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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 26, 2016
Create a tribe

A core theme of the 2016 Florida Working Women Conference, one of the more prominent Tampa annual events for women executives and entrepreneurs, is overcoming self-imposed limits.

  • News
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • August 26, 2016
Not done yet

World War II veteran Chuck Palmeri has been a salesman, from shoes to condos to commercial real estate, for nearly 70 years. It's a long lifetime of lessons learned.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 26, 2016
Bounce back

Like many developers, Chris Deveso suffered through the recession last decade. But he also learned a valuable lesson about the value of timing and good customer service.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 26, 2016
Significant project moves forward

The city of Fort Myers, amid an already robust recovery in downtown projects, took a big step forward Aug. 22: The city council approved lease terms with a Tampa development firm behind a new proposed hotel next to the Harborside Event Center.

  • News
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 26, 2016
A moving tale

During a two-year search, Coast to Coast Moving & Storage had three deals fall apart before finding the right fit for its headquarters.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 26, 2016
Herald-Tribune's move a short one

Talk about staying close. After more than a decade in its iconic downtown Sarasota headquarters, the Herald-Tribune Media Group will relocate less than 50 yards away from its current digs early next year, following a lease signing late last week.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 26, 2016
Company plows through hiring projections

Food distribution firm Cheney Bros. surpassed 380 hires for its facility in Charlotte County — a milestone figure that fulfills the hiring requirements the firm agreed to when it accepted public subsidies to aid the project.

  • News
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • August 26, 2016
Set sights

The developers of the Heights are armed with a keen sense of urgency for a project with decade-long timeline. Another key driver? Avoid debt.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 26, 2016
TGM investment in Bay Isle to grow

Although its mid-August purchase of the Bay Isle Key apartments in St. Petersburg represented one of the largest multifamily deals throughout the Gulf Coast in years, New York-based TGM Associates' investment in the complex is far from over.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 26, 2016
Termites on the prowl

Forget Zika.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 26, 2016
'Brilliant with the basics'

Wall Street analysts credit a sales resurgence at the Olive Garden — a new breadstick recipe helped — with being at the forefront of the so-far successful corporate turnaround at Darden Restaurants.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 26, 2016
Naples stands above the rest

Florida's reputation as a top state for attracting retirees has a little more swagger.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 26, 2016
Virginia firm spends nearly $100M on apartments

ColnF LLC, an affiliate of ICAFS Inc., bought two complexes in the Brandon area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 25, 2016
Lawyer helped drug dealers hide cash

Tampa attorney Joe Manuel Gonzalez faces up to five years in prison.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 25, 2016
Chocolate star wins big industry accolades

Molly Cook was recently honored at the Pastry Art Live competition.

  • News
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