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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2016
Chico's sells Boston Proper

Women's retailer Chico's FAS completed the sale of Boston Proper to a private equity firm.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2016
Prominent real estate broker takes on leadership role

Ron Struthers will lead the Southwest Florida Certified Commercial Investment Member District.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2016
Senior living firm banks $50M loan

Validus Senior Living operates seven senior living facilities in Florida.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2016
Film festival names chief

The Naples International Film Festival appointed Jon Fitzgerald as its new director.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2016
Homebuilder notches record-setting year

Neal Communities sold more than 1,100 homes in 2015.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2016
High-end Tampa complex sold for $46M

The mixed-use complex features 239 apartment units and retail space.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2016
Boat club opens new location

Freedom Boat Club opened a second location in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • January 15, 2016
Connecticut connection

The hot Naples residential real estate market is getting national attention. New competitors like Connecticut-based William Raveis Real Estate are planning big moves there and across Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 15, 2016
Commercial Real Estate Q&A: Lee Arnold

Continuing a trend toward corporate consolidation in the region's commercial real estate industry, Colliers International Tampa Bay, Central & Southwest Florida — a firm whose roots trace back to 1974, when CEO Lee Arnold founded his first brokerage operation — announced earlier this month that it has been acquired by Colliers International Group Inc., a publicly held company with more than 500 offices worldwide.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 14, 2016
Calculated risk

Larry Feldman and Tower Realty Partners plan to push forward this year on Riverwalk Tower, which would be Tampa's tallest building and its first mixed-use project.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 14, 2016
$100 million spec project coming to Lakeland

Amid a growing buzz about the need for additional distribution product in the Interstate 4 corridor between Tampa and Orlando to meet demand, an Illinois-based company is planning to construct the largest speculative industrial park in Lakeland in more than a decade.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 14, 2016
Food fusion

Tampa-based World of Beer is going digital.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 14, 2016
Lawyers add layers

With nearly 100 mergers, the past year was a benchmark for law firm acquisitions and partnerships, according to a report from Altman Weil, a law practice consulting firm.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 14, 2016
British invasion

A Sarasota tourism official headed across the pond earlier this month, to spread a little sunshine in London.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 14, 2016
C1 drew interest, concern

A recent securities filing shows there was substantial interest when C1 Financial informed rivals it was for sale — but just two entities ended up bidding on the St. Petersburg-based parent of C1 Bank.

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