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  • April 25, 2016
Top Chico's exec gets national retail position

The National Retail Federation named Chico's FAS' Miki Berardelli as chairwoman of the federation's marketing council.

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  • April 22, 2016
Developer's lament

Homebuilders often cite the high cost of regulations as a reason there are affordable housing predicaments in so many markets nationwide.

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  • April 22, 2016
College launches pre-engineering program

The USF Sarasota-Manatee campus will work in combination with the Tampa campus.

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  • April 22, 2016
Hotel developer reworks management team

The firm added or promoted seven members to its corporate management team.

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  • April 22, 2016
Get on the best list

The Gulf Coast 500, which the Business Observer will publish this summer, is the most comprehensive look at the largest companies in the region.

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  • April 22, 2016
From struggle to success

There was a time when Brandon Phillips had so little money he had to choose between filling his car with gasoline to visit a prospective client or buying food for dinner.

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  • April 22, 2016
Market Spotlight | Lee County Industrial Market

Lee County's industrial market, which consists of roughly 2,170 buildings totaling 30.55 million square feet of space in Bonita Springs, Cape Coral, the city of Fort Myers, Estero, Lehigh, North and South Fort Myers and its islands, had an overall vacancy rate of 5.8% at the end of the first quarter of this year.

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  • April 22, 2016
Tap the expert

In Florida, the politics of water are as complicated as the system of canals and dikes that control flooding south of Orlando.

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  • April 22, 2016
Shift work gets a lift

The gig economy is making shift work cool — at least it's trying to.

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  • April 22, 2016
In Memoriam | Derek Dunn-Rankin

Even as Derek Dunn-Rankin approached his 90s, he kept true to certain rituals and routines.

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  • April 22, 2016
Airport road widening begins

Naples-based EHC started construction on widening the road that leads to Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers to six lanes.

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  • April 22, 2016
Commercial Real Estate Profile | Maryann Mize

Maryann Mize has been with Charlotte State Bank and Trust, one of Charlotte County and Southwest Florida's leading commercial real estate lenders, for 26 years.

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  • April 22, 2016
Being David

Mid-sized brokerage firms are finding unique ways to battle the Gulf Coast area industry giants.

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  • April 21, 2016
Food distributor expands HQ, creates 70 jobs

The new jobs will be created by 2019.

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  • April 21, 2016
Group plans $1.2M restaurant for Siesta Key

The design maximizes parking and views of the Gulf of Mexico.

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