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  • August 29, 2019
Theater hires three new executives to help build new center

The new hires come after the Naples theater recently reached its $20 million fundraising goal.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2019
Area businessman arrested in alleged loan fee scam

Tampa, Florida, businessman William Wren faces four felony counts of assessing or collecting advance fees as a loan broker.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2019
Commercial developer hires new marketing and sales director

Naples native comes with 16 years of experience in Collier County’s residential construction industry.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2019
Convention center, estate names new general manager

Anna Pohl previously worked at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 27, 2019
Home services tech firm boosted by $15M financing round

HOMEE, an on-demand home services platform, has closed a $15 million Series B financing round, bringing the total invested in the company to nearly $30 million since the Tampa, Florida, firm was founded three years ago.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 27, 2019
Workers' comp firm names new president

Andrew Price has more than 28 years of claims adjusting, supervision, management and risk management experience.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 27, 2019
Fewer flights, but more passengers using airport

Southwest Florida International Airport saw a nearly 2% percent increase of passengers in July.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 26, 2019
Nonprofit names new development director

Most recently, Sara Krusenstjerna was director of philanthropic planning for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 26, 2019
Area man, 84, faces prison in securities scheme

Larry Carr, a resident of Carrollwood, Florida, will serve four years in federal prison for selling more than $8 million in unregistered securities.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 26, 2019
Real estate report shows sales increase, price reductions

Fewer home sellers are entering the market, the monthly report revealed.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 26, 2019
q&a: Danny Rice

Colliers International Tampa Bay Managing Director Danny Rice talks about recruiting, technology and the next downturn

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 23, 2019
Multifamily developer completes new apartment complex in area

Multifamily housing developer The NRP Group has unveiled The Allure at Gateway, a 274-unit, market-rate apartment community in Pinellas Park, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 23, 2019
County commissioner appointed to transportation task force

The task force will discuss the Southwest-Central Connector highway which will extend from Collier to Polk County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 23, 2019
College moves forward on 74-acre campus

SCF will have a presence in the Parrish area by offering noncredit classes near the future campus site.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 23, 2019
The No. 1 state for retirees is a corny surprise

Florida earned the No. 5 spot on a Bankrate ranking of the best states in the U.S. to retire.

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