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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 5, 2020
Site, sold for $2.1 million, to become apartments

The Gallina Corp. has residential rental properties in Wisconsin and Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 5, 2020
Law firm names successor to retiring COO

Frederick O’Malley will succeed Anastasia Hiotis, who is retiring, as COO of Carlton Fields, a law firm that has an office in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 5, 2020
Prominent real estate developer plans new office complex

The Lutgert Cos. has been doing business in Southwest Florida since 1964.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2020
Construction firm names vice president of operations, superintendent

Stefan Baron has been part of the Firmo team for 15 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2020
Beverage firm sells coffee, tea operations for $405 million

Tampa, Fla.-based Cott Corp. has sold its S&D Coffee and Tea division, for $405 million, to North Little Rock, Ark.-based Westrock Coffee Co. LLC.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 3, 2020
Craft beer hotspot opens another location in region

Oak & Stone now has five locations from Naples to St. Petersburg.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 3, 2020
Grocery chain to shutter four stores in region

Earth Fare cites ‘continued challenges in the retail industry.’

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 3, 2020
Area law firm elevates two associates to shareholders

The Tampa office of Philadelphia-based Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, a civil defense litigation law firm, has named Samuel Higginbottom and Lindsay McCormick shareholders of the firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 3, 2020
Community plans $60 million luxury villa project

The Oaks at Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida in South Fort Myers will have 82 units.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 1, 2020
Amid growth, manufacturer leases new office space

The new space will accommodate Harmar’s growing front office staff.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 31, 2020
Bank tops $500M total assets milestone

St. Petersburg, Fla.-based First Home Bank, in 2019, surpassed $500 million in total assets for the first time.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 31, 2020
Silva to lead JLL statewide capital markets team

Julia Silva, a long-time industrial broker with Cushman & Wakefield, will make the transition to capital markets with her new firm, JLL.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 31, 2020
Cushman & Wakefield adds high-profile pair to Tampa industrial team

Commercial real estate brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield has added a pair of high-profile industrial agents, Trey Carswell and Lisa Ross, to its Tampa roster

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 31, 2020
Do you have what it takes to be a Top Entrepreneur?

The Business Observer's annual Top Entrepreneur luncheon is May 14, 2020.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 31, 2020
Airport sets pair of passenger traffic records

Delta Air Lines led the way at Southwest Florida International Airport.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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