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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • May 5, 2017
Profile

'I don't think the industrial market here will slow down anytime soon. The current environment is the best I have ever seen.'

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
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  • May 5, 2017
Blackstone senior housing deal touches Gulf Coast

Deal nets Sarasota County and Winter Haven properties.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 5, 2017
Clean up

Dry cleaning firm making a sweep.

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    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • May 5, 2017
Naples firm plans 563-acre Charlotte development

In the wake of its $6.5 million purchase of a 563-acre tract in Punta Gorda, Lely Development Corp. intends to start work on a project that could contain as many as 2,400 residents and hundreds of thousands of commercial square feet at completion.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
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  • May 5, 2017
Global manufacturer goes internal for next CFO

Haresh Shah joined Welbilt last June.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
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  • May 4, 2017
Nonprofit names new director

Alina Gonzalez-Dockery was selected as director of The Florida Prosperity Partnership.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 4, 2017
IT firm targets 200 hires

Clearwater-based Vology will expand its offices in Pinellas County.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 4, 2017
Developer plans marina, resort in historic village

Hunters Point Resort & Marina includes 148 cottage-style residences.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 3, 2017
Community's home starts outpace competitors

Market research shows West Villages had more home starts than Lakewood Ranch and Palmer Ranch.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 3, 2017
Michelin three-star chef partners with culinary group

Christian Le Squer will work with the Immokalee Culinary Accelerator.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 3, 2017
Tampa: burritos are for the birds

City scores dead last in national poll on burrito consumption.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 2, 2017
Firm fails to hit jobs target, owes county $200K

Sarasota County wooed Enzymedica from Charlotte County in 2012.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 2, 2017
Builder moves forward on 300-unit apartment project

Epoch Residential will build 300 units at Bexley in Land O'Lakes.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 2, 2017
Chico's chooses new board member

Deborah Kerr will fill remaining one-year term of former chairman Ross Roeder.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • May 1, 2017
New member appointed to airport board

Michael Lenhard will join the five-person City of Naples Airport Authority board.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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