• 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

More News

    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 26, 2022
Prominent law firm names new division chair

Michael Taaffe will lead the financial services business sector.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 26, 2022
Bank adds treasury management expert to executive leadership team

Jessica Hall joins Cadence Bank’s Tampa office as a vice president of treasury management sales.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 26, 2022
Senior living community completes $78 million project

Larsen Health Center project began in 2019.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2022
Well-known restaurateur acquires prominent Sarasota restaurant

The owners will take the reins of the St. Armands eatery Feb. 1.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 25, 2022
Amazon buys Pasco industrial park, will invest $150 million in new facility

The Seattle-based retailer plans a 517,000-square-foot robotic sorting center

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 25, 2022
Chicken fast-food chain buys Clearwater property for $4.5 million

Popular Louisiana chicken finger chain Raising Cane’s is expanding into Florida with first restaurant to open in February.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2022
Arkansas bank adds Tampa executive to board of directors

Brian Butler, CEO of Tampa-based Vistra Communications, has joined Encore Bank's board of directors.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 24, 2022
Layoffs hit home health care provider in Tampa and surrounding area; nearly 700 lose jobs

Bayada Home Health Care is closing its Florida facilities and will cut 682 jobs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 24, 2022
Homebuilder doubles total closings over 2019

Christopher Alan Homes is now among the largest production homebuilders in Southwest Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 24, 2022
Tampa man arrested in Belize for allegedly preparing fraudulent tax returns

Thomas Johnson is facing 14 counts for helping clients improperly collect more than $150,000 in tax refunds

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 24, 2022
Florida furniture retailer puts 35 stores, three distribution centers and HQ on the market

Badcock Furniture is selling 2.2 million square feet of property with plans to lease it back from new owners.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 24, 2022
Venice-based company appoints new CFO, senior VP

John Kunz fills the role with more than two decades of experience.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 24, 2022
Tampa orthopedic firm, thanks to investment, saw explosive growth in 2021

Florida Orthopaedic Institute is now the nation’s 12-largest provider of orthopedic care.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 24, 2022
New York and Chicago top feeder markets for Florida West Coast

Florida, thanks to cities on the Gulf Coast, is the No. 1 destination for movers in the U.S.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2022
Area meat stick company picks up $80M investment

Naples-based firm now now valued at up to $300 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
« 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 »
The best of Business Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest business and commecial real estate news from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Sign Up

Latest News

1
  • December 15, 2025
Lee Health CEO to step down
2
  • December 15, 2025
Credit union names market president for three counties in region
3
  • December 15, 2025
3 Polk County residents charged in $2M COVID fraud case
4
  • December 15, 2025
Pinellas artwork manufacturer completes $13.5M facility expansion
5
  • December 14, 2025
Luxury tower tops half-billion dollars in sales

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 © 2025 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