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Fast-growing firm finds ideal exec

Christopher Barrett, now with Ideal Image, was most recently COO of Flywheel Sports.

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  • October 14, 2016
Share the love: celebrated chocolatier expands

This is the fourth Southwest Florida location for Norman Love Confections.

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Real estate brokers launch luxury unit

Jay Travis, Christy Travis and Kimberly Mills have been in real estate for 16 years.

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  • October 14, 2016
Progressive company looks upward

When one private equity firm bought Manatee County-based Progressive Employer Management Co. from another private equity firm late last year, executives promised a deep investment in finding and executing on growth opportunities.

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Companies unite in superior performance

A pair of Pinellas County companies made Fortune magazine's list of the 100 fastest-growing publicly traded firms based on three years of revenues, profits and stock returns.

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40 under 40: Going places

The theme of the 2016 Business Observer 40 under 40 issue revolves around people who are going places — and who get there with grace, elegance and style.

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  • October 13, 2016
New EDC names first president

JP DuBuque led the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp. on a temporary basis for nine months.

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  • October 12, 2016
Area health care firm to expand headquarters

Dental Care Alliance was founded in 1991.

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  • October 12, 2016
Commercial brokerage adds executive

Naples-based Kova Partners handles a wide range of real estate services.

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  • October 12, 2016
Firm surpasses $100M mark in apartment deals

Sarasota-based Insula Cos. was founded in 2009.

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  • October 12, 2016
Builder plans second condo tower to meet demand

Construction could begin on One Allure by the middle of next year.

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  • October 12, 2016
Prominent attorney bolts practice to launch his own firm

Kevin Napper was an attorney and shareholder at Carlton Fields.

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  • October 11, 2016
Giant project adds new builder

Fox Premier Builders is the third homebuilder for Babcock Ranch's first neighborhood.

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  • October 11, 2016
Real estate firm names regional executive

Jennifer Putnam will oversee nearly 20 offices from Bradenton to Naples for Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate.

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  • October 11, 2016
Airport smashes traffic record

St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport serves 56 destinations nonstop.

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