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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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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • 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 Beth Luberecki |
  • August 19, 2021
Social worker-turned-entrepreneur relishes counterintuitive strategy

By going filling a gap in a crucial need, Elizabeth Dosoretz — starting well before the pandemic — is building a fast-growing mental health practice.

  • Health Care
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 18, 2014
Good Business

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida is the second-largest vending-machine operator in the region. It's the latest venture as it diversifies beyond its traditional retail stores.

  • Strategies
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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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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • 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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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • 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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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2018
Bloom or bust? Restaurant firm faces investor discontent

Bloomin’ Brands, the Tampa, Florida, company that owns popular restaurant chains Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill and Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, has come under fire from one of its investors, New York-based hedge fu

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  • December 2, 2016
Hotel projects fill voids

The past few months have brought good news for Manatee County hotel developers and hospitality officials.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • January 30, 2024
Prominent Tampa restaurant family honored by vision nonprofit

Longtime restaurateur Richard Gonzmart and daughter Andrea Gonzmart Williams will be honored as "people of vision."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 26, 2025
Report: Florida CEOs plan to hire more than national counterparts

Business leaders in Florida are more bullish on hiring, capital investments than their national counterparts, according to an economic outlook report from the Florida Council of 100.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 26, 2025
2 Tervis veterans buy Osprey store

The retail shop on U.S. 41 is owned by the former Tervis CEO and part of the founding family of the Tervis brand.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 25, 2026
Bankrupt brewer Big Storm sells Clearwater property

The 3.58-acre, two-building property sold for $5.5 million after a bankruptcy judge approved the sale last month.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 8, 2011
Corporate Report: July 8

The latest new from Cott, First Advantage, and other Gulf Coast companies.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 31, 2004
Expansion Tempered by Caution

Economic indicators suggest the new year will rival 2004.

  • Entrepreneurs
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