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Manatee–Sarasota

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 8, 2015
Realtor gets top nod for state group

Barry Grooms has been a Realtor in Florida for 15 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2015
Gulf Coast homes included in $402M megadeal

Private equity firm buys 98 rental homes in Sarasota and Polk counties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 4, 2015
Looking beyond The Vue

As its hotel and condo project sells out, Kolter Group has designs on a pair of premier Sarasota properties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 4, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: John Harshman, President and Founder, Harshman & Co. Inc., Sarasota

John Harshman formed Harshman & Co. in downtown Sarasota in 1989, seven years after beginning his commercial real estate career.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2015
Homes by Towne company buys land for Lakewood Ranch apartment

An affiliate of Homes by Towne purchased 41.16 acres on the east side of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard for $5.94 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2015
Prominent architect Rick Fawley, 65, dies

Fawley co-founded Lakewood Ranch-based-Fawley|Bryant.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2015
Former housing official gets one year in prison

Wenston DeSue previously pleaded guilty to the charges.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 2, 2015
Mobile health firm wins $17M investment

Latest infusion brings total capital Voalte has raised to nearly $60 million in three years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 1, 2015
Family behind Boar's Head donates $200K

Money will go toward an expansion project at Forty Carrots Family Center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 31, 2015
Giant logistics firm wins $300K in subsidies

Sarasota County officials award $60,000 to undisclosed company.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2015
Manatee County resident faces tax fraud charges

Ledale Johnson of Manatee County is also charged with identity theft.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2015
Sarasota Flats developers buy vacant Fruitville land

An affiliate of Tampa-based Forge Capital Partners purchased 2.8 acres of vacant land west of Lemon Avenue for $5.77 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 27, 2015
Senior living community names new leader

Water's Edge of Bradenton is also undergoing a $15.9 million expansion project.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 26, 2015
Retired U.S. postal exec takes over Sarasota firm

Timothy Healy worked for the U.S. Postal Service for more than 30 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 25, 2015
College enrolls largest ever freshman class

New College of Florida has nearly 300 first-year students.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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