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  • March 6, 2019
Group to launch new healthy dining restaurant

Lemon Tree Kitchen will open in Sarasota on March 19.

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  • March 6, 2019
Bank expands leadership team

Former USAmeriBank/Valley Bank executive Cami Gibertini has joined Tampa, Florida-based Pilot Bank as senior vice president and retail executive.

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  • March 6, 2019
Women’s retailer woos Nordstrom executive for top post

Longtime Nordstrom executive Karen McKibbin beings her new role with Chico’s FAS April 1.

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  • March 6, 2019
Primary care clinics earn state’s first 'asthma-friendly' designation

Four pediatric outpatient centers are the first to be recognized by the Florida Asthma Coalition.

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  • March 5, 2019
Beer, pizza restaurant expands area presence

A new Oak & Stone in Sarasota will open in a former Buffalo Wild Wings on Clark Road.

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  • March 5, 2019
Investment firm shakes up leadership team, names co-CEOs

After 10 years of leading Belleair Bluffs, Florida-based Seminole Financial Services, founder and CEO Bob Banks has stepped back from his role and will become chairman of the firm, which provides financing for renewable energy and multifamily housing proj

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  • March 5, 2019
Developer fully leases new student housing

Mixed-use University Village continues to build out as second phase of The Residences for FGCU students nears completion.

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  • March 4, 2019
Area community, Harvard teaching hospital join forces on brain study

One of the largest master-planned communities in the region, Lakewood Ranch, recently announced a partnership with several prominent medical entities, including a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital, on a pioneering brain study.

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  • March 4, 2019
Health care firm shutters suddenly, lays off all 500 employees

Tampa, Florida-based Laser Spine Institute announced on Friday that it has gone out of business, effective immediately, after an attempt to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings failed.

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  • March 4, 2019
New town announces retail center

Babcock Ranch will build 85,000-square-foot center and a new entrance.

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  • March 3, 2019
Area cybersecurity firm, after investment, valued at $800M

KnowBe4 is off to a stellar start in 2019.

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  • March 3, 2019
The Business Observer Top 500: Get on the list

Deadline is April 12 for the Business Observer's 2019 Top 500 publication.

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  • March 2, 2019
Popular restaurant chain serves up new catering venue

Gecko’s Hospitality Group, one of the largest restaurant companies in the Sarasota-Bradenton region, plans to open a catering and event venue in Sarasota later in March.

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  • March 1, 2019
National law firm names partner in charge of local office

New Orleans-based law firm Adams and Reese has appointed Andrew McBride partner in charge of its St. Petersburg, Florida, office.

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  • March 1, 2019
The robots are coming to Florida's west coast — for these jobs

According to a January report from the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institute, four of the top 25 and eight of the top 50 metro area most vulnerable to losing jobs to automation are on or next to Florida’s West Coast. No. 3 is Lakeland-Win

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