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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 20, 2019
Small yet mighty: Two community banks outperforming many of their peers

Leaders at Sanibel Captiva Community Bank and First Citrus Bank discuss the strategies that have allowed them to not only survive, but thrive, in a post-recession era of industry consolidation.

  • Finance
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  • By Brian Hartz
  • September 20, 2019
Crisis management: Financial gurus turn bad timing to their advantage

Tampa, Florida-based AGW Capital Advisors came into being at the nadir of the economic downturn a decade ago.

  • Finance
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  • By Grier Ferguson
  • September 20, 2019
Area company finds seamless way to transition to next owner — an apprenticeship program

In July, Reba Rogers completed the sale of Bradenton-based Secure Aging to Melissa Leedom.

  • Finance
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 20, 2019
Seagate Development has established itself as a problem solver

Fort Myers-based firm has created a specialty out of generalizing — for itself and others.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • September 20, 2019
Urgent Undertaking

Longtime community bankers, despite some obstacles, believe the timing is right to invest — significantly — in the industry’s future.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 20, 2019
What They're Saying: CBRE Group

Technology-related jobs have posted significant growth in the Tampa area over the past few years as the area emerges a hub for the sector.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 20, 2019
MetLife to stay at Highwoods Preserve

MetLife has renewed its 176,000-square-foot lease in Highwoods Properties' Highwoods Preserve project in North Tampa, one of the largest office commitments in the region since early 2018.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 20, 2019
Gateway Professional Centre sells for $45.2 million

TerraCap Management of Bonita Springs has sold the four-building Gateway Professional Centre office complex in Sarasota to Boston-based Taurus Investment Holdings of Boston for $45.2 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jay Schlichter
  • September 13, 2019
Luxury hotel on barrier island remarketing itself following $320M renovation

JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort is aiming big in the intense hustle for high-end clients.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Brian Hartz
  • September 13, 2019
Innovative insurance firm competes, partners with government on flood coverage

Wright National Flood Insurance Services, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based subsidiary of Daytona Beach-based Brown & Brown, has launched an innovative private option for flood insurance.

  • Insurance
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  • By Brian Hartz
  • September 13, 2019
Bone deep: Orthopedic specialists go all-in on creative solutions

St. Petersburg, Florida-based Alexander Orthopaedic Associates used 3D-printed material to help an iron worker whose finger had been crushed in a workplace accident, leaving him unable to do his job.

  • Health Care
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 13, 2019
Gulfstream Isles apartments sell for $109 million

Gulfstream isles, a Fort Myers apartment complex that set a record price when it sold three years ago, has traded again for an ever larger amount, at $109 million. A Dallas firm acquired the property as part of a growth strategy.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 13, 2019
Tampa among nation's most active apartment markets

The Tampa area in 2019 ranks among the Top 20 U.S. markets for new apartment unit development, according to a new survey from real estate researcher Yardi Matrix.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 13, 2019
Iconic Sarasota "Vault" building is purchased by investor

Doug Libertore, a Sarasota investor, has purchased the city's "vault" building for $4.1 million, where he plans to open a new brain and autism spectrum research center.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 13, 2019
Stone, Steel, Wood

Altis Cardinal's Elements on Third repurposes a series of old office buildings for apartments in St. Petersburg

  • Commercial Real Estate
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