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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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

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

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 23, 2018
Go Dutch: Airport to offer service to Netherlands

Delta Air Lines will launch year-round, nonstop flights to Amsterdam from Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Florida, beginning May 23, adding a fifth European destination to the airport’s route map.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 23, 2018
Company CFO resigns, replacement named

Jamere Jackson will join Hertz Global Holdings on Sept. 10, replacing Thomas Kennedy who recently announced his resignation.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2018
Foundation announces new CFO

Christine Stobaugh, the new CFO of Gulf Coast Community Foundation, was most recently CFO of Grain Management.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2018
Law firm adds eight attorneys to area office

Gunster, a full-service business law firm headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida, has hired eight attorneys at its office in Tampa’s SunTrust Financial Center.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2018
Airline adds four new routes

Allegiant to offer additional routes from Punta Gorda Airport beginning in November.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 21, 2018
New bank raises $20 million locally

Gulfside Bank CEO Dennis Murphy says funds have come from about 225 area investors.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 21, 2018
Homebuilder breaks ground on new age-restricted community

Atlanta-based homebuilder PulteGroup has broken ground on six model homes at Del Webb Bexley, an 850-residence, age-restricted community in Land O’ Lakes, Florida, 20 miles northwest of downtown Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 21, 2018
Airport scores another record month

Passenger traffic up again for July at Southwest Florida International Airport.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2018
Medical practice names two to leadership roles

Prior to joining Coastal Orthopedics, Iris Bernier was director of operations for a health care solutions provider in Missouri.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2018
Growing ad agency hires more senior staff

Paradise Advertising welcomes a new media director and account manager.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2018
Lesson in priorities

Gov. Jeb Bush and Syn Kitson of Kitson Development Group celebrate opening of Babcock Neighborhood School

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