• 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
  • May 16, 2016
Architect leaves mentor to launch his own firm

The new firm is called Hive Architects Inc.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 16, 2016
Punta Gorda airport traffic jumps 31%

More than 98,000 people traveled through Punta Gorda Airport in April, the second-highest month on record for the Charlotte County airport.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • May 13, 2016
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROFILE: Don Paxton

Don Paxton has been involved in the development of more than 175 multifamily communities throughout Florida and two dozen other states throughout his career.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • May 13, 2016
Commercial Real Estate Profile | Don Paxton

Don Paxton has been involved in the development of more than 175 multifamily communities throughout Florida and two dozen other states throughout his career.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 13, 2016
CEO of state's largest credit union retires

Tom Dorety has been CEO since 1996.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 13, 2016
Former Sun Hydraulics CEO gets new job

Al Carlson spent 16 years as the CEO of Sun Hydraulics.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 13, 2016
Hospital system changes name

Lee Memorial Health System, the state's largest public health care system, changed its name to Lee Health.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 13, 2016
Class conflict

Bad news for companies: After four years of declines, spending on class-action lawsuits rose 3.4% in 2015, according to a survey by law firm Carlton Fields.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 13, 2016
Home is where the stay is

Some creative marketing people at Medallion Home have turned the test drive concept into a test stay.

  • News
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • May 13, 2016
Gulf Coast apartment growth to continue

The 2008 foreclosure crisis, an improved job market, population gains, increased household formations — especially among millennials aged 21 to 37 years old — have combined to make the multifamily sector along the Gulf Coast one of the hottest in the country in the aftermath of the economic recession of the last decade.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 13, 2016
Tailor made for risk

The unexpected Sept. 2 death of his mentor and friend, Rick Fawley, left more than a hole in JB Taylor's heart.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 13, 2016
Deeper than Ditches

Construction Career Days returned to Tampa last month after a nine-year absence caused by the recession.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 13, 2016
Dollar doesn't scare tourists

The stronger U.S. dollar didn't scare tourists away from Collier County last year.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 13, 2016
Marketing ammo for landscapers

If you're going to invest in good landscaping, go with the big plants.

  • News
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • May 13, 2016
Multi family mania

Despite an anticipated slowdown, buyers sank $1 billion into area apartments in the first quarter alone.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
« 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 »
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 17, 2025
Sale of former Big Top Live property canceled amid complications
2
  • December 17, 2025
19 layoffs coming to Fort Myers as window installation hub closes
3
  • December 17, 2025
$35M community center opens in east Tampa
4
  • December 17, 2025
Builder to bring 1,200-home community to Lakewood Ranch
5
  • December 16, 2025
Report: Tampa No. 2 retail real estate market nationwide

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