• Alternate Text

  • Loading

  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Health Care
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Health Care
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login

Business Observer | Business Observer

    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 9, 2009
Travel agency seeks more voyagers

Ryan and Malaka Hilton, who together run Sarasota-based Admiral Travel Gallery, have long thought the perfect business model for their industry is to keep upping the ante of exclusivity and uniqueness.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2009
New banks to face stricter, longer rules

New banks to face stricter, longer rules

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2009
Politicians awake: second is better

Second-stage local companies will drive future economic growth on the Gulf Coast, a consultant told executives in Naples.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2009
Ashton Woods Homes buys Citrus Park Place

xxxx

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2009
Publix buys former Herald-Tribune building

xxxx

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2009
JCFA Ranch buys bank building

xxxxx

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • September 3, 2009
Bonita survival plan

Bonita Bay Group Chairman David Lucas discusses the outlook for the residential development company and how it plans to emerge from the real estate downturn.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2009
Top 100 list mostly neglects Florida

The list of the nation's top 100 retailers, as ranked by annual revenues in Chain Store Age magazine, wasn't kind to the Gulf Coast this year.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 31, 2009
Merchandising of Jackson begins

Is it too early for a Michael Jackson tribute coin? We're about to find out, courtesy of St. Petersburg-based TV and Web retailer HSN.

  • News
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • August 27, 2009
Waterfront stimulus

Fort Myers has grand plans for its waterfront. Now if only the capital markets would cooperate.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • August 27, 2009
Tenants Rule

It's no secret that tenants are in control of the commercial real estate market as landlords concede lower rents in the face of rising vacancies. Some say landlords may regain some ground next year. Others aren't so sure.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 26, 2009
Copy store keeps hanging on

Eileen Rosenzweig, co-owner of a Sarasota-based Sir Speedy copy and printing franchise, continues to make the best of a difficult situation

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 24, 2009
GMC Properties buys Tampa's Doral Oaks

xxxxx

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 24, 2009
City entity buys foreclosed townhome community

xxxx

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2009
Doc wants vacant U.S.Senate seat

Dr. Julio Gonzalez, a Venice orthopaedic surgeon and a relatively unknown Republican in political circles, has officially applied for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Orlando.

  • News
« 1464 1465 1466 1467 1468 1469 1470 1471 1472 1473 »
The best of Business Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest business and commercial real estate news from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Sign Up

Latest News

1
  • January 23, 2026
South Florida developer buys Shell Factory property in Fort Myers
2
  • January 23, 2026
7-story senior living facility coming to downtown Sarasota
3
  • January 23, 2026
Report: Florida leads nation in new business creation
4
  • January 23, 2026
Ringling College names new president
5
  • January 23, 2026
Tampa developer names new president

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-362-4848

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Podcast
  • Big Book of Business

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Distribution Points
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Your Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
×
3 Articles Remaining!
Not a Subscriber?

Click here to Subscribe

Already a Subscriber?

Click here to Login

Sign Up for Daily Brief

Start your day with the top Gulf Coast business news you need to succeed.

Sign Up for CRE Central

Stay updated with a weekly roundup of big deals, market shifts and the people shaping commercial real estate from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Smart People Subscribe.

Turn headlines into game plans. The playbook’s right here.
Subscribe to the Business Observer today.

Subscribe Now