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  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2020
Boat dealer acquires digital platform intended to improve customer experience

Boat and yacht retailer MarineMax Inc. has acquired Boatyard, a digital platform that allows boat owners to quickly contact service providers via a mobile app.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 17, 2020
Senior living community names chief development officer

Ann Logan was previously chief development officer at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • March 17, 2020
Restaurant chain promotes longtime employee to COO

Hooters Management Corp. has promoted Bill Moore, who joined the company in 1992, to COO.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 17, 2020
Tech investment firm shuffles leadership team

Naples, Florida-based Wire Experts Group, in an effort to unify its corporate management structure, has promoted executives Brinson White, Mike Skorupa and Kevin Clements.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 16, 2020
Home health care company makes new acquisition

The addition of the agency in Oakland Park will expand Sarasota-based Doctor’s Choice's health care services on the East Coast.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 16, 2020
Real estate investment firm breaks ground on multifamily housing project

Stoneweg US, a St. Petersburg, Floria, property investment firm, broke ground last week on Tuscan Reserve Apartments, a 123-unit apartment building in Palm Coast.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • March 16, 2020
Island resort names new general manager

‘Tween Waters Island Resort and Spa on Captiva Island has hired Michele Berger as its new general manager.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 13, 2020
Gardening products company names first CEO

Scott Allshouse is the former CEO of Buddy Fruits.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 13, 2020
Credit union opens bilingual branch in area

Suncoast Credit Union has opened its 70th branch, located at 4340 W. Hillsborough Ave., in Tampa, Florida, and all staff members are fluent in both English and Spanish.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 13, 2020
Health system board elects new officers

Mortgage banker David Collins has been elected chairman of Lee Health's board of directors.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 13, 2020
Entrepreneur shifts mobility startup in new direction

Stephanie Gomez seeks $2 million for Stabilife System.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 13, 2020
Joint venture: Orthopedic firm makes bold move with merger

Tampa, Florida-based Florida Orthopaedic Institute has merged with OrthoCare Florida, creating the the largest orthopedic practice in Florida and the 13th-largest in the nation.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 13, 2020
Founders wanted for business accelerator program

The Tampa Bay Innovation Center has opened the application process for its next accelerator program.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 13, 2020
Entrepreneur brings tasty, nostalgic business back to area

Mike Micochero enjoyed The Polar Cup as a kid. Now he’s bringing the business to a new generation in Manatee and Sarasota counties.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 13, 2020
Florida a national leader in second mortgages

Naples is No. 1 in the state, No. 5 nationally.

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