• Alternate Text

  • Loading

  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Health Care
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Health Care
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login

News

    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 22, 2017
Join the club

Gather round the Campfire for some glamping.

  • News
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • December 22, 2017
Buy Side

A Chicago firm has bought more than a dozen Naples commercial properties in the past three years, and has more in its sights.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • December 22, 2017
Brixmor adds Venice center to portfolio

Brixmor Property Group, a New York-based retail property owner that controls roughly a dozen Gulf Coast centers, has acquired a Sarasota County shopping center for $33.5 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 22, 2017
Foodservice company names top IT exec

Michael Fabrico brings a history of C-level IT-related leadership and experience to Innovative Food Holdings.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 21, 2017
National builder announces new community

Toll Bros. will build The Isles at Lakewood Ranch.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 21, 2017
Community bank elevates exec to president

Rita Lowman is the new president of Pilot Bank.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 21, 2017
Company completes $12M radio station deal

Naples-based Beasley Broadcast Group completed the deal with Entercom Communications Corp.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • December 20, 2017
Attorney named chair of economic development council

Donald Thomson concentrates his practice in residential and commercial real estate.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 20, 2017
Tech incubator welcomes new board members

Tampa Bay Wave also reappointed Alfred Goldberg as board chairman.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 19, 2017
Realtor hits $100M in sales volume, leads county

Roger Pettingell closed $100 million in sales volume and is expected to finish the year with $104.6 million overall.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 19, 2017
Prominent restaurant group creates new waterfront concept

The Gonzmart Family of Restaurants will open The Buccaneer on Longboat Key.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 19, 2017
NC bank expands Florida presence with deal

First Citizens Bank will acquire Tampa-based HomeBancorp Inc., the parent company of HomeBanc.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 19, 2017
Luxury community adds waterfront villas

Four builders will have homes in the new Miromar Lakes neighborhood.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 18, 2017
Training program expands to six auto dealerships

CareerEdge is partnering with six dealerships to offer a technician training program at Suncoast Technical College.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 18, 2017
Employment lawyer to chair chamber

Fisher Phillips partner Steve Bernstein assumed chairman position of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
« 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 »
The best of Business Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest business and commecial real estate news from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Sign Up

Latest News

1
  • December 18, 2025
Naples' Hoffmann family buying professional hockey team
2
  • December 18, 2025
4-acre entertainment district to be built in downtown Tampa
3
  • December 17, 2025
Sale of former Big Top Live property canceled amid complications
4
  • December 17, 2025
19 layoffs coming to Fort Myers as window installation hub closes
5
  • December 17, 2025
$35M community center opens in east Tampa

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-362-4848

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Podcast
  • Big Book of Business

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Distribution Points
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Your Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2025 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
×
3 Articles Remaining!
Not a Subscriber?

Click here to Subscribe

Already a Subscriber?

Click here to Login

Sign Up for Daily Brief

Start your day with the top Gulf Coast business news you need to succeed.

Sign Up for CRE Central

Stay updated with a weekly roundup of big deals, market shifts and the people shaping commercial real estate from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Smart People Subscribe.

Turn headlines into game plans. The playbook’s right here.
Subscribe to the Business Observer today.

Subscribe Now