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Business Observer | Business Observer

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  • March 21, 2011
St. Pete Chamber reorganizes

The St. Petersburg Chamber will reduce its staff from 12 positions to seven.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 21, 2011
Education Commissioner out

Eric Smith will resign in June, allowing Gov. Scott to appoint someone new.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 21, 2011
Texas group buys Naples shops

The Collection at Vanderbilt offers 226,000 square feet of retail space.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 21, 2011
Golf course does nothing to get Open

The Sunshine State might have the most golf courses per capita in the country, but there's one golf trophy it has never had: A U.S. Open.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2011
Alabama health care REIT buys Pinnacle medical buildings

Birmingham, Ala.-based The Sanders Trust purchased two Pinnacle Medical Group medical buildings for a total of $11.2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2011
Wisconsin tech companies moving to riverfront

A company owned by Dr. Roger Hutchison purchased 27,302 square feet of office and warehouse space and a smaller parcel across Riverside Drive for $1 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2011
Catholic Church diocese buys Restoration building

The Catholic Church's Diocese of Venice purchased the 19,904-square-foot Restoration Church building for $3.06 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2011
Gamla-Cedron takes ownership of Preserve units

The Gamla-Cedron Group, an Israeli-based investment firm, has been issued a certificate of title for 158 units in The Preserve at Temple Terrace.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2011
Tampa Family Health Centers plans Nebraska Avenue center

Tampa Family Health Centers Inc. purchased a 0.46-acre vacant lot across Bird Street from the Tampa Greyhound Track for $1.68 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2011
Holiday House owners convert to Ramada Resort

Sarasotans Vincent Payne and Rodney Dessberg, who bought the Holiday House hotel in Venice late last year, have big plans to reinvigorate it.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2011
Naples inventory decreases

Residential real estate inventory fell 5% over the year in February 2011.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2011
Kelly new CEO at PSCU Financial

Michael Kelly is the new president and CEO at PSCU Financial Services.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2011
United Insurance posts loss

United's fourth quarter was successful, but the company lost money in 2010.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2011
Cattlemen's official: tax water

Florida Cattlemen's Association's Don Quincey suggests a tax on bottled water.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2011
Borrowed Time

The $3.6 billion deficit in the state budget is a pittance compared to the insurance disaster taxpayers will face when a major hurricane strikes. Eli Lehrer of the James Madison Institutes outlines steps lawmakers should take this session to avoid a crisis that could be worse than a hurricane.

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