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  • January 9, 2015
Live it and love it at the mall

The Mall at University Town Center in Sarasota, which opened in October, is the test site for a new personalized smartphone shopping app with unique indoor navigation technology.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2015
Law society fetes Supreme

Naples is a must-stop area on the speaker circuit at this time of year, and one of the hottest tickets in town is sure to be this one.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2015
Tampa Electric buys lumberyard for Channelside land clean up

Tampa Electric Co. purchased a 1.63-acre lumberyard east of Channelside Drive and north of Adamo Drive for $6 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2015
Wine fest goes virtual

Ever since the Naples Winter Wine Festival launched in 2001, it's been a super-exclusive event for guests only.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2015
Joe Redner Sr.-led company buys Sears Parts & Repair Center building

A company owned by businessman and strip club owner Joe Redner Sr. purchased the 23,914-square-foot former Sears Parts & Repair Center building for $1.13 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2015
Welcome to the village

The Gulf Coast's newest town is about to be born, and it's in one of the hottest development areas of the Gulf Coast.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2015
Seeking a real good location

The people behind the Columbia Restaurant chain, moving forward on a mission to restore the Goody Goody brand in Tampa, have taken to Facebook for help in a big part of the project: site location.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2015
Stock Development buys Estero Crossing land

Naples-based Stock Development purchased 42.97 acres of vacant Estero land for $5.81 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2015
McGuire Development Co. buys land for assisted-living facility

Buffalo, N.Y.-based developer McGuire Development Co. purchased 8.7 acres of vacant commercial land along U.S. 41 north of Roman Road for $1.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2015
Luxury homes market rising

Last year was a good one for Neal Signature Homes, a semi-custom luxury homebuilder under the Neal Communities brand, but this year could be better.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2015
Florida Bar feels Gulf Coast vibes

Tampa lawyer Bill Schifino Jr. is in line for the presidency of The Florida Bar, where he will be the second Gulf Coast attorney to head the organization in the last 20 years.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 8, 2015
Two Tampa CPA firms merging

Hallmark CPA Group LLC is joining Bishoff + Associates PLLC.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 8, 2015
Sarasota Memorial names new COO

Maryland health care executive Lorrie Liang will start next month.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 8, 2015
Hertz names chief revenue officer

Hertz hires United Airlines chief marketing officer as the new senior executive vice president and chief revenue officer.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2015
Jabil to develop new camera technology

The company is developing a specialty camera component for a California company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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