• 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

  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2017
Top lawyer takes on leadership post at firm

Irene Bassel Frick is a partner in Akerman's Litigation Practice Group.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2017
Port aims to expand ties with Colombia

Trade official recently visited port to discuss growing relationship.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2017
Golf course to get $4M renovation

Members of West Bay Club in Estero approved the renovation.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Pam Schuneman
  • April 21, 2017
A new alternative on the way?

The alternative minimum tax — or AMT, more popularly — has been in the news of late, and while most Americans have heard of it, not many can tell you exactly what the tax is or how it's computed.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2017
Hotel's $214M sale sets area precedent

The Don CeSar set a record for hotel sales along the Gulf Coast

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2017
Global exec to join tech giant's board

Karen Dahut is an executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2017
Restaurant chain targets 110 new locations

The Bradenton-based company plans 110 franchise openings by 2022.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • April 21, 2017
Course Change

The Lutgert Cos. largely pioneered high-rise residential development in Naples. Today its growth stems largely from other sources.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2017
Here comes the Sun

Sarasota-based company Apollo Sunguard Systems is included in a federal $20 million purchase order agreement.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • April 21, 2017
Dilweg Sarasota deal may spur others

The North Carolina firm that acquired the 13-story Sarasota City Center for the highest price spent for a downtown Sarasota office building in the past decade may be seeking other Gulf Coast deals, company officials say.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2017
A bigger bed (tax)

New tourism marketing district is the first of its kind in the state.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2017
Bowl game

Fresh Kitchen to expand in Florida under new partnership.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2017
Tech on the rise

High-tech building information modeling prevents schedule delay on high-rise condo.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • April 21, 2017
A Peerless Pier

The redevelopment of St. Petersburg's Municipal Pier has the potential to be the catalyst for even further growth.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • April 21, 2017
Fort Myers investor buys portfolio for $17.5 million

A series of Fort Myers-based companies formed in February have acquired five office and retail properties there for a combined $17.5 million, according to records.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
« 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 »
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

1
  • April 5, 2026
Miami bank lends $27.5M for Tampa hotel sale
2
  • April 4, 2026
Publix opens third local store in a month
3
  • April 4, 2026
Waterfront restaurant owners add 30-slip deepwater marina
4
  • April 3, 2026
Bradenton restaurant to open second spot, in south Sarasota County
5
  • April 3, 2026
Net-zero Cortez community selects company to handle rentals

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