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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 25, 2018
CEO steps down, company announces successor

Brian Jellison has decided to step down from his role as Sarasota-based Roper Technologies president and CEO to focus on his health.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 24, 2018
Restaurant supply company to bring 300 jobs to region

WebstaurantStore Inc., an online restaurant supply company, will invest $1 million in a new location in Tampa, Florida, and hire more than 300 IT and customer solutions staff members over the next five years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 24, 2018
Dermatology center opens six Mohs surgery suites

Florida Skin Center opens six Mohs surgery suites in Punta Gorda office

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 24, 2018
MacFarlane Barney Development hopes Prima Luce will be a source of light

MacFarlane Barney Development expects to start construction on Prime Luce, a 220-unit condo project, by the end of this year, but competition among high-end developments for buyers in Fort Myers could slow its work.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 24, 2018
Pair of Fort Myers, Estero apartments fetch $100 million in sales

A pair of Lee County apartment complexes trade for $100 million, a further sign that investor demand for multifamily rental projects in Fort Myers and Estero remain in demand

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 24, 2018
McKibbon Hospitality ramping up hotel development

McKibbon Hospitality hires industry veteran Rod Radcliff as vice president of development to finish Hotel Arras project in North Carolina and to beef up the company's third-party development services division, spun off in January.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 24, 2018
Bromley may hire Concord for Midtown Tampa hotel project

Bromley Cos. is negotiating to add Concord Hospitality Enterprises of Raleigh, N.C. to its roster of partners at its $500 million Midtown Tampa project

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 24, 2018
Commercial Question of the Week

Officials from CBRE, Skanska USA, Lantower Residential and Ryan Cos. weigh in on whether a labor shortage or government tariffs pose a bigger threat to the current commercial real estate growth cycle in Florida.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 24, 2018
College upgrades program to include cybersecurity

USF Sarasota-Manatee has upgraded its IT degree to cybersecurity and IT.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 24, 2018
Area company's prepared meals hit Publix shelves

Tampa-based Eat Fresco has expanded into 21 Publix stores.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 24, 2018
State OKs greenbacks to fight red tide

Florida Gulf Coast businesses affected by the red tide outbreak can apply for short-term bridge loans as Gov. Rick Scott declares a state of emergency in seven counties.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 24, 2018
Corporate gym management firm changes hands

St. Petersburg, Florida-based Corporate Fitness Works has been sold to former Valpak CEO Michael Michael Vivio and his wife, Beth Vivio, for an undisclosed sum.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 24, 2018
Spreading the word

PR firms unite to promote tourism in Southwest Florida in the face of hotel cancellations over water quality issues.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 24, 2018
WildBlue over yonder

Lennar is developing a 1,000-home community on 3,000 acres near Florida Gulf Coast University.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 23, 2018
Engineering group announces leadership promotion, new hires

Karins Engineering Group promoted John Bonacci to vice president of engineering.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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