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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • March 25, 2016
A Value-Add Play

A pending vacancy could only enhance the value of a 19-story, downtown Tampa office building.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • March 25, 2016
His other place

Luxury storage condos are popular with people who want to store their expensive recreational vehicles, sports cars or any other valuables.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Jean Gruss
  • March 25, 2016
Minto's Market

Minto Communities is boosting its presence on the Gulf Coast with a massive residential project in eastern Collier County.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • March 25, 2016
Mixed-Use Mecca

St. Petersburg has blended live/work/play elements into a cohesive urban experience that is drawing raves -- and investment.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 25, 2016
Gators score innovation points

After nearly two years of secret meetings and slow progress, Sarasota business and economic development officials could finally celebrate a major achievement: A unique and ambitious economic development initiative and partnership with the University of Florida that holds potential for both area students and businesses.

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    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • March 25, 2016
Switch Carrs

Michael Carr Jr. takes over the management of the Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT office in Southwest Florida from his father and plans to boost its presence in Lee County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 25, 2016
A+ for strategy

Tampa commercial real estate broker David Sobelman, a national expert in net leases, where the tenant pays some or all property expenses, in addition to rent, senses a shift in the niche market.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 25, 2016
Brick by brick

Polk County's top tourism driver, Legoland, is on the verge of a major multimillion-dollar expansion project — the largest since the park opened in October 2011.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 25, 2016
Radio chief takes leave

George Beasley, the spry 83-year-old CEO of Naples-based Beasley Broadcast Group, has been a force in the radio business since he founded the company in 1961.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 25, 2016
A jolt of perseverance

Here's something you don't see very often: A party at a community bank to celebrate a customer paying off a loan.

  • News
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • March 25, 2016
Q&A | Barry Seidel

Barry Seidel started American Property Group of Sarasota Inc. three decades ago, after running a series of restaurants and other businesses in Philadelphia.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 25, 2016
Count on Changes

The banking industry, preparing for new Financial Accounting Standards Board rules coming late this year, crystallizes a conundrum many business face: the danger of too few people who know what to do.

  • News
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • March 25, 2016
Work it

The co-working trend doesn't have to be only a big-city thing. An entrepreneur believes the 'burbs are also ready for it.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2016
Yacht club begins $2.6M renovation

The project includes a new seawall and reconstruction of the nearly 11,000-square-foot dock.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2016
Hertz Equipment names chairman

Herbert Henkel, retired chairman and CEO of Ingersoll Rand, has been named non-executive chairman for the equipment-rental business of Hertz Global Holdings.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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