• 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
    • Health Care
    • 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
    • Health Care
    • 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

Industries

  • By Jean Gruss
  • March 11, 2016
Claw back

When a big client files for bankruptcy protection, a claw-back provision can come back to haunt your business. One entrepreneur explains how.

  • Law
  • By Steven Benna
  • March 11, 2016
Will it so

Youngest partner. Downtown condo developer. Business owner. Good thing up-and-coming attorney Will Conroy loves to-do lists.

  • Law
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 11, 2016
Hyatt Regency deal could top 2016 sales

It's still early in the year, but the sale of the 250-suite Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa is shaping up to be among the largest hotel sales of 2016 nationwide.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 11, 2016
Go-getter

A passion for startups drove Sheryl Hunter to launch a super-specialized law firm. Clients are rolling in.

  • Law
  • By Anita Todd
  • March 11, 2016
Mediation mojo

A litigator turned mediator finds success away from the courtroom.

  • Law
  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 11, 2016
Labor days

Employment law is changing fast, and in wide directions. An established firm seeks to lead the way.

  • Law
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 11, 2016
Market Spotlight: Naples/Collier County Retail Submarket

Naples' retail market outperformed Collier County and the Southwest Florida region — comprising Charlotte, Lee and Collier counties — in 2015, according to CoStar Group statistics.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 11, 2016
Colony dispute near an end?

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, a Longboat Key icon and once one of the top tennis vacation destinations nationwide, has been closed since 2010 — the chief casualty in a bitter and lengthy dispute over maintenance costs.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 11, 2016
Star power

The Starling Group has weathered economic storms, and now appears to be solidly on a course to future prosperity.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Jean Gruss
  • March 11, 2016
Courting business

Attorneys in the Fort Myers and Naples area are lobbying for a business court to hear complex litigation cases.

  • Law
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 4, 2016
The new top dog

Ryan Sampson is the new principal at Eshenbaugh Land Co., but its founder, “The Dirt Dog,” isn't going anywhere yet.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 4, 2016
Banyan Street solidifying CBRE relationship

In the wake of its $193.5 million joint venture purchase of the Bank of America Plaza in downtown Tampa last December, Banyan Street Capital is cementing its relationship with CBRE Inc., the nation's largest commercial real estate brokerage and services firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 4, 2016
University Mall rehab continues

RD Management LLC knew when it purchased Tampa's University Mall in late 2014 that revamping the retail hub would be a long journey.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Matt Walsh
  • March 4, 2016
Carlos Beruff's Road to Damascus

How and why homebuilder-entrepreneur Carlos Beruff converted from business to politics. It's all about taxpayers' money.

  • Florida
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 26, 2016
Commercial Real Estate Profile: Al Rogers

Al Rogers began his banking career with Charlotte, N.C.-based First Union Corp. in the company's Tampa office in 1987.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
« 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 »
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 Business Observer

1
  • February 10, 2026
Japanese 'hidden chef's counter' restaurant opening at UTC
2
  • February 10, 2026
Allegiant adds three nonstop routes at St. Pete-Clearwater airport
3
  • February 10, 2026
Report: Affordable apartments in Tampa have increased 49% since 2020
4
  • February 9, 2026
Baltimore Orioles open $23M player development complex in Sarasota
5
  • February 9, 2026
Swedish construction firm to rebuild Tampa school in $77M project

More Industries

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • Residential Real Estate
  • Business Support
  • Advertising-Marketing
  • Agriculture
  • Development
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Finance
  • Government
  • Food-Beverage
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Law
  • Manufacturing
  • Philanthropy-Nonprofits
  • Retail
  • Sports-Entertainment
  • Technology
  • Transportation
  • Travel-Tourism

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