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Charlotte–Lee–Collier

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 3, 2016
Airline launches flights to Bahamas

Silver Airways has launched nonstop flights from Fort Myers and Tampa to Nassau, Bahamas.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • June 3, 2016
Billionaire buys Naples tract

A partnership tied to billionaire Palm Beach investor Jeff Greene has acquired a more than 2,500-acre tract in North Naples for $38.5 million, the largest land sale of the past year in that swath of Southwest Florida involving an ongoing agricultural and mining operation.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 2, 2016
Sailing champ to help run Fort Myers company

Offshore Sailing School named sailing champion Robert Brooks as its director of operations to oversee the company's seven locations.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 1, 2016
Web search firm targets growth

Web-search firm Yippy says it plans to acquire Michael Cizmar & Associates to attract customers who have been using Google Search Appliance.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 31, 2016
Auto dealer takes high-tech device nationwide

Auto dealer Dennis Hampton plans to sell an inventory management system he developed for auto, boat and motorcycle dealers around the nation.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 27, 2016
Retailer, with sales drop, promises more cuts

Chico's sales fell 8% in the first quarter.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • May 27, 2016
Office space

Endeavor Innovative Workspaces combines private offices with open co-work space in an industrial park.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 27, 2016
New industrial planned for Lee

As the Lee County industrial vacancy rate shrank to 6.5% in the first quarter of this year, brokers and users alike have lamented that new product hasn't come online.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 26, 2016
Resort nabs top meeting space award

Smart Meetings magazine readers recognize The Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2016
Company HQ, plus 560 jobs, heads to Naples

Industry and business remains private in public documents.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2016
Site selector: Sarasota made 'big mistake'

Sarasota County Commissioners voted 4-1 to turn down Project Mulligan.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 24, 2016
Naples CEO behind $1.3B firm to run for Congress

Francis Rooney has invested in banks and other business in Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 22, 2016
Development sets monthly sales record

Ave Maria Development posted 35 sales in April.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • May 20, 2016
POWER BROKERS: Southwest Florida Winners

For 2015, 21 companies and 44 individuals in Southwest Florida were recognized on CoStar's Power Brokers list.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 20, 2016
University appoints tech chief

Florida Gulf Coast University named John Woolschlager as the director of the Emergent Technologies Institute.

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