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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 26, 2016
Sarasota firm adds new services with acquisition

Military Cut provides lawn services for commercial, residential and government sectors.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2003
Customer Satisfaction

Stephen Garber lives and works in the Sarasota area coaching organizations and individuals in improving high performance behaviors and attitudes. Questions and comments are always welcome at [email protected].

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 28, 2003
Strategic Decisions

American Land Lease Inc. officials decided three years ago to centralize their operations as a self-administered, self-managed real estate investment trust. The strategy worked.

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 2, 2015
The word for 2015: 'Aspire'

Each year, you make resolutions. A variation on that is to select a word, one word to live by for the next 12 months.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 4, 2006
Business of Bamboo

JMX International hopes bamboo molding and flooring will take it from an e-commerce shop to a lucrative business-to-business operation.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • May 6, 2011
Rental Restyling

Developer Phil Farley is turning an old public housing complex into Urban Style Lofts. The key is attracting the young clientele who will make it work.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 11, 2011
Them Apples

A hyper-focus on one company's products could be a death sentence for a retailer. But one Gulf Coast computer store has made it work.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 25, 2016
Whole deal

A developer with its eye on the future of retail real estate targets the Sunshine State.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By James R. |
  • August 29, 2014
Brandstorm

What does brand value have to do with the economy? Turns out, a lot.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 16, 2014
Corporate Report

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • October 16, 2015
Bart Knellinger, 32

Founder, CEO, Progressive Dental

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2015
Patrick Duggan, 37

Senior assistant general counsel, Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Layton, Russell plan Foundation ParkCentre Park developers build for VivaTechLineberry Properties buys Cracker Barrel buildingWalgreen Co. plansnew North Port store

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 4, 2006
Matt Walsh: Save Our Homes should be repealed

Sometime in the next two weeks, a Gov. Bush-appointed committee will begin meeting to figure out what, if anything, should be done to change Florida's infamously discriminatory Save Our Homes amendment - the amendment that is driving property taxes beyond tolerance for so many of Florida's part-time property owners and the amendment that, a decade after its adoption, has become a spreading cancer across Florida's economy.The conclusion and recommendations should be clear: It should be repealed.

  • Opinion
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • January 20, 2012
No More No-Fault?

Car accidents are down but payouts for personal insurance protection are skyrocketing, costing insurance companies and consumers millions. Can legislators overcome the moneyed opposition of lawyers and doctors to fix it?

  • Florida
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 26, 2005
DREAMTIME Hits Big Time

Former TV reporter John Biffar started his film production company by borrowing equipment from his employer. Now he's shooting for the History Channel and National Geographic.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Courthouse Center developer plans University Center buildingPark Charles Prime Properties buys Bianco Sands villasSarasota Business Center to start second phaseHouston company buys Timberlake Apartments

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Sand Pebble owners buy Alamanda VillaCED-Concord Management buys land for Rolling Green SouthLepore family plans Blackburn Point Business CenterChamp Products buys larger Bradenton building

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 19, 2024
31-story Tampa high-rise aims to connect cultural, social institutions

Developers of the just-completed AER building see the property as a hub to the creative and lifestyle features urban dwellers seek.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 30, 2022
Airport executives race to keep up with post-pandemic travel demand

Amid construction at RSW and SRQ, execs navigate rising material costs and a shortage of workers in expectation of handling the rush of passengers better.

  • Entrepreneurs
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