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  • January 3, 2020
Nonprofit begins construction on $3 million restaurant, training facility

Naples-based Connor & Gaskins Unlimited recently broke ground on the project.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 3, 2020
Bank opens new branch, expands reach

Vice President and Relationship Manager Christine Davis will lead the team at the new Crews Bank & Trust office in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 3, 2020
New Arthrex headquarters to add 'quality jobs' to Collier economy

Arthrex Inc.'s new headquarters in Naples is expected to house hundreds of new workers and continue the medical device maker's expansion in Naples and Collier County.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 3, 2020
Skillet sizzle: Naples breakfast chain pushes expansion program

Skillets is expanding into the Sarasota-Manatee area.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 3, 2020
Increasing demand leads to new center for Lakewood Ranch manufacturing firm

Sarasota-based Florikan E.S.A. recently opened a distribution center in Bowling Green.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 3, 2020
Royal ride: Authentic London taxi comes to Naples

A Naples resort is bringing a little bit of Britain to Southwest Florida.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 3, 2020
St. Pete development firm goes full force with B Corp movement

Socially responsible developer, a B Corp pioneer in Florida, breaks ground on another townhome project.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 2, 2020
Area opera names new executive director

Former Opera Naples Executive Director Timothy Todd Simmons has returned to his hometown.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 2, 2020
Developer begins sales of new luxury condo tower units

The Ronto Group, a Naples-based property developer, has opened a sales center on the site of its latest project: Altura Bayshore, a 22-story, 73-unit luxury condo tower that will overlook South Tampa's iconic Bayshore Boulevard.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 2, 2020
Top Deals 2019: Tampa Bay

Portfolio sales of the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay and an adjacent office building, downtown and Westshore offices and a pair of Brandon properties spur record transactional volume of nearly $837 million in 2019

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 2, 2020
County awards multimillion-dollar roads project

Contract is for fast-growing Lehigh Acres.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 2, 2020
Brokerage, with 40 locations, appoints new CEO

Budge Huskey previously led the Coldwell Banker brand as president and CEO.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 2, 2020
Advertising firm goes wild with new contract

ZooTampa at Lowry Park has selected Paradise Advertising & Marketing Inc., based in St. Petersburg, Florida, as its agency of record.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 27, 2019
Juice machine: citrus company posts solid year

Fort Myers-based Alico is one of the largest citrus producers in the country.

  • News
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • December 27, 2019
Apartment, office deals in near equilibrium

Overall sales volume decline in two Gulf Coast submarkets — Southwest Florida and Sarasota/Manatee counties — during 2019 was offset by strength in the Tampa Bay area.

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