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Manatee–Sarasota

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 24, 2019
Engineering company promotes leader as firm expands

Michael Ryan has been with Universal Engineering Sciences for over 11 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2019
Wide-format graphics franchise opens in area

SpeedPro Imaging in Sarasota is owned and operated by Steve Rowe.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2019
Hospital breaks ground on $27 million oncology center

Sarasota Memorial's radiation oncology center is expected to opens in summer 2020.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 21, 2019
Federation announces board lineup

Lauren Fineman, Mary Gratehouse, Bob Israeloff, David Millstone and Mel Taub are new members of the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee's board of directors.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2019
Performing arts center foundation names CEO

Cheryl Mendelson spent eight years as executive vice president and COO at the Harris Theater in Chicago.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 18, 2019
Pair of older St. Pete Beach hotels are ripe for repositioning

Gencom Group's $100 million acquisition of the Grand Plaza Resort and the Beachcomber Hotel & Resort on St. Pete Beach may be part of a corporate shift toward more intense management while preparing for an eventual redevelopment of the properties.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 18, 2019
Strategic Property Partners CEO James Nozar going full speed ahead

Strategic Property Partners CEO sees a busy year ahead for the $3 billion Water Street Tampa project, with roughly a dozen new buildings under construction.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 17, 2019
Homebuilder exceeds $118 million in sales

Medallion Home is expected to open more new communities soon, including Aqua by the Bay and Watercolor Place.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 15, 2019
Airport passenger traffic increases 16% in 2018

In December 2018, passenger traffic was 39% higher than December 2017.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 14, 2019
Area CEO named to Gov. DeSantis advisory committee

Steven Herrig joins a group of 45 people on the economic advisory committee.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 11, 2019
New trust company granted charter

Sarasota Private Trust Co. is owned by several Sarasota families and New York Private Bank & Trust.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 11, 2019
The Commercial Question

Experts say the Gulf Coast's commercial real estate markets should remain strong in 2019, despite gathering headwinds and softness in certain property sectors.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 11, 2019
Apollo buys Largo assisted living facility

Apollo Global Management of New York acquired several area assisted living facilities as part of a $428 million deal with HCP Inc.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 11, 2019
Virginia firm buys Clearwater apartments for $78 million

General Services Corp.'s purchase of the Grand Reserve at Palm Isle brings to 11 the number of multifamily rental properties the Virginia company now owns in Florida.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 11, 2019
Richman razes Ringling for new complex

The Richman Group, in the wake of demolishing the former Ringling Shopping Center, plans to build a new 222-unit apartment complex on a 10-acre site in downtown Sarasota.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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