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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • December 14, 2018
Barron Collier Cos. CEO named to Consolidated-Tomoka board

Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. has tapped Barron Collier Cos. CEO Blake Gable to be a member of its board amid a corporate shift in strategy.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 14, 2018
New tour company gives visitors, residents inside look at Sarasota

Discover Sarasota Tours offers city tours, circus tours and ghost tours.

  • News
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • December 14, 2018
Lights, camera, action

Can Florida revitalize its film production industry? Should it?

  • News
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • December 14, 2018
Kolter Group’s long-range focus influences Florida projects

Kolter Group has become one of Florida's most prolific real estate developers since shifting its operations from Toronto to the Sunshine State, with projects from Tampa to Fort Myers.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 13, 2018
Medical device maker changes name, stock listing

Bovie Medical Corp., a Clearwater, Florida-based maker of medical supplies and devices for cosmetic surgery practices, has changed its name to Apyx Medical Corp. and plans to move its stock to the NASDAQ exchange.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 13, 2018
Chamber CEO leaves for aquarium leadership role

Kevin Cooper will join Mote Marine in a role focused on public relations and branding.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 13, 2018
Health care firm expands with acquisition worth at least $125M

Fort Myers-baed NeoGenomics purchases Genoptix of Carlsbad, Calif., to expand its footprint into oncology practices.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 12, 2018
Hospital leaders resign in wake of scandal

Facing backlash over a series of newspaper reports that revealed a sharp uptick in deaths of heart surgery patients, multiple members of the executive leadership team at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, including President

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 12, 2018
Business networking group names 2019 officers

Naples Area Professional League of Executive Services works to fill the void for non-competing industry referrals in Southwest Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 11, 2018
Hotel nabs manager for top sales and marketing post

Heather Spiegel will oversee a team of group sales managers and event services professionals, in addition to heading up advertising and marketing opportunities for the hotel,

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 11, 2018
Builder appoints construction official for local division

Atlanta-based homebuilder PulteGroup has promoted Jeremy Young to construction manager of its west Florida division, which includes communities in Tampa, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 11, 2018
Transformative waterfront project shifts leadership roles

A.G. Lafley, past chairman of SBPO, will assume a newly created position of startup CEO for the Conservancy.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 11, 2018
Law firm boosts partners to board roles

Firm shareholders Ashley Lupo and Paul Giordano join the leadership team of Roetzel & Andress.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 10, 2018
Homebuilder names new president for area

Ed Suchora has replaced David Hunihan as M/I Homes' area president for the Sarasota division.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 10, 2018
Area cybersecurity firm expands to European market

ReliaQuest, a Tampa, Florida-based cybersecurity company, has opened its first international office, in Dublin, Ireland.

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