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  • November 7, 2016
Boomerang baseball leader returns to region

Jeff Podobnik previously ran Florida operations for the Pittsburgh Pirates in Bradenton from 1991-1998.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 4, 2016
Another area community bank is sold

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida will pay a total of $54.8 million for GulfShore Bancshares.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 4, 2016
Port scores 'miracle' victory

Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Miracle will debut in 2018.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 4, 2016
Port scores 'miracle' victory

Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Miracle will debut in 2018.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 4, 2016
Overcome intimidation

The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation is out to prove it's about more than obstacles and oversight.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 4, 2016
See what's coming next

Mark Dickson's business is predictive analytics, but even he would have had a hard time forecasting how fast his startup would grow.

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    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 4, 2016
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROFILE | Roger Thomas

Roger Thomas leads Workspace Property Trust, which last month completed a $969 million acquisition of a portfolio of office properties from Liberty Property Trust, including numerous properties in the Tampa area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 4, 2016
Thinking global

When Johnson & Johnson decided to move its Global Services division North American headquarters to Tampa from New Jersey, where the company was formed in 1886, it wasn't just packing up a department and relocating it.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 4, 2016
Overtime rules stake claim

Attorneys and accountants across the region have held seminars for businesses and warned clients for months about new federal overtime rules that go into effect Dec. 1.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 4, 2016
A plain and simple path to growth

The jaunt from Southwest Florida to the Keys just got a little easier.

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    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 4, 2016
Insula remains bullish on multifamily

Despite some lender pullback from the apartment sector and fears that past rent and occupancy growth can't be sustained in some markets, Insula Cos. remains optimistic about the future of the multifamily sector along the Gulf Coast.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 4, 2016
Project generates controversy

Collier County commissioners, against vocal opposition, recently approved a large expansion project for medial device manufacturer Arthrex, one of the largest companies and employers in Naples.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 4, 2016
Save a lot

The east coast of Florida isn't just more crowded than the west coast.

  • News
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 4, 2016
Lafayette Place in no hurry, developer says

For a project that could total 1.7 million square feet — roughly equivalent to the 42-story 100 North Tampa, SunTrust Financial Centre and the Tampa City Center skyscrapers combined — Hillsborough River Realty Co. doesn't appear to be in any rush to break ground.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 4, 2016
Polk industrial market surging

Industrial space in Polk County is expanding significantly as a result of several major build-to-suit and speculative developments that have recently come on line, according to a new report.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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