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  • February 4, 2019
Bank taps top official for new, expanded role

The Bank of Tampa, based in Tampa, Florida, has appointed Scott Gault market president for Hillsborough County.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2019
Conglomerate names new software executive

Roper Technologies also announced another executive will retire.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2019
Be the Best — and the Business Observer's Entrepreneur of the Year

The Business Observer seeks nominees for its 2019 Entrepreneur of the Year award.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2019
CEO assistance group launches new chapter in region

Vistage Florida appointed area entrepreneur Kimberly Martinez to head up the new Sarasota chapter.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2019
Regional builder starts homes in Verandah

Neal Communities will build homes in 1,456-acre golf course community in northeast Lee County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 1, 2019
Home run: Ex-MLB star’s $16.5 million mansion sale shatters record

A three-story, 19,000-square-foot mansion in Belleair Shores has sold for a record-breaking $16.5 million, making it the highest-priced residential sale in the Tampa Bay area. The home belonged to former Philadelphia Phillies star first baseman Ryan Howar

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 1, 2019
Builder announces vice president for new role

Rick Mountjoy brings decades of experience in the building trade to the new position at Nautilus Homes.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 1, 2019
Fund combines small business loans with advisory services, technical support

UP Community Fund provides commercial loans to businesses throughout the Southeast.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 1, 2019
Development firms partner on luxury apartment community

CC Residential, Barron Collier Companies open first buildings of Addison Place in North Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 1, 2019
Law firm hires top-level fiduciary services executives

Williams Parker filling what it has seen as a gap in the marketplace. That includes working with clients serving as a fiduciary who may need assistance. It also includes the firm’s partners who have been asked to serve as fiduciary on behalf of clients wh

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 1, 2019
Web-based business provide Florida a big boost

Buying and selling stuff and services over the internet is obviously a behemoth industry — but just how big is it in Florida? Pretty big.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 1, 2019
Fully invested: Middle-market asset managers are bullish on Tampa Bay

Private equity funds that specialize in middle-market companies likewise couldn’t be more bullish about the Tampa Bay, Florida, region, according to a recent presentation at a meeting of the Tampa chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 1, 2019
City certified as a top launchpad for business

Aided by Startup Genome, a consulting firm that studies entrepreneurial ecosystems worldwide, Inc. magazine has published its list of “Surge Cities” — the top 50 U.S. metro areas for starting a business, and the list includes Tampa, Florida.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • February 1, 2019
NetPark Tampa Bay was a creative conversion

NetPark@ Tampa Bay in Tampa represents the only retail mall in the U.S. to be successfully converted to pure office space, the result of an investment and commitment by insurer John Hancock Corp.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • February 1, 2019
Sarasota Memorial's downtown office purchase will generate greater efficiency for the hospital

Sarasota Memorial Hospital's purchase of the vacant 1741 Main St. office building in Sarasota will generate greater efficiency and collaboration for the heathcare provider and bring 300 new jobs to downtown.

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