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  • August 10, 2015
Raymond James unit buys 60-employee firm

The financial services firm has worked with Troy, Mich.-based The Producers Choice for nearly a decade.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 10, 2015
Mortgage firm banks $10.7M in transactions

Recent deals at Thomas D. Wood and Company stretch from Tampa to Chicago.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 10, 2015
Airport nears all-time high in passengers

Punta Gorda airport passenger traffic jumps 58% in July.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2015
Real estate agent charged in kickback scheme

Prosecutors say agent helped hide closing costs in condo sales contracts and lied to banks.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2015
Citrus producer reports juiced profits

Citrus giant Alico says profits rose more than sevenfold in the most recent quarter compared with the same quarter one year ago.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2015
Marina in historic village gets new life

The 68-slip marina at the Seafood Shack will get a “massive upgrade,” its owners say.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2015
Return that CNBC call

If CNBC calls you, return it.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2015
The spree to hire is on

It's every business owner's No. 1 complaint: finding good people to hire. And it's getting even harder because of falling unemployment.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2015
Mall gets national attention

The Sarasota-Bradenton region, specifically the Mall at University Town Center, recently got some love from the New York Times.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2015
Cypress Legends sets new benchmark

Northland Investment's purchase is the largest price paid for a Lee County apartment since 2007.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 7, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: Jay Caplin | investor, Miami

Jay Caplin and Gavin Campbell formed Steelbridge Capital in 2008 to take advantage of what they believed were recovering office markets with distressed and undervalued assets in Florida and Illinois.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2015
Giant accounting firm: Florida is hot

A juicy economic indicator, albeit anecdotal, on the Sunshine State comes courtesy of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

  • News
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 7, 2015
Commercial real estate

Benderson readying SRQ Commerce Park II; Tampa office rents poised to crack threshold

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2015
Site selector singles out Estero

No one knew Estero until Hertz came to town.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2015
Shore Food Group owners redeveloping Moore's Stone Crab

The owners of Shore Food Group, Tom Leonard and Mark Caragiulo, purchased the 9,275-square-foot Moore's Stone Crab building for $3.2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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