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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2019
Investment firm promotes from within for VP role

Skyway Capital Markets LLC, a middle-market investment firm based in Tampa, Florida, has promoted Bill Bright to vice president of business development.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2019
National homebuilder announces new affordable housing project

Developer purchased 57 acres to build the community in early 2020.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 12, 2019
Sandwich shop to expand with new locations in area

Three locations of Capriotti's Sandwich Shop are planned for both Sarasota and Tampa.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 12, 2019
Senior living community developer hires new chief operating officer

Longtime industry executive will lead continuing efforts to drive innovation and deliver a more customized, resident-centric lifestyle experience.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 12, 2019
Co-founder of workers’ comp services firm takes reins as president

Sara Aguila has been promoted to president of Transcom Solutions, a Tampa, Florida, transportation and translation company that serves the workers’ compensation industry.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 9, 2019
Area company acquires software firm for $1.63 billion

iPipeline’s cloud-based software delivers solutions for the life insurance and annuity industries.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 9, 2019
National builder begins to offer homes in new gated community

Taylor Morrison, a national homebuilder headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., has begun selling single-family homes in Oak Creek Sanctuary, a gated portion of the Oak Creek community in Riverview, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 9, 2019
Fast-growing brokerage opens another office

Bonita Springs-based Southwest Florida R.E. Group, has increased the number of transactions and agents by more than 300% from 2017 to 2018, according to a statement. The new office — near the Cape Coral Parkway bridge — will help accommodate the growth an

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 9, 2019
Bank learns harsh lesson in shuttering beloved branch

Bank told customers in a June 13 letter the last day of the Fidelity office will be Sept. 13.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 9, 2019
Fire protection company on the cusp of a major expansion

After more than a decade of mostly organic growth, Fort Myers-based Integrated Fire and Security Solutions is on the cusp of a major expansion — in sales volume and geographic markets.

  • News
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 9, 2019
Visitors pump up area economy to the tune of $6.6 billion

Tourism Economics, a multinational company that analyzes tourists’ spending in metro areas around the world, has crunched the 2018 numbers for Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida, and found that visitors pumped $6.6 billion into the

  • News
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 9, 2019
Pitch-perfect support for a jobs-focused nonprofit

Tampa Bay Wave Inc., a business incubator and co-working space, staged a pitch night July 18 at Red Mesa Cantina in downtown St. Petersburg, an event that drew more than 100 attendees, including potential investors.

  • News
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 9, 2019
New developers breathing new life into Pineapple Square project in Sarasota

Pineapple Square, an ambitious, $200 million plan to transform downtown Sarasota didn't quite reach fruition after last decade's recession, but the legacy of the project's developer, Isaac Property Co., lives on.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 9, 2019
Continental Realty Corp. is expansion minded in Southwest Florida

Continental Realty Corp., a 60-year-old Baltimore real estate firm, is opening an office in Naples to manage its existing Southwest Florida portfolio and to position itself for future acquisitions in the region.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 9, 2019
SVN to open Tampa brokerage office

SVN is expanding its Sarasota brokerage operation to Tampa with a new office, SVN Coastal. It will be run by the same managing partners that operate the Sarasota office, Larry Starr and Matt Christian.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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