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Manatee–Sarasota

    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2012
Foreclosures improve southward

Fort Myers is healthier; Sarasota is stagnant; and Tampa has worsened.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 27, 2012
Manatee County government buys former Forney building

Manatee County government purchased the 6,555-square-foot former Forney Engineering building for $724,999.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 27, 2012
Sarasota mulls two proposals for hotels

Two companies are proposing contrasting hotel concepts and financing options to the City of Sarasota for the downtown Palm Avenue hotel site.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 27, 2012
Florida DOT widening State Road 64

The Florida Department of Transportation is readying to start improvements to State Road 64 in eastern Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 27, 2012
Devonshire Park land sells for $8 million less

An affiliate of Sarasota-based Woodmere Capital Group purchased the vacant Devonshire Park property in downtown Sarasota along with its development approvals for $995,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 27, 2012
Lakewood Ranch among best

Lakewood Ranch ranks among the top selling master-planned communities.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 24, 2012
Sarasota biotech firm gets CEO

Mark Myslinski is the new chief executive at Rapid Pathogen Screening.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 24, 2012
Sun Hyd. plans $16M addition

The Sarasota firm is planning to spend $16 million on an expansion project.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2012
Community posts record profits

Its annual net income of $5.6 million was a new high mark for the bank.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2012
AirTran to abandon SRQ in 2012

The discount airline will discontinue service from Sarasota's airport in August.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2012
Sarasota to spend $376K on jobs

County to approve incentives for three companies at Thursday meeting.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2012
Synovus' Dunbar set to retire

David Dunbar, the bank's regional CEO since 2009, steps down in April.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2012
Florida Leather Gallery moving, growing

Stewart's Sleep Center Inc., the parent company of Fort Myers-based Matter Brothers Furniture and Clearwater-based Florida Leather Gallery, purchased the 19,344-square-foot former Bacon's Furniture & Outdoor retail building for $2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2012
Bayside Pet Resort & Spa buys U.S. 41 bowling alley

Bayside Pet Resort & Spa Inc. purchased the 22,000-square-foot former Rip Van Winkle Lanes bowling alley on U.S. 41 for $2.6 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2012
Property sales up, prices sag

Units sold increased by 10%, but median prices fell by 2% in 2011.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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