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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 17, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: John Saputo credits the storms with a spike in sales.Lee Wetheringtonis is diversifing his homebuilding company and is developing his first commercial propertyNothing fine with fines

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 28, 2003
Real Estate Briefs

This week's items: Cortez Storage construction starts84 Lumber files plans to build Bradenton locationFlorida Studio Theatre buys former Theatre Works buildingSMR, DVA Sports planLakewood Ranch arena

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 21, 2005
Charging Forward

The head of RARE Hospitality International explains his vision for the companyis restaurant chains and the consequences of inconsistency.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • September 17, 2010
Government Digest: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 28, 2013
Gov. Rick Scott's Medicaid Remarks

Feb. 20, 2013

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 27, 2013
Shop Talk

Retailers are back scouting new locations throughout Southwest Florida. Dan Creighton is one developer who's benefiting from better times.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • June 17, 2021
Crafted Growth

A furniture store saw its revenue spike when customers started to work from home. It's also led to a 50% increase in its payroll.

  • Strategies
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 2, 2021
Longtime traveler takes on new adventure of owning a business

Travel entrepreneur Michael Distler goes the distance for clients — such as traveling on his own dime to navigate COVID-19 protocols so his clients don’t have to.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 1, 2021
Word for 2021: Anthem

Taken from Ayn Rand’s 1937 novella, it stands as a warning to reject the spread of collectivism.

  • Opinion
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 15, 2020
Juan Diego Vasquez, 31

OFDC Commercial Interiors, account executive – Sarasota

  • Class of 2020
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 20, 2019
Steady presence: Bank sees big opportunity in upheaval

TD Bank looks to grow its presence in the Tampa Bay, Florida, region to capitalize on recent upheaval in the community banking sector.

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 3, 2020
Retail-focused developer returns to CEO role of prominent firm

Greg Sembler sees opportunity among the carnage ecommerce brought to retail.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 24, 2020
Body of work: Long-awaited IPO nears for promising biotech firm

Tampa, Florida, biotech firm SynDaver appears poised for an IPO as it beefs up its sales team.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 12, 2019
Disruptive doctors: Health care provider blazes a new path

ChenMed, a Miami, Florida-based company, is disrupting health care as we know it — and it sees Tampa Bay as the ideal market for its rapidly growing brand.

  • Healthcare
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 23, 2018
Destination dining

Kearns Restaurant Group opens second The Boathouse Tiki Bar & Grill at Sweetwater Landing Marina

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • September 21, 2016
'Push yourself'

A construction firm born in the downturn has accomplished a unique feat: supersized annual revenue growth while remaining picky in choosing its clients and work.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 18, 2024
Marriott picks Fort Myers to debut low-cost extended-stay brand

$23 billion global hospitality brand zeroes in on Southwest Florida for growth, demographics and more.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 26, 2025
$31 million freestanding ER opens in Wellen Park

The new emergency room is an extension of HCA Florida Englewood Hospital.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 23, 2025
Sarasota County projects $8M stadium funding shortfall by 2030

County officials will analyze funding options using the Tourist Development Tax to address future repair and replacement costs for Ed Smith Stadium and CoolToday Park.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 18, 2025
Developer of former Bath & Racquet Club Sarasota property gets $79M loan

The loan will go toward the construction of the new club on the site of the iconic property which closed in 2021.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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