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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 9, 2022
St. Pete craft brewery to open rooftop tasting room

St. Petersburg-based 3 Daughters Brewing plans to open a rooftop tasting room at the end of month at Clearwater Beach.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 20, 2022
Southwest Florida apartment rental market is one of the hottest in the state — and the nation

Apartments are going fast, especially in smaller markets.

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  • March 22, 2019
University names new leader

Steve Currall has worked for major universities in California and Texas.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 27, 2018
South Real Estate Group adds to Estero land holdings

South Real Estate Group, of Naples, is exploring options for its 14-acre University Highlands property in Estero following a land purchase that nearly doubles its holdings in the area

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 23, 2018
Death and refunds

Florida filers get average refund of $2,877.

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  • March 2, 2018
Location, location, location

Need to keep track of where you've been year-round? There's an app for that.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 3, 2017
Maryland firm buys Lee site for apartments

One of the Baltimore area's best-known development firms has acquired a 37.6-acre tract in Fort Myers, where it plans an “upscale” apartment community.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2017
Developer buys 268-acre site for $7M

Site is in fast-growing northeast Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 9, 2017
Denholtz office renovations paying dividends in Tampa, St. Petersburg

Taylor Media Corp. moves into St. Petersburg building

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2014
Manatee online court access model goes statewide

The Florida Supreme Court order praises Manatee County's program.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2014
Builders' group brings back pride

The Gulf Coast Builders Exchange aims to promote its members.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2016
Chico's reality show

Corporate proxy battles are usually fought behind the scenes in boardrooms with sparse details buried in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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  • July 24, 2015
And pigs (and profits) will fly

Canada sends a lot to Florida, starting with thousands of winter tourists and snowbirds.

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  • August 28, 2015
The butler did it

Sarasota entrepreneur Bill Merritt recently found success in front of an unusual audience for his low-tech product — a cup holder that attaches to a laptop computer, called the Laptop Butler.

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  • January 23, 2015
Entrepreneurial group seeks growth

The area chapter of Entrepreneurs' Organization, recently named one of a dozen organizations entrepreneurs need to join by Entrepreneur magazine, has dream-large plans for the Gulf Coast in 2012.

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  • March 27, 2015
Sarasota stalwart moves operations north

GeniusCentral hopes to pick up more than $500,000 in incentives, taking over warehouse location in St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • July 26, 2024
Tampa apartment complex obtains nearly $80M refinancing loan

Bellwether Enterprise, a national commercial mortgage banking company, handled a $78.6 million refinancing loan on the Mav, a mid-rise apartment complex in Tampa owned by Daniel Corp.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 1, 2024
Hoffmann's Midwest buying spree continues with cruise company purchase

The Naples business conglomerate has bought a Michigan cruise business with two ships.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 6, 2024
84-unit affordable housing community to open in Sarasota

Cypress Square opens at a time when finding affordable or attainable housing is getting more difficult and bridges “the affordable housing supply-demand gap.”

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 6, 2025
Sarasota company buys $3.4M building, moves HQ to Lakewood Ranch

McLeod Land Services is relocating to Corporate Park off University Parkway.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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