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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 22, 2023
Mental health franchise hires first local clinic director ahead of opening

The Ellie Mental Health location in Bradenton is expected to open in March.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 22, 2023
Well-known St. Pete accounting firm promotes employee to partner

Julie Moore is the first employee to advance to that level since Spoor Bunch Franz's inception in 1971.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 22, 2023
National homebuilder buys 87 lots in luxury Naples community

Construction on Pulte Homes's Caymas project will begin later this spring.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • February 22, 2023
Lack of convention space — again — concerns business leaders

With the pending demolition of one major property, a go-to ballroom spot for Sarasota events is being taken off the board.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • February 21, 2023
Federal grant will allow Tampa to rework downtown connectivity

The city is using a U.S. Department of Transportation grant to transform interchange, improving bike and pedestrian safety along the way.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 21, 2023
Big Sarasota Re/Max brokerage grows bigger with merger

The company is gaining 42 new team members.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • February 21, 2023
Mississippi bank promotes executive to Florida regional presidency

Frank Hall will lead Cadence Bank’s operations along most of Florida’s Gulf Coast.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • February 21, 2023
Largo nonprofit that aids children names new CEO

Chris Letsos, a 25-year veteran of youth and community development organizations, will lead Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 21, 2023
Regionwide trust firm names new head of operations

Laura Frost previously worked for Hughes Snell & Co. in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • February 21, 2023
Development group shares lessons learned from Gas Plant loss

Hard work has proven to be its own reward for members of Sugar Hill Community Partners, the group that narrowly missed out on the chance to redevelop St. Petersburg’s Tropicana Field site.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 20, 2023
Hillsborough home from 'Edward Scissorhands' named No. 5 most-searched home

The home was featured in the 1990 classic Johnny Depp movie and is still on everyone's minds.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • February 20, 2023
Bankrupt retailer to shutter 11 stores across the Gulf Coast

Sales at the closing Tuesday Morning stores, which includes 24 in Florida, will go on for about eight weeks before the locations go back to landlords.

  • News
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • February 20, 2023
Michigan chicken-wing restaurant expands to Tampa Bay region

To promote its new restaurant, Detroit Wing Co. gave away free wings for a year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • February 20, 2023
Prominent accounting firm seizes opportunities with Tampa expansion

Philadelphia-based Centri Business Consulting, after increasing its gross revenue by 40% in 2022, has arrived in Florida in search of even greater growth.

  • Finance
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • February 20, 2023
Fires shut down construction at Sunseeker Resort

A hotel sells for $79 million, Sarasota named a top relocation destination and another drug store sale top the week's commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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