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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 21, 2015
How to ... Create a successful succession plan

A fundamental element for strong succession, says Sarasota business attorney Jo Ann Koontz, is to plan for it, early and often.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 1, 2019
Disruptive model takes on residential real estate

To some in real estate, the burgeoning iBuyer trend is a market disruption gold rush, the best thing in the industry since the internet allowed people to search for properties in their pajamas.

  • Strategies
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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • March 27, 2015
Publix domain

Florida's grocery giant has cash to spend, and lots of it. It aims to turn that pile into a force of company-owned stores and centers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2013
UT's Sykes College makes best schools list

The University of Tampa's Sykes College of Business listed among best business schools in the world.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 6, 2024
2 dog bars in region on USA Today’s 10 best list for 2024

St. Petersburg and Sarasota are home to two of the best dog bars in the country, according to USA Today.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2008
Cover Update: Finding Greener Pastures in 2010

It's safe to say Kitty Green drew the short straw. Green took over as president and chief executive officer of The Bonita Bay Group early this spring just as the residential real estate market was heading into a steep decline.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2004
Mike Miller Q&A

Mike Miller discusses his Venice properties, the risks with tight propety and high prices sports and The Crow's Nest in Venice.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 4, 2019
Giant Blackstone Group of New York buying area mobile home parks

Blackstone Group of New York has spent in excess of $30 million within the region in 2019 to acquire a series of mobile home parks, many of which are waterfront properties inhabited by residents 55 years and older.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 25, 2013
Bigger funds

TerraCap Management has raised more than $125 million for two real estate investment funds. It's planning a third one next year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 14, 2014
Long-term growth

Richard Pitbladdo and a group of Fort Myers investors have been buying agencies that specialize in long-term care insurance. They're about to get much bigger.

  • Strategies
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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • April 17, 2015
Stressing distress

Brian Davison suffered through one economic crash. He says his new business is recession-proof.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2007
Corporate Report

Forestry Resources Inc. buys Englewood firmGevity lowers forecast, cites slower client growthGreystone hires Stanford GroupMoneyShow.com teams with KCIXCPT signs pactwith dental collegeNetWolves system awarded U.S. patentAmscot Financial taking bill paymentsNeoMedia CFO, board member resignRapid Pathogen adds Sarasota locationPCT to handle Hurricane Glass ShieldOdyssey Marine moving to NASDAQ

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2016
Women leaders boost big accounting firm

More than two-thirds of the partners at Kerkering, Barberio are women.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2014
Best in class

Attention successful graduates of Florida Gulf Coast University.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 23, 2017
She's Got Mail

Shannon Kirsten Couch didn't set out to take the stationery world by storm. But now her designs are spreading quickly across the industry.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 11, 2022
Developer buys Sarasota site for $9M, plans 180-unit apartment complex

The property near University Parkway is approved for and ready to be developed into a five-story apartment building.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 6, 2006
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

North Florida investment group buys apartmentsIndustrial site acquired by national company

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2009
City entity buys foreclosed townhome community

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  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 11, 2010
Pirate's Cove fun center sells piece to RaceTrac

The Pirate's Cove Family Fun Center property in Bradenton is being broken up and the first piece is going to a convenience store user.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 11, 2010
Medical practices buy Bay Landing

An investment group, composed of retinal specialist Dr. Saurabh Patel, gastroenterologist Dr. Shardul Nanavati and pain management doctor Dr. Prathima Moorthy, purchased the two-story, 11,598-square-foot former Mahalo Spa & Salon building just east of U.S. 41 and south of Terry Street for $1.73 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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