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  • August 7, 2015
The spree to hire is on

It's every business owner's No. 1 complaint: finding good people to hire. And it's getting even harder because of falling unemployment.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2015
Mall gets national attention

The Sarasota-Bradenton region, specifically the Mall at University Town Center, recently got some love from the New York Times.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2015
Cypress Legends sets new benchmark

Northland Investment's purchase is the largest price paid for a Lee County apartment since 2007.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 7, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: Jay Caplin | investor, Miami

Jay Caplin and Gavin Campbell formed Steelbridge Capital in 2008 to take advantage of what they believed were recovering office markets with distressed and undervalued assets in Florida and Illinois.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2015
Giant accounting firm: Florida is hot

A juicy economic indicator, albeit anecdotal, on the Sunshine State comes courtesy of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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  • August 7, 2015
Commercial real estate

Benderson readying SRQ Commerce Park II; Tampa office rents poised to crack threshold

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  • August 7, 2015
Site selector singles out Estero

No one knew Estero until Hertz came to town.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2015
Shore Food Group owners redeveloping Moore's Stone Crab

The owners of Shore Food Group, Tom Leonard and Mark Caragiulo, purchased the 9,275-square-foot Moore's Stone Crab building for $3.2 million.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 7, 2015
Boom time

As several projects begin and rents climb, the apartment sector shows no signs of weakening.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2015
Floridians adept at avoiding debt

Sarasota residents are among the best in Florida at managing credit card debt, according to a recent index created by SmartAsset, a personal finance technology company.

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  • August 7, 2015
In Memoriam: R.B. Chips shore 1941-2015

From his office or a boardroom or a bar stool for a drink after work, R.B. “Chips”

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  • August 7, 2015
Moving up

Pamela Van Vleck; Diane Kerper; James Moler

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  • August 6, 2015
Dimmitt opening dealership in downtown Sarasota

A showroom for Rolls-Royce and other luxury cars will occupy retail space in the ground floor of the State Street Garage.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 6, 2015
$82M acquisition is door-kicker for Tampa company

Tampa firm purchased National Hickman for its European finished door business.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 6, 2015
Angel investors pump $750K into high-tech business

The Tamiami Angel Fund II has invested $750,000 in a company that improves productivity of oil refining and gas production.

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