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  • June 30, 2015
Small-business center names chief

The Florida Small Business Development Center in Fort Myers has appointed Lois Knox as the new regional director.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 30, 2015
Restaurant chain orders two more executives

First Watch hires a vice president of franchising and a vice president of design and construction.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 29, 2015
Sarasota home services biz makes $4.5M acquisition

Deal will add about 14,000 new customers, mostly from New England.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 29, 2015
Hertz unit seeks buyer in France and Spain

Hertz is negotiating to sell equipment-rental businesses in France and Spain.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 29, 2015
Underwater discovery could be gold for Tampa explorers

Odyssey Marine Exploration is working through environmental process with Mexican government for phosphate sands south of San Diego.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 26, 2015
Sarasota-Manatee home sales market sizzles

Sales rise again in May in both Sarasota and Manatee counties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 26, 2015
Business school names associate dean

Florida Gulf Coast University named Vivek Bhargava as associate dean at the Lutgert College of Business.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 26, 2015
Florida still target for foreign homebuyers

Real estate agents find potential homebuyers from all walks of life. But a new report from the National Association of Realtors suggests it might be time for agents to brush up on their Mandarin, or at least their Hindi.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 26, 2015
Dealmaker reaches national stage

Sarasota native Andrew Greenwell was so amped to start a career in real estate that he launched a firm in 2002, when he was a Florida State sophomore.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 26, 2015
Sunken treasure surfaces

This is as close to sunken treasure as many of us will find.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 26, 2015
Entech takes another leap

Jake Spanberger took a measured risk in 2010 when he sold Entech's residential computer repair business.

  • News
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • June 26, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: W. Stephen Hagenbuckle

Steve Hagenbuckle never intended to become a real estate investor.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 26, 2015
'Business within a business'

The Keller Williams Lakeland office has turned into a regional powerhouse over the last decade, and a top office for the brand nationwide. Its secret: Easy to explain, hard to execute.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 26, 2015
Burger guru looks back

Culver's is one of the fastest-growing burger chains in the country, with more than 500 restaurants in 22 states. A slice of that growth has come on the Gulf Coast in the last two years, with at least 15 new franchised locations from Sarasota to Naples.

  • News
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 26, 2015
A luxury fixer-upper

Pollack Shores Real Estate Group and a partner paid $64.5 million for a Tampa apartment community, with plans to spend even more.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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