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  • September 25, 2017
Health care group names new CEO

Bob Boswell replaces Bob Simpson at LeeSar and Cooperative Services of Florida Inc.

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  • September 22, 2017
Company signs software deal with New York data firm

Naples-based ASG Technologies will work with Syncsort.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2017
Center to aid Irma-affected businesses

A post-Irma business recovery center opened in Pinellas County.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2017
Final home site in community sold

All 825 home sites at Neal Communities' Central Park in Lakewood Ranch have sold.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2017
Contractor caution

After the storm, unlicensed workers can swarm

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 22, 2017
Sarasota developers grappling over site

As part of a comprehensive effort to redevelop its downtown, Sarasota officials last year sold a slice of land for $260,000 adjacent to a municipal parking garage to a development team that included Dr. Mark Kauffman and Joseph Hembree, head of commercial brokerage firm Hembree & Associates.

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  • September 22, 2017
Early bird special

Retirees really get a deal living in Florida.

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  • September 22, 2017
Medical Match

More retail landlords than ever before are turning to medical-related tenants to fill their centers, to the delight of both.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2017
Lessons on tap

You, too, can Dream Big if you ask for help, winning entrepreneur says.

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  • September 22, 2017
Optimal Timing

By focusing on medical-related properties, Optimal Outcomes is riding trends and a demographic wave to success.

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  • September 22, 2017
Billions in CMBS exposure in Irma's wake along Gulf Coast

Morningstar Credit Ratings LLC says that when Hurricane Irma ripped through Florida earlier this month, it brought in its wake billions of dollars worth of commercial mortgage-backed securities exposure.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2017
Partners in progress

Hillsborough County inks five-year P3 deal to keep growth alive

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2017
Townhomes sell for $67 million

An investor acquired the 306-unit Amberton Luxury Townhomes in Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2017
Manufacturer taps former mining exec for VP role

Randy White will head up global operations and supply chain for the Tampa door manufacturer.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
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  • September 21, 2017
Medical company hires CEO

Kevin Campbell is the new CEO of Sarasota-based PaceMate.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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