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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 23, 2016
Price it right

The Naples real estate market, say several brokers and agents, is ready to pounce on a hotbed of activity in early 2017, given pending and closed sales data.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 23, 2016
Builder builds up client list

Halfacre Construction, one of the most established locally owned commercial builders in the Sarasota-Manatee region, scored two major victories recently.

  • News
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • December 23, 2016
Fallow no more

Plans to revamp an important downtown Fort Myers tract imploded during the recession, leaving it derelict. That's about to change.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 22, 2016
All-cash home sales drop

Cash deals in the region fell 5.7% year-over-year.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 22, 2016
Bank ends year with $15M capital raise

Tampa-based HomeBanc, a subsidiary of HomeBancorp, surpassed $1 billion in assets in April.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 22, 2016
Pair of airports power up

Airports in Tampa and Fort Myers score high in J.D. Power and Associates rankings.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 21, 2016
Airport feels pinch in key traffic metric

Even with a decrease in total takeoffs and landings, passenger traffic increased 1% in November at Southwest Florida International Airport.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 20, 2016
Caribbean business trip nets nearly $7M in sales

The Tampa Bay Export Alliance organized a Dominican Republic in early December.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 20, 2016
Hospital chooses noted doctor for empty board seat

Dr. Richard Rehmeyer has been a Sarasota physician for more than four decades.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 20, 2016
Restaurant, co-work space preps for major upgrades

Work at the Station House in Downtown St. Petersburg will begin in early 2017.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 20, 2016
Ritz-Carlton developer buys prime site for $5.4M

The buildings are across the street from the former Quay site.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 20, 2016
Bank's new senior lender has global experience

Janis Vargas has more than 20 years experience in the financial services industry.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 19, 2016
Workforce college works in new leader

Ronald DiPillo has worked in education in the region since 1996.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 18, 2016
Banker wins annual humanitarian award

Joe Catti led oversaw a $100 million capital campaign for Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 18, 2016
Insurance firm hires a top executive

Mark Harmsworth has more than three decades of finance experience.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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