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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2012
Louie Louie: Prominent restaurateurs seek success, again

Sarasota economic development officials and business leaders have long lamented the fact that downtown Sarasota doesn't have a convention center.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 14, 2011
Down home cooking looks up on the Gulf

There must be something in the gravy. How else to explain the dominance of Gulf Coast Bob Evans restaurants in comparison to others in the nationwide 566-store chain?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 13, 2021
Hilton hotel aimed at younger travelers opens new location

Tru by Hilton opened last week after a year of construction.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2020
Bowl game gets new title sponsor

The Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl will be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 12, 2019
Saunders Ralston Dantzler joins SVN network

Commercial real estate brokerage Saunders Ralston Dantzler has joined the Boston-based SVN network of firms, shifts alliances from Coldwell Banker Commercial.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2019
Retailer, college form valuable partnership

Fort Myers-based retailer Chico’s FAS, through a partnership with Florida Gulf Coast University, recently worked on a bevy of projects with some 50 students, from blogs to software to recruiting

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 24, 2018
Group acquires area manufacturing company

The acquisition of Sarasota-based countertop and cabinetry installation business Sterling Manufacturing is Interior Logic Group's third acquisition in Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 1, 2017
Cool construction

Moorings Park in Naples

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 14, 2014
Blue Rock Partners, Konover South buy Reflections, The Place at Summerlin

The partnership purchased Reflections for $15.8 million and The Place at Summerlin for $12.35 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 27, 2016
Bass Pro Shops hunts for Sarasota store progress

Plans for a Bass Pro Shops location in east Sarasota County have been in the works since 2014.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 19, 2016
Executive looks to build new business

In the late 1990s, when Andy Stultz was in a leadership program for engineers at GE, he was part of many meetings called the “voice of the customer.”

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  • March 11, 2016
Teams look to connect

The game of spring training moves is in full swing, again, with multiple municipalities across Florida set to compete with each other — in many cases dangling taxpayer money.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 11, 2020
BLVD wraps construction in Sarasota

Core Development’s 18-story residential project BLVD, which was recently completed, contains 49 luxury units and ground-floor retail.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • February 24, 2017
Corporate report

Westshore Alliance elects new leaders; Credit union starts construction on expansion project; Beasley sells six stations in Tarheel State

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • December 4, 2009
Government Digest 12/04/09

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 18, 2021
Global hotel design guru believes Tampa's time has arrived

Ian Schrager, building a luxury condo and hotel project in Tampa, believes the city is primed for a renewal.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • November 9, 2012
Bank's troubles exposed, possibly prematurely

There's an unusual postscript to the recent news that federal regulators shut down Lutz-based Heritage Bank of Florida.

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  • July 14, 2020
Lender funds nearly 2,000 PPP loans, opens three branches during pandemic

Tampa, Florida-based Suncoast Credit Union has been busier than ever during the coronavirus pandemic, opening three new branches and funding more than 1,900 Paycheck Protection Program loans, totaling $49.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 8, 2020
Large area software firm recruits new top HR executive

Tony Dinkins has more than 30 years of human resources leadership experience.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 27, 2022
Developer of luxury waterfront tower secures $75 million in financing

Construction moving along at Altura Bayshore as sales top $60 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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