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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2021
Area insurance agency acquires another firm, expanding presence

Jeff DeJongh and Associates’ three experienced staff members will join the 26 other sales professionals in Purmort & Martin Insurance Agency’s Sarasota office.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2019
Restaurant opens new pizzeria concept

Oak & Stone Fastfire opened on Sept. 26 at 6220 14th St. W. in Bradenton.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 5, 2023
Car wash chain expands again with second facility on busy thoroughfare

Fast-growing Woodie’s Wash Shack now has 11 locations in the Tampa Bay region.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 15, 2013
Texas real estate investment firm buys Spacebox Palmetto storage

The price equated to $26 per square foot.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 29, 2012
HMA promotes Trimble

Health Management Associates promotes Melody Trimble to oversee 26 hospitals.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 13, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Miami Beach Investors Expand PortfolioGeorgia group purchases Pelican Sound apartmentsPage-Burkett group assembles beach propertyPartners refinance several Tampa Bay-area propertiesSarasota investor refinances Valrico mobile home park

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 6, 2017
A bolt of funds

Vinik Sport & Entertainment Management program lives at USF.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

St. Petersburg office deal exceeds $80 millionStella del Mar residents acquire mobile home parkConfectioner buys Clearwater Beach motel

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 31, 2013
County appeals land-use law decision

Pasco County officials will fight a federal judge's ruling that essentially called a local ordinance an end-run around eminent domain laws.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 22, 2010
Raymond James financials up

Comparisons to last year quarter, show revenue, net income improved.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 11, 2023
Downtown Sarasota condo project with units starting at $3.7M nears sellout

There are six residences remaining.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 2, 2007
Like Mom, Like Sons

There'll be no extended vacations to re-charge for entrepreneur Pamela Kauten, who sold Florida CareerLINK.com last month to a New York company.Kauten, 48, who built the Tampa Bay area site to more than $1 million in revenue over the past 10 years, plans to start a new dot-com venture with sons, Nick, 26, and Adam, 23.But she's remaining mum about the project, proposed by her youngest son, until July 1, when she unveils the site.The past six months were hectic for Kauten as buyer Eric Straus of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based RegionalHelpWanted.com completed the due diligence process.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 29, 2007
Coffee Talk

Businesses fight back: We're not bad: The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce is out to prove that businesses, both big ones and small ones, from developers to diamond sellers, aren't the enemy of the good life on the Gulf Coast.Judge advocates secrecy pact: The Spanish government got another step closer to getting long-awaited details of the estimated $500 million in sunken treasure salvaged by Tampa-based deep-sea explorers thisWestshore projects slow down and stop: South West Shore Boulevard has some of the last large tracts of waterfront land in South Tampa available for redevelopment.Company seeks motivation in new name: An entrepreneur's two-year quest to stop a sales slide and focus on a new direction has led to one of the riskiest decisions a company could make: A name change.ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 24, 2015
Homebuilder's project crushes projections

Lakewood Ranch-based Neal Communities also expects to sell 1,000 homes in 2015.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 6, 2026
Naples waterfront estate listed for $39 million

The recently built home is in the Olde Naples neighborhood and features a 5,000-square foot rooftop deck.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 22, 2023
New development in the works at former dog track in Sarasota

A plan to offer temporary off-site airport parking while a master plan is conceived met some obstacles from Sarasota's Development Review Committee.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 2, 2017
New Pier to have $79M impact

St. Petersburg's new Pier project and its amenities are expected to generate $79.5 million in new dining, retail and hotel sales after the city attraction opens late in 2018, according to a new study.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 3, 2026
DeSantis, MLB commissioner support Tampa Bay Rays' stadium plans

The two officials spoke at Hillsborough College which, if all goes as planned, will be the site of new Rays stadium and multi-use development.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2020
Area company hires sports card experts to lead grading service

Certified Sports Guaranty is hiring for positions in grading, receiving, verification, production and more.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 21, 2025
Pair of luxury condo towers to replace 1950s buildings in Sarasota

The Sarasota Planning Board has approved Amara, a two-tower, 54-unit luxury condominium project.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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