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  • February 23, 2016
Bucs add new components to stadium upgrades

A $100 million renovation project to Raymond James Stadium was approved in December.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 22, 2016
Florida banking CEO rings opening bell

Andrew Samuel is the CEO of Sunshine Bank.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 22, 2016
Foundation adds board members

Anand Pallegar and Joe Stephan were each elected to three-year terms with the Gulf Coast Community Foundation.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 22, 2016
Naples home prices rise 14%

The median price of an existing single-family home in Naples rose 14% in January compared with the same month a year ago, helping to boost inventories of homes for sale.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 19, 2016
Tampa office park sells for $108M

The office park in Westshore is a five-building complex on a 71-acre property.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 19, 2016
Aerospace firm to expand, hire 80 people

Safran is an aerospace, defense and security firm headquartered in Paris.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 19, 2016
Manufacturer adds 350 jobs

Medical manufacturer Arthrex plans to add 350 jobs at its facility at Ave Maria in eastern Collier County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • February 19, 2016
450 acres on Fruitville hits the market

A Canadian homebuilder is selling a 450-acre tract on Fruitville Road — one of the largest sites to come to market in Sarasota County in the past decade — for $32.5 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • February 19, 2016
Economic question of the week

What economic headwinds, if any, does the Florida Gulf Coast's commercial real estate market face in 2016?

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 19, 2016
Executive looks to build new business

In the late 1990s, when Andy Stultz was in a leadership program for engineers at GE, he was part of many meetings called the “voice of the customer.”

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • February 19, 2016
A long road trip

Dimmitt's new Sarasota showroom is cool and luxurious. But a few speed bumps had to be cleared before a deal could be struck.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • February 19, 2016
Open ranch

A decade after developer Syd Kitson completed one of the biggest land deals in Southwest Florida history, Babcock Ranch has started development. The developer and investors will have spent $300 million by 2019.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 19, 2016
More signs of a lasting rebound

Increased transactions and prices reported by Realtors are big signs that the Southwest Florida real estate economy is rebounding.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 19, 2016
Daymond John is more than a shark

Just before Shark Tank star and FUBU founder Daymond John emerged from the green room at Sarasota's Ritz-Carlton for his speech Feb. 15, the audience of 500 attendees was instructed: No flash photography, no videos, no recordings ... You know the routine of the big media celebs.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 19, 2016
Pour some more suds

Tampa-based World of Beer and its wide selection of more than 500 craft and international beers will flow into new cities this year.

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