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Business Observer | Business Observer

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  • March 10, 2017
Walmart hands out cash to employees

Over 64,000 associates in the state get share of $11.3M in bonuses.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 10, 2017
Architects join forces, build new firm

Art Castellanos and Jason Tramonte have more than 60 years combined experience.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • March 10, 2017
Cinderella story

Amid internal growth and shrinking downtown Tampa office inventory, law firm Johnson, Pope needed to lease new space -- in a hurry.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 10, 2017
Wanted: Top entrepreneurs

Are you the kind of entrepreneur who never lets no get in the way of a dream?

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 10, 2017
Bring on the sun

Tampa Tank Inc.-Florida Structural Steel executives, considering a major investment in a solar energy system, first wanted to know all about the green components.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 10, 2017
Lawsuit: Bankers diluted investors

The October 2014 acquisition of Tampa-based Florida Bank Group, a $90 million deal, seemed like a classic “win-win,” at the time. The buyer, Lafayette, La.-based IberiaBank, continued its broad expansion into Florida, while Florida Bank Group board members and some investors received a lucrative payday.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 10, 2017
Equity everywhere

Money being made in private-equity deals, on a relative basis, took a sizable dip in 2016 over the previous two years, according to the latest Bain & Co. Global Private Equity Report.

  • News
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • March 10, 2017
Palms of Carrollwood sells for $31.12M

A Smyrna, Ga.-based company that was at one time the Atlanta area's largest gasoline station owner and fuel seller has purchased the Palms of Carrollwood shopping center north of Tampa for $31.12 million, records show.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 10, 2017
Climate changes, a little

The business climate in Lee County increased in the first quarter of 2017 over the last quarter of 2016, yet remains somewhat mired in mediocrity.

  • News
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • March 10, 2017
Cottonwood bullish on St. Petersburg

Cottonwood Residential officials say they are aware that multifamily values and supply have spiked in recent years in the Tampa and St. Petersburg markets, and that affordability is increasingly becoming an issue, especially for urban renters.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 10, 2017
Take it to the mat

Robert Smithson's $8 million digital printing and graphic design firm, Manatee County-based Trinity Graphics, took a big hit at the end of 2016 when it lost its biggest client.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 9, 2017
Bank targets mobile market in $175M deal

Clearwater-based Flagship Community Bank agrees to purchase BankMobile division for $175 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 9, 2017
Project manager to focus on Southwest Florida

Miami-based Jaxi Builders hired Scott Wells as their project manager for the region.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 9, 2017
Former chamber head picks up new gig

Steve Queior was president of Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce for 13 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 8, 2017
Florida firm designs Costa Rica hotel rooms

Clive Daniel Home hospitality division will design units for mixed-use development.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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