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  • September 24, 2021
Accountant arrested in murder-for-hire scheme

Tampa accountant charged with trying to hire a hitman on the Dark web and pay for the murder with Bitcoin.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2021
Construction firm wins $81.7M road reconstruction contract

Skanska has been chosen to spearhead a makeover of the Big Bend Road/I-75 interchange in southern Hillsborough County, Florida.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2021
Master-planned community sells 190 lots — adds a new builder

Pulte Homes will build homes in the final phase of the Brightwood neighborhood within North River Ranch.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2021
Retailer lures former Lululemon executive for CFO post

Patrick Guido has more than 20 years of finance and operations experience.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2021
Fast-growing bank opens second office

Gulfside Bank's new office will serve as a loan production office.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Louis Llovio
  • September 23, 2021
New York property management firm takes on downtown apartment complex

Common will manage 481-unit apartment complex in St. Petersburg

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2021
Venerable accounting firm to merge with younger competitor

St. Petersburg-based accounting firm Spoor Bunch Franz has struck a deal to merge with Tampa’s 71-year-old Dwight Darby & Company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Louis Llovio
  • September 23, 2021
From the gridiron to the golf course

Buccaneers legend Ronde Barber moves from football to helping organize the preeminent golf tournament in the area.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2021
Demand for tech-sector employment rises while salaries lag

Florida tech jobs pay well inside the state. Nationally, not so much.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2021
Manatee-Sarasota Building Industry Association executive dies at 62

Beverly Smock was with the association for 27 years.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2021
Airport moves forward on $331 million expansion project

Work at Southwest Florida International Airport is expected to begin in October.

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  • Louis Llovio
  • September 22, 2021
New tenant joins retail roster of 52-acre waterfront development

Fitness studio Rock It Cycle signs on to Marine Landings, the retail development inside Westshore Marina District

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2021
Restaurant company could hit $1 billon valuation with IPO

First Watch Restaurant Group could launch IPO by the end of September.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2021
National law firm expands services in Sarasota following the addition of a new attorney

Shumaker will now offer public policy and government affairs services.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2021
Governor names slate of new judges

Michael Hooi, Jeffrey Rich, Leslie Schultz-Kin and Joseph Tompkins have been tapped to serve on the Hillsborough County Court in Tampa, Florida.

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