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News

    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 10, 2020
Maryland firm buys major Lee County site

Knott Realty Group. of Timinium, Md., has purchased a nearly 123 acre tract in Fort Myers for $5.7 million for future development.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 10, 2020
Former CBRE executive sues firm

Anne-Marie Ayers, an executive at commercial real estate brokerage firm CBRE Inc. who was terminated last year, has filed a lawsuit against the company and its top executive in Tampa.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 10, 2020
What They're Saying: CoStar Group

Apartment development in Sarasota and Fort Myers is among the tops in the U.S., according to a new report by commercial real estate research firm CoStar Group

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 10, 2020
Firing on all cylinders

The Gulf Coast's commercial real estate growth and positive momentum show few signs of abating in 2020

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 10, 2020
New winery, bistro concept to open in area

Waters Edge Winery & Bistro at Social will open in Sarasota this spring.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2020
Sarasota tech firm with 175 employees buys new HQ for $10.5M

Real estate tech firm PropLogix, one of the fastest-growing businesses in the region, will soon have a new headquarters — and in moving, the firm, and its 175 employees, will leave downtown Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2020
Auto clubs merge, forming continent's second-largest AAA organization

The Auto Club Group, headquartered in Tampa, Fla., and Dearborn, Mich., has merged and combined operations with Charlotte, N.C.-based AAA Carolinas.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2020
Community bank buys former SunTrust building for new HQ

Sanibel Captiva Community Bank also sold its current main office.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 8, 2020
National homebuilder announces community with 472 homes

Models in Sapphire Point are expected to break ground in spring 2020.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 8, 2020
Grocery chain pharmacy fills 100 millionth free prescription

Publix Pharmacy launched a low-cost prescription drug program in 2007 and in early January announced that it had filled its 100 millionth free prescription.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 8, 2020
Law firm promotes attorney to stockholder

Kayla Richmond joined Henderson, Franklin in 2013.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2020
CEO group names attorney to board of directors

Pete Skokos is a partner at Norton, Hammersley, Lopez, and Skokos.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2020
Master-planned community hits sales milestone

Babcock Ranch ended 2019 on a high note.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2020
Law firm elevates three attorneys to partner status

Global law firm Holland & Knight LLP has promoted three of its Tampa-based attorneys to partner status, effective Jan. 1.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2020
Global manufacturer unifies under one brand

The combined brands of the Bradenton-based company are now known as Aldes North America.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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