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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 23, 2016
Building industry group nabs new executive

Phillip Ford has 23 years' experience in the homebuilding industry.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 23, 2016
Tech giant lures Microsoft official back to region

Linda Rendleman began her career with Tech Data in 1992.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 22, 2016
Tech firm picks up six-figure investment

Florida Funders will invest $400,000 into Peerfit.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 22, 2016
Entrepreneur, with acquisition, goes out on her own

Manatee County chiropractor Heather Crawford has practiced in the area for nearly five years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 22, 2016
Farm changes owners in $550K deal

Center State Bank of Florida, N.A. sold the 128-acre citrus farm.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 21, 2016
Resort builds $7.1M water park

The Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa also recently renovated meeting rooms and ballrooms.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 21, 2016
Feds: Cancer doctor used phony medicine

Palm Harbor physician D. Anda Norbergs was convicted of multiple counts in the case.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 21, 2016
County surpasses $20M in bed taxes

Sarasota County's Tourist Development Tax collection increased 4.9% in fiscal 2016 over fiscal 2015.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 18, 2016
Home run

A Sarasota firm recently more than doubled its money with a Tampa office project. Not bad for less than three years of ownership.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 18, 2016
Phillips Edison buys Naples center for $17 million

Phillips Edison & Co. has acquired the Mission Hills Shopping Center in Naples for roughly $17 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 18, 2016
Bridge to capital, and jobs

Semi-retired executives and part-time Longboat Key residents Sam Guren and Tom Gardner come from wildly different backgrounds.

  • News
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 18, 2016
Sarasota office building comes to market

The Arkansas-based owner of the three-story office building in Sarasota being vacated by the Herald-Tribune Media Group and others early next year has officially put the building on the market for lease.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 18, 2016
Tampa becoming a 'new city of finance'

Tampa is among 10 emerging U.S. cities where financial services firms are expanding and hiring, according to a new report by commercial real estate services firm CBRE Inc.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 18, 2016
A nice ride

The uncertainty of the economy, given the recent election and multiple other factors, didn't stop at least one company for making a major investment in its future.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 18, 2016
Young star on the rise

Stereotypical ambivalent and apathetic young people: Meet Amber Mariano.

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