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Business Observer | Business Observer

    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2017
1997: The way we were

Turns out 1997, our first year of publishing what was then known as the Gulf Coast Review, was a banner year for business news. In our inaugural year, we covered hundreds of stories affecting Sarasota and Manatee counties. Here's an overview of the top stories from that year, as well as updates to what has happened since.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 20, 2017
Shift in progress

Few Gulf Coast industries have undergone as much change -- or expansion — over the past two decades as commercial real estate.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2017
Running back in charge

Emmitt Smith is back in Florida.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2017
Startups: dive into the tank

An area of the Gulf Coast often overlooked for startup capital — Charlotte County — will get its turn in the spotlight later this year.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2017
Health system woos medical outcomes official

John Chomeau is a new executive with Lee Health.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2017
Bank promotes exec to chief lending officer

Timothy Dixon has been in banking for more than 35 years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2017
Developer plots mixed-use project led by organic grocery

Tavistock Development Co. developed the master-planned Lake Nona community in Orlando.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2017
WellCare looks to insurance giant for new state exec

Lee Bowers was most recently a vice president at Humana.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2017
Law firm, partner merge with Sarasota practice

Chris Caswell marks a dozen attorneys for Berlin Patten Ebling.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2017
Airport sets annual passenger record

Southwest Florida International Airport had 8.6 million passengers in 2016.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2017
Walmart opens first Florida training academy in region

The facility, in Hudson, is one of only 200 such centers planned nationally.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2017
Braves choose Sarasota for spring training

Team could move its spring training to North Port by 2019.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2017
Builder readies new 11-story condo tower

London Bay Homes is the builder behind Grandview at Bay Beach.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 17, 2017
Architect sells downtown Sarasota building for $1M

The building at 1234 First St. was designed in 1980.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 17, 2017
Texas bank with nearly $5B in assets targets Tampa

Woodforest National Bank appoints Willy Gomez to Florida leadership post.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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