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  • August 20, 2019
Texas pet waste disposal business expands to area

McKinney, Texas-based Scoop Soldiers has arrived in Tampa, Florida, to do the dirty work of picking up after pets.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Jay Schlichter
  • August 19, 2019
In memoriam: Del Ackerman 1936-2019

Businessman with a heart of gold leaves behind a legacy far beyond his long-running store.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 19, 2019
Medical device firm appoints vice president

Nadine Baez has been named vice president of research and commercialization for Tampa, Florida-based SynDaver’s global government business unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 19, 2019
Former federal official, school superintendent to open childcare center

Construction of the center is scheduled to start in 2020.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 19, 2019
Architecture firm names new partner

Sweet Sparkman Architects named Michele Demperio a firm partner.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2019
Airport sets all-time passenger record for July

Traffic for July 2019 at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport was up 42% over July 2018.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2019
Area beer maker expands to new market

Clearwater, Florida-based Big Storm Brewing Co. has planted its flag in the Buckeye State, striking a deal with Ohio Eagle Distributing that will see the Clearwater brewer’s products available for sale in the Cincinnati area later this month.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2019
Law firm adds two attorneys and nine new employees

The lawyers have almost 80 years of combined experience.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2019
Locker room talk: Soccer club executives spill secrets of success

Tampa Bay Rowdies leaders gathered in the team's locker room on Aug. 7 in St. Petersburg, Florida, to host a Business of Soccer event where they discussed key changes that have propelled the United Soccer League club to big success in 2019.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2019
Let them eat cake: Grocer takes dessert offerings to new level with imports

Publix Super Markets Inc. has struck a deal that will see the Lakeland, Florida-based grocer import premium, handmade cakes from La Rocca, a Canadian cake maker.

  • News
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 16, 2019
American Landmark CEO is a one-trick magician

American Landmark Apartments, of Tampa, and and its CEO, Joe Lubeck, have settled on a formula to buy, upgrade and sell apartment projects in Sunbelt states that have made fans out of both investors and tenants alike.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 16, 2019
Sarasota's L3 site to become distribution center under buyer's plan

Developer planning up to 800,000 square feet of industrial space

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 16, 2019
Optimal Outcomes buys Fort Myers site for possible medical office

Optimal Outcomes of St. Petersburg has acquired a 5.1-acre tract in Fort Myers for a likely medical office building. The company has done extensive work in the area for Florida Cancer Specialists.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 16, 2019
Casto Southeast, Anderson to oversee Midtown Tampa retail

Midtown Tamps master developer Bromley Cos. has tapped Casto Southeast Realty Services and Jeffrey R. Anderson Real Estate of Ohio to oversee leasing of the $500 million Midtown Tampa's planned 220,000 square feet of retail space.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2019
Culinary firm scores big win with rowing tournament

'It was a lot more than we thought it would be,' one executive says.

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