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Business Observer | Business Observer

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 12, 2019
National firm acquires area office equipment dealer

Staples Inc., one of the world’s largest retailers of office supplies, has agreed to acquire Tampa, Florida-based based DEX Imaging, a leading dealer of office equipment such as printers and copiers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 12, 2019
Health care foundation names director of development

Barbara Evans has nearly 20 years of fundraising experience.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 12, 2019
Health system expands cardiothoracic facility

Lee Health opens a larger Shipley Cardiothoracic Center, a research, teaching and surgical facility at HealthPark Medical Center in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2019
Insurance, investment firm announces new president

Austin Boyd joined Boyd Insurance & Investments in 2013 as a commercial account executive.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2019
Restaurant group names head of seafood brand

Tampa, Florida-based Bloomin’ Brands Inc. has appointed Jeff Carcara president of Bonefish Grill.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2019
Community foundation promotes CFO from within

Luis Leon joined the Southwest Florida Community Foundation in 2012 as an accountant.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 8, 2019
Research-based nonprofit names new director of development

Andria Piekarz served as director of philanthropy for the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast since 2014.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 8, 2019
Reeling from scandal, hospital names interim president

Effective Feb. 18, Tom Kmetz will become interim president of scandal-plagued Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 8, 2019
Fuel for growth

Six-month-old motorcycle leasing firm adds Indian dealers to its pre-owned Harley-Davidson model, now partnering with dealers in 18 states.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 8, 2019
More CEOs concerned about economy

Annual PwC CEO survey indicates growing pessimism for global economic growth.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 8, 2019
Waterfront neighborhood opens second phase

Naples Reserve now selling lots in Phase II featuring builders Stock Signature Homes and D.R. Horton.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 8, 2019
Buckhorn talks up Tampa's transformation

Outgoing Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s valedictory lap continued in late January at the Urban Land Institute Tampa Bay’s 2019 Trends Conference at Armature Works in Tampa Heights in Tampa, Florida.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 8, 2019
Entrepreneurship class teaches inmates how to start business

A pair of University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee professors teach an entrepreneurship class at Hardee Correctional Institution.

  • News
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • February 8, 2019
q&a | Stan Stouder

Stan Stouder, a founding partner of commercial real estate brokerage firm CRE Consultants in Fort Myers, unpacks what's driving Southwest Florida's commercial real estate market and what might be ahead in the coming year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • February 8, 2019
Self-storage superstars join Cushman & Wakefield

Self-storage industry leader Mike Mele and his team of 15 other brokers and support staff are joining commercial brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield to gain more national status.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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