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  • Brian Hartz
  • November 24, 2022
Command performance: Theater enters new era with leadership change

As its CEO of more than 30 years retires, the Straz Center for the Performing Arts welcomes a new leader and heads down a path that will radically reshape it physically.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • November 24, 2022
Developer pays $7 million for Fort Myers Beach hotel

A Chicago developer is building a 12-unit luxury project next door to Carousel Beach Inn with residences starting at $3.9 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 23, 2022
Redevelopment of Bath & Racquet Club receives final approval

The revamped site will include 256 condos and 65,448 square feet of light commercial space alongside new pickleball and tennis courts.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • November 23, 2022
New indoor pickleball club picks up members before it's even opened

After researching what was missing from the game, Brian McCarthy discovered players were looking for some control in the environment.

  • Development
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • November 23, 2022
Pinellas County man pleads guilty to PPP fraud, murder-for-hire charges

Alexander Leszczynski’s convoluted, high-profile scheme also included an attempt to exonerate himself with a fake pardon he claimed was signed by former President Donald Trump.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 23, 2022
Southwest Florida bank names Charlotte County area market president

Joe Cataldo joined Englewood Bank & Trust right before Hurricane Ian hit.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 22, 2022
Veteran corporate attorney joins board of Tampa finance firm

Todd Zhang succeeds Joel Rodgers at LM Funding America Inc., which in September added Bitcoin mining to its platform.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • November 22, 2022
Former Manatee commissioner returns to private sector

The Planner On Call firm started as a way for Misty Servia to keep up with her AICP certification.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • November 22, 2022
Property with Chick-fil-A about to open on it sells for nearly $3 million

The piece of property with the fast-food chain is an outparcel in Hillsborough County’s Cypress Ranch development.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 22, 2022
St. Pete companies see uptick in business from bus rapid transit route

Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority says tens of thousands of residents have tried the SunRunner since its launch a month ago.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Alex Walsh
  • November 22, 2022
Tampa CEO says insurance industry on verge of highest price hikes in decades

Trevor Baldwins says Tampa-based insurance firm BRP Group is up for the challenge.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • November 22, 2022
Crypto leader: 'Regulatory clarity' will help stave off future failures

The CEO and co-founder of CoinFlip says strong business can survive the industry upheaval.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 21, 2022
Supply chain cancels Bradenton Winter Wonderland

The festival has been postponed until next year, city officials say.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • November 21, 2022
Chevy dealership head lauded by General Motors for 50 years of service

Under Lawrence Dimmitt III’s leadership, Clearwater-based Dimmitt Chevrolet won the brand’s Dealer of the Year award in 2015.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • November 21, 2022
Plant City Economic Development Corp. welcomes new CEO

Steve Morey, a veteran of the Tampa Bay Economic Development Council, has succeeded Jake Austin.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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