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  • September 24, 2018
Tourism organization names new executive

Jeffrey John comes to Naples from Arizona to become sports development manager for convention and visitors bureau.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2018
Area builder discontinues popular line of homes, cites Trump tariffs

“Recent economic policies adopted by the current administration prevent us from continuing to provide an affordable housing solution,” Pat Neal says in a statement. “When Trump decided to meddle in the lumber industry, then enact retaliatory tariffs, the

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2018
Report: finding — and keeping — top salespeople is getting harder

Some 20% of a company’s salespeople account for more than half a company’s revenues.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2018
Cargo business booming at area airport

The arrival of Amazon in 2015 and UPS in 2017 has given Tampa International Airport’s cargo business a jolt, spiking revenues from $2.6 million to $5.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2018
Management firm names partner, vice president

Rick Fathauer is a CPA with experience serving condo and homeowner associations.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 21, 2018
Get To Know ... Anne-Marie Ayers

Anne-Marie Ayers is an office broker and first vice president in CBRE Group's Tampa office.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2018
Union job

Veteran mortgage executive makes the move from banking career to Lake Michigan Credit Union.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2018
Lunch delivery company opens new location

Apple Spice has more than 40 locations across the U.S.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2018
Two companies collaborate on unique beer offering

RND Robot Red is now served at Naughty Monk Brewery.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 21, 2018
Coastal Ridge buys Reef complex for $78 million

Coastal Ridge Real Estate of Ohio buys The Reef, a 228-unit student housing complex, near Florida Gulf Coast University, its latest Florida acquisition in the past two years.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 21, 2018
Sears taps Avison Young to sell area stores, Ocala distribution center

Sears has tapped commercial real estate brokerage Avison Young to sell a trio of stores in Tampa, Port Richey and Daytona, together with a 1.97 million-square-foot distribution center in Ocala.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 21, 2018
Colliers International promotes Ryan Kratz to head Southeast U.S.

Commercial real estate brokerage firm Colliers International has promoted Ryan Kratz, the head of its Florida operations, to direct the entire Southeast region, which encompasses 20 offices from Memphis to Richmond, Va., to Naples.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 21, 2018
Kolter begins construction on Ritz-Carlton Residences in Sarasota

The Kolter Group has begun work on a 73-unit luxury condominium tower known as the Ritz-Carlton Residences in Sarasota adjacent to the 266-room Ritz-Carlton Sarasota hotel.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 21, 2018
Q&A: Paul Rutledge

Paul Rutledge, a senior vice president at commercial real estate brokerage JLL, talks about the state of the industry, the recent International Council of Shopping Centers' conference in Orlando, and what concerns him about the retail industry today.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2018
University's succession plan kicks into high gear

The University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, is gearing up for a search for its next president.

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