with her 9-month-old.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 6, 2011
C Products Defense to hire 100

A Connecticut-based firm will soon begin operating in Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 6, 2011
Obscene Jeans replaces its CEO

Lead designer Rachel Stark-Cappelli takes over as the firm's lead executive.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 6, 2011
Portnoys take over Cryo-Cell

Two of the firm's newest directors now lead the company as co-CEOs.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 6, 2011
Rogers Towers hires competitor

The Jacksonville firm hired a Henderson Franklin veteran for its new office.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 6, 2011
Forensics firm grows to Detroit

Tampa's Armstrong Forensic Engineers opened a new office in Michigan.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 6, 2011
Is Fort Myers recession resistant?

Real estate prices have fallen so steeply in Fort Myers that it's unlikely they could fall further.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2011
Fort Myers Beach entrepreneur buys, developing Zoomers

An undisclosed Fort Myers Beach businessman purchased the 18.05-acre Zoomers Family Amusement Park at a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. auction for $1.36 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2011
Canadian investor firm buys Oakwood Trace Apartments

A Canadian investment firm operating as Rifai Properties LLC purchased the 32-unit Oakwood Trace Apartments for $1.04 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2011
United Mechanical relocating to Mainline Parkway building

Fort Myers business owner Mike Clark purchased a 22,637-square-foot industrial building on Mainline Parkway for $950,000.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2011
Liberty Group buys Bradenton Holiday Inn

The Tampa-based Liberty Group of Cos. expects to take title to the 60-room Holiday Inn Express in Bradenton in the next 30 days.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2011
Sarasota entrepreneur, hotelier buys Veranda Inn, Cafe

Sarasota businessman George Perreault purchased the 38-unit Veranda Inn & Cafe in Venice for $721,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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