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  • March 8, 2016
Atlanta Braves swing for Sarasota County facility

The team's current spring training facility is in Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 7, 2016
Hertz to boost franchise growth

Car rental giant Hertz plans to boost global franchising by naming Robert Barton to a newly created position.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 7, 2016
Tampa firm strikes $207M acquisition

Sykes Enterprises announced its acquisition of a Utah-based company on Monday.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 7, 2016
United Way names new chair and board members

The additions are part of a large shift for United Way's board.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2016
Food purveyor sells consumer business

Innovative Food Holdings, a distributor of specialty foods to chefs around the country, has sold The Fresh Diet consumer business to a group led by the company's founder.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2016
Sarasota Memorial named top 100 hospital

The hospital was recognized in the list by Truven Health Analytics.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2016
Mortgage giant names chairman, COO

Walter Investment Management Corp. has nearly 6,000 employees.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • March 4, 2016
The new top dog

Ryan Sampson is the new principal at Eshenbaugh Land Co., but its founder, “The Dirt Dog,” isn't going anywhere yet.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2016
Back to the future

Is it dejà vu all over again?

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2016
Happy in Naples

People in Naples feel great.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2016
Chains look to link up

Smoothies, pizzas and pretzels. Those are some of the freshest products from franchise chains with growth plans in the Tampa area and potentially other Gulf Coast markets.

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    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • March 4, 2016
Banyan Street solidifying CBRE relationship

In the wake of its $193.5 million joint venture purchase of the Bank of America Plaza in downtown Tampa last December, Banyan Street Capital is cementing its relationship with CBRE Inc., the nation's largest commercial real estate brokerage and services firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • March 4, 2016
University Mall rehab continues

RD Management LLC knew when it purchased Tampa's University Mall in late 2014 that revamping the retail hub would be a long journey.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2016
CEO will ring you up

The next time you shop at a Chico's clothing store, don't be surprised to see the CEO working the register.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2016
Litigation nears resolution

Could the end of litigation surrounding the shuttered iconic hospitality landmark on Longboat Key, The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, be near?

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