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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 3, 2010
Rankings and eye-rolls go hand-in-hand

Top lists and rankings are great for bragging rights, but Coffee Talk is sore from all the eye rolling it did on the latest list from RelocateAmerica, an online real estate services firm.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 3, 2010
Industrial park full, but it took a while

For the developers of Tampa's Port Ybor business park, the path to completion and full capacity seemed to take forever — even for a major project.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 2, 2010
Optimism, hiring up slightly?

Small business owners are starting to feel better, a national survey suggests.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 30, 2010
Raymond James winning market

Industry publications say the investment bank is tops in the middle market.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 30, 2010
Beasley profits from cuts

The Naples-based company overcame decreased revenues by reducing costs.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 30, 2010
Billionaire wants nomination

Investor Jeff Greene will run for Florida's U.S. Senate seat as a Democrat.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 30, 2010
FRIDAY'S CUP: Republicans react to Crist's change

The response from Republican leadership has been exactly as expected, but one pollster says Crist didn't have a choice.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 30, 2010
Review seeking 40 under 40

The Review is scouting for bright, young business leaders.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 30, 2010
RLJ Development buys hotel for $77 million

RLJ Lodging Fund III purchased the 360-suite Embassy Suites Downtown Tampa for $77 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 30, 2010
Tropics Software buys credit union headquarters building

Sarasota-based Tropics Software Technologies purchased the 11,314-square-foot former Sarasota Coastal Credit Union headquarters building for $1.9 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 30, 2010
Halvorsen Holdings buys land for Publix-anchored retail

Boca Raton-based Publix developer Halvorsen Holdings purchased 20 acres at the corner of Bayshore and Slater roads in North Fort Myers to develop a Publix-anchored shopping center.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 30, 2010
Preservation commission improving McCollum Hall

The city of Fort Myers Historic Preservation Commission voted to approve repairs to stabilize the building and a new roof for historic McCollum Hall.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 30, 2010
Georgia couple buys units in Beach House Resort

James and Myra Frady of Cumming, Ga. purchased four units in the gulf front Beach House Resort condominium on Bradenton Beach for $1.36 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 30, 2010
Donor gives building to Habitat for Humanity

Suzanne and Richard Ayers donated a 16,386-square-foot industrial building to Habitat for Humanity South Sarasota County Inc.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 30, 2010
Canadian real estate investor buys Brooks Village BofA

Real estate developer Sidney Spiegel purchased a 6,855-square-foot Bank of America building for $2.3 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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