• Alternate Text

  • Loading

  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Healthcare
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Healthcare
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login

News

  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2016
Spigot shuns small businesses

Subsidies designed to woo businesses to Florida or stay in the state overwhelmingly favor big corporations over small companies, according to a new study.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • March 18, 2016
Relationship driven

Hembree & Associates has leveraged community ties to expand its Sarasota-based commercial real estate services firm.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2016
Market momentum carries forward

The national commercial real estate market will remain in growth mode in 2016, according to a survey from real estate firm CBRE, and multifamily rules the day for targeted sector.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2016
Hungry for more clicks, and kicks

If some guy from Ohio can raise $55,000 online for a bowl of potato salad, then how about $100,000 for a couple who want to grow their bootstrapped Latin comfort food business?

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 17, 2016
Nonprofit names first full-time CEO in 14 months

Sandra Braham takes over as CEO March 21.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 17, 2016
UF launches 'Innovation Station' in Sarasota

The University of Florida has asked for a $1 million grant from the county to establish a local engineering educational hub.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 17, 2016
Furniture store opens outlet

Furniture Factory Outlet has opened a store at Miromar Design Center in Estero, promising deeply discounted furniture.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 16, 2016
Love marks spot for chocolate empire expansion

Chocolatier Norman Love plans to open a fifth chocolate and dessert salon in Fort Myers this summer.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 16, 2016
Former Orange Bowl exec dives into new gig

Dawson Hughes was previously vice president of business development for the Orange Bowl Committee.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 16, 2016
Airport project worth nearly $10M cleared for takeoff

The project will add approximately 12,000 square feet to the airport.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 15, 2016
Tampa brewery finds buyer, keeps it real

The Tampa-based brewery was founded in 2009.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 15, 2016
Sarasota earns national credit for business tax-friendliness

The city ranks in the top 10 nationwide.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 15, 2016
Scammer sentenced to prison in $8M fraud

A federal judge sentenced a Naples investment manager to more than six year in prison.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 14, 2016
Marketing agency plans to add 255 jobs

The agency will add 85 of the jobs by the end of this year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 14, 2016
University launches entrepreneur workshops

Florida Gulf Coast University will offer workshops for entrepreneurs of small- and medium-sized business to help them with sales and marketing.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
« 844 845 846 847 848 849 850 851 852 853 »
The best of Business Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest business and commercial real estate news from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Sign Up

Latest News

1
  • July 28, 2026
Sarasota nonprofit gets funding boost toward affordable housing project
2
  • July 28, 2026
Fort Myers CRE firm brokers pair of deals totaling $5.75 million
3
  • July 28, 2026
Former Bloomin' Brands CEO to run Cracker Barrel
4
  • July 28, 2026
Construction complete at two brand-new schools on Fruitville Road
5
  • July 28, 2026
HCA Florida Healthcare taps new CEO to lead two Tampa hospitals

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-362-4848

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Podcast
  • Big Book of Business

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Distribution Points
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Your Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
×
3 Articles Remaining!
Not a Subscriber?

Click here to Subscribe

Already a Subscriber?

Click here to Login

Sign Up for Daily Brief

Start your day with the top Gulf Coast business news you need to succeed.

Sign Up for CRE Central

Stay updated with a weekly roundup of big deals, market shifts and the people shaping commercial real estate from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Smart People Subscribe.

Turn headlines into game plans. The playbook’s right here.
Subscribe to the Business Observer today.

Subscribe Now