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  • October 9, 2020
President Trump appointee tours area manufacturing facility

Air Products operates a 300,000-square-foot plant in Port Manatee.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 9, 2020
Airline to launch new service between two of state’s biggest airports

Southwest Airlines will offer a new nonstop route from Tampa International Airport to Miami International Airport starting on Nov. 15.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 9, 2020
Airport begins $18 million in expansion projects

Board member calls it a ‘monumental time’ for airport.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 8, 2020
Report: executive women suffer from more self-doubt than men

Imposter Syndrome is real in the C-Suite occupied by women.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 8, 2020
College president announces retirement

New College will create a search committee to help select O’Shea’s replacement and hire a search firm to lead the recruiting process.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 8, 2020
Popular restaurant chain to open new location in region, hire hundreds

The Cheesecake Factory plans to open a new restaurant at Westfield Countryside mall in Clearwater, Florida, on Dec. 8.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 8, 2020
Law firm promotes four area attorneys to partner level

Quarles & Brady promoted others nationally.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 7, 2020
Popular pumpkin farm faces $7.2 million foreclosure lawsuit

The Bradenton farm is one of the defendants listed along with members of the Hunsader family.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 7, 2020
New 118-room hotel coming to downtown region

The builder is Sarasota-based Firmo Construction.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • October 7, 2020
Fast-growing cybersecurity firm welcomes new executives

A-LIGN, a Tampa, Florida-based cybersecurity firm, has hired Mike Herdegen as chief technology officer and Brian Gladstein as senior vice president of marketing.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 6, 2020
Luxury brokerages merge to handle hot resale market.

Both John R. Wood Properties and Vineyards Naples Properties have been in the market for decades.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 6, 2020
New restaurant opens at area art museum

Bistro at the Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College launched Oct. 1.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 6, 2020
Boat dealer expands reach with acquisition of $220M company

Clearwater, Florida-based MarineMax has acquired SkipperBud’s and its subsidiary Silver Seas Yachts, which combined to generate $220 million in revenue in 2019.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 5, 2020
Hospital, medical group name new CEO

Kelly Enriquez was previously COO at the 380-bed Lawnwood Regional Medical Center in Fort Pierce.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 4, 2020
Hospital group acquires 12-location medical practice

Exodus Women’s Center was founded in 1992.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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