• Alternate Text

  • Loading

  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Health Care
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Health Care
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login

News

    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2020
Entertainment giant lays off large chunk of workforce

Company relocated production headquarters to region in 2012.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2020
Area small business leader pleads for government leaders to act on crisis

Mike Harting, CEO of 3 Daughters Brewing in St. Petersburg, says elected officials need to act now to save small businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2020
Restaurant group offers pickup, temporarily closes locations

Lemon Tree Kitchen and Circo are temporarily closed.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2020
Hotel sector job cuts are massive — and more to come

State closes in on 100,000 hospitality industry job cuts.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2020
Restaurateur uses humor to diffuse difficult times

John Horne looks for the silver lining in the coronavirus conflict.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2020
Storage firm offers discounts to students displaced by pandemic

Clearwater, Florida-based PODS Enterprises LLC has cut its rental, delivery and transportation fees by 10% for college students who have lost their on-campus housing as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2020
Firm creates #SWFLStrong campaign

Movement designed to bring balance to slew of negative news.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2020
Business transforms into online music school

Due to coronavirus, all Music Compound services are now available online.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2020
Clerk of Courts announces changes due to coronavirus

Service changes relate to marriage licenses, passports and more.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2020
Area real estate firm facilitates $11.5M sale of Orlando shopping center

The Tampa, Florida, office of Ciminelli Real Estate Services facilitated the $11.5 million sale of Republic Square in Orlando, a retail center that's set for redevelopment as a multifamily housing complex.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2020
Insurance group starts charitable foundation for more efficient giving

In April 2019, FCCI Insurance Group established the FCCI Charitable Foundation.

  • News
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • March 20, 2020
Developers say new project will radically transform 10-acre property

Mirrorton is on the fringe of downtown Lakeland.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2020
Route change for entrepreneurial Grand Prix driver

Race car driver and winemaker Kevin Buckler promoted his new red wine collection in St. Petersburg despite the cancelation of the Firestone Grand Prix.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2020
High-profile sports tournament returns to area club

The FineMark Women’s Pro Tennis Championship will return to the Bonita Bay Club May 11-17.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2020
Policy shift: Insurer moves ahead with consolidation

Progressive Corp. has accelerated its buyout plan for the company that owns American Strategic Insurance, a property insurance firm headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida.

  • News
« 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 »
The best of Business Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest business and commecial real estate news from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Sign Up

Latest News

1
  • December 16, 2025
Report: Tampa No. 2 retail real estate market nationwide
2
  • December 16, 2025
Longboat Key to get first-ever Goodwill store
3
  • December 16, 2025
$74M Naples botanical garden names interim CEO
4
  • December 16, 2025
Sarasota County buys 3.59-acre Venice waterfront property
5
  • December 16, 2025
Naples senior center founder, prominent social services advocate dies at 75

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-362-4848

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Podcast
  • Big Book of Business

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Distribution Points
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Your Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2025 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
×
3 Articles Remaining!
Not a Subscriber?

Click here to Subscribe

Already a Subscriber?

Click here to Login

Sign Up for Daily Brief

Start your day with the top Gulf Coast business news you need to succeed.

Sign Up for CRE Central

Stay updated with a weekly roundup of big deals, market shifts and the people shaping commercial real estate from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Smart People Subscribe.

Turn headlines into game plans. The playbook’s right here.
Subscribe to the Business Observer today.

Subscribe Now