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  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 16, 2019
Homebuilder buys 450-acre residential property for over $21 million

The site Neal Communities purchased is entitled for up to 900 residential units and a town center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 15, 2019
University narrows field of contenders for presidency

The search for the University of South Florida’s seventh president is set to pick up steam on Monday when the search committee meets to review the final list of candidates for the post.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 15, 2019
Contractor employs collaborative tech in condo tower renovation

Suffolk uses Huddlewall to coordinate progress for updating of 96-unit building in Moorings Park.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 15, 2019
Hertz holds fifth annual Hackathon

Estero-based company invites college students to pose solutions for real-world challenges.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 15, 2019
National retailer puts a heart on Sarasota with glossy catalog

Sarasota architecture plays starring role in J. McLaughlin spring catalog.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 15, 2019
Several cities on Florida’s west coast named to list of top places for retirees

A SmartAsset study names Naples as the No. 1 place to retire in Florida.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 15, 2019
Business community rallies around laid-off colleagues with job fair

When Tampa, Florida-based Laser Spine Institute abruptly went out of business March 1, former employee Adam Brown organized a job fair for his recently laid off ex-colleagues.

  • News
  • By None
  • March 15, 2019
Stantec designs with community in mind

Design and engineering firm Stantec is using its vast global resources to build projects and communities throughout the Gulf Coast and help clients succeed.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • March 15, 2019
q&a | Premier Airport Park, Fort Myers

Colliers International's Dan MIller is directing leasing for Principal Real Estate investors' Premier Airport Park, a 1.87 million-square-foot development in Fort Myers

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • March 15, 2019
Making lemonade from a lemon

Highwoods Properties could ultimately benefit from Laser Spine Institute's sudden exit from its 176,089-square-foot headquarters that the North Carolina-based developer completed in April 2016

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • March 15, 2019
Colliers ranks I-4 Corridor among top industrial spots in U.S.

The land from Tampa to Orlando, known as the Interstate 4 Corridor, is considered one of the best places to distribute goods from in all the U.S.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • March 15, 2019
Cosentino Surfaces to be first tenant in Benderson industrial project

Cosentino Surfaces will become the first tenant in Benderson Development Co.'s Florida International Trade Port project, in Ellenton.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 14, 2019
Prominent real estate brokerage brings new division to area

Premier Sotheby’s International Realty has brought its rental and property management program into the Tampa Bay, Florida, region.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 14, 2019
National homebuilder breaks ground on new community

Taylor Morrison will bring two new neighborhoods to The Heights in Bradenton.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 14, 2019
Retailer expands partnership with career training nonprofit

Chico’s FAS provides funding for Dress for Success Southwest Florida’s Women Empowered Through Employment Series.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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