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  • October 30, 2015
Former Tampa police chief to protect credit union

Castor served with the police department for 31 years.

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  • October 30, 2015
Ad weakness plagues radio station company

Beasley Broadcast Group says 7% revenue growth couldn't overcome weakness in some radio markets and an impairment charge in the latest quarter.

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  • October 30, 2015
Hertz opens in Iraq

Iraq may be a dangerous place to operate, but that hasn't stopped U.S. companies from doing business there.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 30, 2015
Company augments real growth

Virtual reality on the Gulf Coast recently received a real-life million-dollar boost.

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  • October 30, 2015
Landlords look pretty

Rent prices for single-family homes on the Gulf Coast are rising.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 30, 2015
Stuck-ups among us

One person's snob is another person's sweetie.

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  • Jean Gruss
  • October 30, 2015
Up to par

Coral Hospitality is leading investors who see opportunity to turnaround underperforming golf courses. They plan to spend $150 million between Tampa and Naples.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 30, 2015
Tampa business leaders get testy

A strange war of words broke out this week between prominent cheerleaders for Tampa area businesses.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • October 30, 2015
Perfect timing

Steelbridge Capital sold its Tampa Bay office holdings for double-digit returns shortly before the market peaked. Now it's back.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 30, 2015
Investors cheer lab deal

When Douglas VanOort took the top job at cancer-testing firm NeoGenomics six years ago, he pledged to turn the company into the nation's premier oncology lab.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 30, 2015
Capitalism leads the way

Officials at Benderson Development, by far the largest retail developer in the Sarasota-Bradenton market, and one of biggest landlords on the Gulf Coast, get the “why?” question a lot. As in, why does the firm continue to build and develop when it already has so much?

  • News
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • October 30, 2015
Developers, known for mall, target 'the best building in downtown Sarasota'

More than just UTC retail; Ellenton outlets making moves

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 30, 2015
Law firms eye Fort Myers, Naples

Statewide law firms largely sidestepped Southwest Florida during the boom years of the last decade.

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  • October 30, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: Bruce Franklin | Urban planner, Sarasota

Bruce Franklin was a ubiquitous presence inside Sarasota's City Hall a decade ago.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • October 30, 2015
No end in sight

Apartment and other residential rental rates are surging. For now, developers believe the status quo will continue — despite ominous signs.

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