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  • Amanda Postma
  • November 29, 2022
Entrepreneurial-focused center is running out of space after just one year

A wide mix of tenants is quickly filling up the 26 West Center at State College of Florida in Bradenton.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 29, 2022
Tech firm that helps companies expand overseas lands $14M investment

Tampa-based HSP Group’s Series B round was led by ABS Capital.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • November 28, 2022
On the heels of $4.6B sale, Clearwater cybersecurity firm launches training app

KnowBe4’s new app is meant to improve security awareness and compliance training for clients.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • November 28, 2022
Hospital CEO named board chair at popular tourist attraction

John Couris has been a Florida Aquarium board member since 2019.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • November 28, 2022
Tampa tech entrepreneur, mentor dead at 41

Scott Conlon's MyAreaNetwork aspired to grab online advertising market share from giants including Facebook, Google and Yelp.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 28, 2022
Statewide law firm announces second merger in two months

With the expansion into Naples, Gunster will have a foothold in each major market in Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • November 28, 2022
Billion-dollar real estate investment firm names new CFO

Darren Martin recently moved to Southwest Florida from Pittsburgh.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • November 27, 2022
Multifamily report: 20,000 units headed to three counties in the region

Demand will continue to supercharge the multifamily market, especially in Lee and Collier counties, says one industry analyst.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Beth Luberecki
  • November 26, 2022
Opera executive's first performance is an (Ian) comeback story

Hurricane recovery becomes the first item on Laura Burns’s to-do list in her new leadership role at Opera Naples.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 25, 2022
Interim executive director named at Sarasota nonprofit

Rhonda Leiberick will be working alongside a Gulf Coast Community Foundation initiative to grow the nonprofit and expand its reach.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • November 25, 2022
Legislature to address insurance next month in second special session

Florida’s Legislature will take up insurance reform for the second time this year in a special session scheduled for December.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 25, 2022
Lakeland charter air-travel service expands Plant City fleet

TRYP Air Charter has added an eight-passenger turbo-prop aircraft.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • November 25, 2022
Sales tax program helped bring spec development to county

Pasco County used Penny for Pasco funds to entice developers to build in the fast growing county and help recruit new and targeted industries.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • 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.

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