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Business Observer | Business Observer

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Wood Street Investors buy foreclosed Wood Street propertyAMF Bowling Centers sold to iStar Financial AutoNation finishes Glauser Mercedes purchaseAttorneys Kunkel, Hament buy space in Orange Centre

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2004
Mike Carter Q&A

Mike Carter discusses Old Main Street, interest rates and the Mangrove Grill.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2004
Ali Ebrahimi Q&A

Ali Ebrahimi discusses Plaza at Five Points and Spago Restaurant in Los Angeles.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2004
Mike Miller Q&A

Mike Miller discusses his Venice properties, the risks with tight propety and high prices sports and The Crow's Nest in Venice.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2004
Where Growth is Headed

If you want your business to go where the growth will be, it's pretty obvious: You don't have to look far. Florida continues to be one of the nation's fastest-growing states. And judging from the economic models of Florida forecasters and trend watchers

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2004
Rex Jensen Q&A

Jensen discusses babbie boomers, school taxes and building wood furniture

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Five lawyers vie for Charles Cope's judgeship A look at proposeed judicial reforms, including time behind bars for misbehavin' judges.King Engineering Associates celebrates its new Sarasota location with a 6-foot chocolate

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2004
Top 20 Projects

he following pages highlight the 20 largest private construction projects in the two-county region. To qualify for the list, projects were required to have started construction between May 15, 2003-March 10, 2004.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2004
Sky's the Limit

Downtown Sarasota is undergoing its most dramatic change in a decade with the construction of Five Points Plaza and the One Hundred Central/Whole Foods Centre.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Still searching for Entrepreneur 2004 nomineesThe Bennett-McClash clashBennett takes aim at Supreme Court justiceBradenton headed for traffic gridlock

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week' items: Gov. Jeb Bush hasn't budged on his budget proposal to fund the state trial courts.Court becomes hazardous waste siteHenry Andringa will be interviewed today by the 6th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission for the seat

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Band, Allen, McKay buy old city hallManatee County designs new waste water labStarling plans medical facility for Health SouthMcClain Sonics Inc. plans Venice restaurant Towne Hembree building sells for $6.4 million

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2004
Free Press (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Sarasota, Manatee restaurants win Golden Spoon awardsLandMark Bank to offer wealth management servicesCharter One opens Bayou Bleu in downtown SarasotaMLS of Florida opens Sarasota office

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Builders face skyrocketing steel costsGovernor stingier than Senate on court fundingSarasota Memorial: on the cutting edge of technologyThe question on Main Street: To sell or not to sell?

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 12, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Sarasota-based Central European Distribution Corp. boasts stellar five-year returnsArgus Foundation points out the school board "will be required to shift money" Class action lawsuit being fought in Lee County over school

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