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  • September 11, 2020
Area firm sold to data analytics provider Verisk for $160 million

Franco Signor will become part of Verisk’s Claims Partners business.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 10, 2020
Sailing company docks new boat builder

There are close to 400 Colgate 26 boats sailing and racing worldwide.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 10, 2020
Homebuilder breaks sales record in August

Neal Communities made 136 sales during the month.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 10, 2020
Law firm promotes business lawyer to managing partner

Business lawyer David Cellitti has been tapped to lead Quarles & Brady LLP’s Tampa, Florida, office.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 10, 2020
National builder buys 70 lots in gated community

Royal Palm Golf Estates is planned for 343 single-family homes.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 10, 2020
Bakery, after weathering shutdown, takes a big bite of success

The Cake Girl, a locally owned Tampa, Florida, bakery that opened in June 2019, has bounced back with vigor from the COVID-19 economic shutdown.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 10, 2020
Beach resort gets creative to boost sales amid pandemic slowdown

TradeWinds Island Grand Resort in St. Pete Beach, Florida, has created two new “remote retreat” programs designed to lure people out of their homes to a beach getaway.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 9, 2020
Construction firm builds new apartment complex

The Sandpiper Place community consists of four residential buildings with 92 two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments along with a separate clubhouse facility.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 9, 2020
Report gives Florida another 'D' grade for manufacturing sector

Ball State’s Center for Business and Economic Research recently assembled its 2020 Manufacturing Scorecard for each state.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 9, 2020
Urn company moves to larger space to handle sales increase

Bogati Urn Co.'s new space has an air-conditioned warehouse, two showrooms and 15 offices that allow for social distancing.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 9, 2020
E-commerce giant to hire 500 at new facility in region

Amazon’s new fulfillment center, under construction in Auburndale, Fla., will create 500 full-time jobs that start at $15 per hour with benefits.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 9, 2020
Construction begins on $8 million college entrepreneurship center

The project will support Florida Gulf Coast University's Frank and Ellen Daveler & Sandra Kauanui School of Entrepreneurship.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 8, 2020
Large area software firm recruits new top HR executive

Tony Dinkins has more than 30 years of human resources leadership experience.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 8, 2020
Roofing distributor names managing partner for area

Before becoming manager of the Sarasota location in 2018, Roberts served as the branch manager for the Bradenton location.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 8, 2020
Telemarketer to serve four years in prison for health care fraud

Land O' Lakes, Florida, telemarketer Samuel Friedman, has been sentenced to four years in prison for a health care sales scheme that defrauded Medicare-aged people and involved bribes paid to doctors.

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