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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Kaplan buys Bradenton store for MRT LawnBenderson plans retail on State Road 681 parcelSarasota's Unique Air moves to ManasotaPraedium Group buys Capital Realty portfolioAdvanced C4 Solutions relocating to Drew ParkLand Capital Group buys Bloomingdale siteHotel developer buys Fifth Avenue buildingsPrince-Bush brings Village Tavern to Fort MyersFort Myers' ESPO Capital buys Plymouth CenterDevelopers gearing up for Charlotte Regional Center

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 20, 2022
Soon-to-be retired foundation CEO: How I stopped micromanaging

Mark Pritchett took a leadership punch to the gut early on in a CEO role. He had the fortitude — and foresight — to know he had to change.

  • Leadership
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 15, 2006
Wake-Up Call

As Kathleen Shanahan transforms an environmental remediation company into a market leader, the CEO is on the hunt for acquisitions - backed by one of the nation's largest equity firms.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 8, 2006
Detour Direct

An aspiring star chef took a colossal risk 20 years ago when he took over a tiny Asian-style furniture business. The payoff has been as big as the risk, both in multimillion-dollar revenues and in the introduction to his business partner and future wife.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2007
The Manhattan Connection

James DeCuzzi served in New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's cabinet and managed 7 million square feet of prime Manhattan office space. So what's he doing in Fort Myers?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 19, 2006
Carolina Land Rush

Fort Myers luxury homebuilder Bill Ennen traveled to North Carolina to build a summer home and ended up buying half a mountain. His timing was right on as Florida builders and developers rush to the Carolinas in search of the next housing boom.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2003
Historic Conquests

Tampa developer Hamilton Jones discovered a lucrative niche in the Tampa Bay market - redevelopmentof historic commercial and residential properties.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 14, 2010
Corporate Report: Brown & Brown CFO retiring, subsidiary buys Alamo Group

A subsidiary of Daytona Beach- and Tampa-based Brown & Brown Inc. has purchased the assets of San Antonio's Alamo Insurance Group Inc., provider of property and casualty, employee benefits and personal insurance, plus risk management services with annual revenues of $4.3 million.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • January 28, 2010
Water tax war

Proposed federal rules imposing numeric nutrient criteria for surface water may cost the state's wastewater utilities and ratepayers $50 billion, plus increase stormwater fees and construction, food and energy costs.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 25, 2010
Reborn

A decade of accolades in the marketplace has failed to produce oodles of sales at a Gulf Coast medical and consumer products firm. Executives hope a management overhaul will turn its fortunes around.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 14, 2013
Art of deal

Tampa investor and entrepreneur Bob Gries scored a $75 million payday recently on one transaction. His mission, though, remains the same: To swell the portfolios of his eclectic client list.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 10, 2012
Digital docs

A California private equity firm backed its belief in a Gulf Coast medical software firm with nearly $350 million — no small risk considering the hyper-competitive industry.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 13, 2021
To the rescue: Air ambulance company ready to fly anywhere on the planet to help

Jet ICU, a Tampa based air ambulance company, is on a mission: both to grow its specialized services in the clouds and a unique insurance operation on the ground.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • July 19, 2019
Scent of success: Vet lives entrepreneurial dream with Walmart deal

Port Richey, Florida-based veterinary firm Essentials PetCare has scored a major deal with Walmart that will see it develop dozens of in-store vet clinics at Walmart stores in Texas.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 1, 2025
New Melting Pot leader dishes on growth goals, culture lessons

John Crawford melds key lessons in building high-performing teams and meeting high-bar financial goals with an empathic side in his new role at the helm of the Melting Pot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 6, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Developers plan new Tallevast flex buildingSMR, Wetherington partner, constructing office buildingTwo families buy Leisure ProductsAtlanta investors buy five waterfront lotsInvestors plan new warehouse/office condosEquity Inns buys two Sarasota McKibbon hotels

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 8, 2009
Corporate Report

Quasar Bio-tech to bringmanufacturing, more jobsBrown & Brown of Indianabuys assets of state companyJim Walter Resources leasesadditional coal reserves Spring Air enters Israelwith Dr. Gav agreementRoper lowers quarter projection,adjusts full-year guidanceProgress Energy, DEP agreeto close two coal power unitsRoskamp Institute identifies potential new Alzheimer's drugsBrown & Brown subsidiarybuys Louisiana's Insurance 1,Lincare Holdingsjoins NASDAQ Q-50 IndexWorld Energy Solutions picksfirm to market its E-ClipsBradenton Beauty and BarberAcademy picks Nuevo agencyInsurer Humana signs dealwith Intercoastal Medical Group Hunt Warfield touts success ofmulti-housing interest debt programDiamondhead Casino sitegranted two permit extensionsNuFix and Nutech settle suitwith Minsurg, parentmarketers open Ericho Direct firm in TampaPhantom Entertainment opens online game storeBeasley Broadcast, CEO buy back shares

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 22, 2006
Corporate Report

Progress Energy chooses site for plant Walter Industries finishes spin-off of Mueller Water ProductsSherman named president, CEO of Bank of Florida-SouthwestMid-Atlantic Restaurants LLC borrowing from GE CapitalNew Outback president coming from Mexican Restaurants chainHealth Integrated pairs with Horizon Blue Cross Blue ShieldValleyCrest buys St. Pete landscape firm

  • Industries
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 19, 2006
Real Estate Briefs

Signature Communities Inc. acquires Naples Vanderbilt InnWalport Properties buysCollier Boulevard SquareDRD Murdock Circle Executive CenterMichael Saunders office expands on Longboat KeyJohn McKay buys Parrish landLowe's buys land in North PortHotel industry veterans purchase Tampa blockVision 193 LLC buys 5th Avenue ApartmentsTarpon Restaurant Services buys Pappa's Riverside

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2008
Corporate Report

Kforce buys Dnovus RDI for $38 millionChico's November salesfall 11%, comps also declineSykes Enterprises entersBrazilian market,Intertape Polymer Groupadds foam-in-bag packagingGevity reports new payment,32nd quarterly dividendFlanders Corp. CEOawarded three-year contractBe Creative Communicationshired by Fawley BryantSEC investigation endsagainst Jabil stock optionsWorld Energy Solutions signsCirca Telecom marketing dealTIB seeks capital from U.S. Treasury DepartmentGirard expandingto Tampa, Fort Myers

  • Industries
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