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  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 21, 2019
Master-planned lakefront development opens ninth neighborhood

D.R. Horton will build homes in Sutton Cay at 688-acre Naples Reserve starting at $434,000.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 21, 2019
Food for thought: Stats point to strength of restaurant industry

As more and more people relocate from high-tax northern states to the Southeast, the region’s dining habits seem to be shifting — good news for restaurateurs, especially those in Florida who sometimes struggle during the slow summer months.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 21, 2019
When it comes to growth, tech firm is on autopilot

St. Petersburg, Florida-based manufacturer Hine Automation, in business for just a decade, has expanded again.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • June 21, 2019
Nuveen buys Brandon apartments for $77.5 million

Nuveen Real Estate Management, the investment arm of Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association, has invested $77.5 million to buy the Azola Apartments in Brandon, its third in a strong of recent multifamily rental properties in and around Tampa.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • June 21, 2019
New Bradenton Financial Center owner outlines capital improvement plans

Savlan Capital, in the wake of its $14.95 million purchase of the Bradenton Financial Center, the city's tallest office building, intends to invest more than $1 million to upgrade the 33-year-old building's lobby, common areas, restrooms and more.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • June 21, 2019
Get To Know ... Scott Cietek

Scott Cietek, the new head of the commercial division at Sarasota-based real estate brokerage firm Michael Saunders & Co., joins the firm after a career in the mortgage business and in economic development.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • June 21, 2019
Encore! Takes a Bow

The Tampa Housing Authority and joint venture partner Banc of America Community Development Corp. are offering lots for sale at Encore!, a former public housing site, to compliment four residential buildings that have been developed at the site of the for

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 21, 2019
Diagnostic test company merges with California firm

Sarasota-based RPS Diagnostics was founded in 2004.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 20, 2019
Developers unveil big plans for senior living facility

Naples, Florida-based developer Small Brothers LLC has partnered with Autumn Senior Living on Aravilla Clearwater, an assisted-living and memory-care facility that will open to residents next year in Clearwater.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 20, 2019
Yacht club completes addition to clubhouse

Mark Sultana, principal architect for DSDG, designed the addition.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 20, 2019
Multi-state law firm adds Southwest Florida partner

David Ruben joins Roetzel & Andress as shareholder in estate, planning tax and transactional group.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 19, 2019
Area cybersecurity firm expands to Denver

A-LIGN, a Tampa, Florida-based cybersecurity and regulatory compliance solutions firm, has opened an office in Denver, Colorado, joining the likes of Amazon, Uber and T-Mobile in expanding to "Silicon Mountain."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 19, 2019
Airport promotes division director of administration from within

Brian McGonagle previously worked as director finance of Lee County Port Authority.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 18, 2019
Airline adds Cincinnati, Philadelphia flights

Frontier announced that its nonstop service to Philadelphia would return in November.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 18, 2019
Local nonprofit leader elevated to national role

The United Way, the world’s largest privately funded nonprofit, has tapped Tampa, Florida, leader Suzanne McCormick to become head of its entire U.S. operation.

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