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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 25, 2023
Tampa office building sold for $123 million

A homebuilder gets a $38 million loan in Pasco, a Brooklyn buyer picks up an apartment complex in Sarasota, and a Naples shopping center changes hand in the week's top commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: Sept. 24 - Sept. 30

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • August 22, 2014
Corporate Report

Fintech, Wal-Mart expand agreement to include another 4,000 retail stores; Health Insurance Innovations hires former Bloomin' Brands CFO; Sarasota health center changes to concierge model; PP+K awarded work for national clients; Pilgrim Quality Solutions hires former Liquent exec as CFO; Western, Southern Life Insurance expands with new Tampa location

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  • December 20, 2020
Tourism agency appoints former Disney exec to leadership post

Paul Beirnes has worked for both Disney and Visit Orlando.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2014
Contentment is the enemy

Visit Sarasota County president Virginia Haley spent a recent lunch hour telling area hotel sales and marketing executives about how good the county has been doing in tourism.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 29, 2018
Tampa Bay Bucs executive buys iconic area hotel

Tampa Bay Bucs executive buys famed Vinoy Renaissance resort in St. Petersburg, the latest in a string of high-profile lodging deals.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 6, 2006
Coffee Talk

Bam! Emeril will return to Naples: Star chef Emeril Lagasse will return to the Naples Winter Wine Festival in January, Coffee Talk hears.A new vision for Fisher: When entrepreneur Bill Fisher resigned as Southeast Division dealer development manager for Visionary Vehicles in late 2005, Coffee Talk had a feeling there might be a story to follow. Big doings in Sarasota: The talk percolating through Sarasota County's economic development circles is that a company with $1 billion in annual revenue soon will be announcing the relocation of its corporate headquarters staff to Sarasota.Builders Split: Some of the largest members of the Pasco Building Association say it's wrong to sue Pasco County over its recently adopted comprehensive growth management plan, even though they disagree with the new rules that they consider anti-growth.Soft landing in Fort Myers?: Southwest Florida International Airport's record-breaking passenger counts may be showing signs of leveling off, the latest numbers show.Banking the campaigns: With two former Sarasota bankers in the running for Katherine Harris' U.S. Congressional seat, Coffee Talk decided to take a peek at what all the potential candidates have been getting from banks in terms of campaign donations.

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  • May 14, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Sheen Todd still interested in clerk post?Falkner v. Falkner, part twoInfinium Labs Inc. of Sarasota released it pricing scale for its new Phantom gaming system

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • April 30, 2010
Next-Gen Goals

Brian Boyer and Travis Norris practically grew up with DataComm Networks. Now, as owners the last two years, they want to take the IT firm to new heights while retaining top employees through generous benefits.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 19, 2010
November Consumer Durables

Naples was the last area of the Gulf Coast region to feel the effects of the economic downturn and that's reflected in the steepest year-over-year decline in consumer durable taxable sales in November.

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  • October 26, 2010
September home sales slow

Despite lower prices, fewer properties sold in September compared to last year.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 24, 2010
Latest prices show growth holds

Median sale prices are up again, but next month could be the one to watch.

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  • August 17, 2010
PBSJ results show struggle

Key elements of the Tampa-based company's cash flows depict trying times.

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  • May 6, 2010
M&A activity expected to rise

Three out of four Florida dealmakers think merger deal volume will increase.

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  • April 21, 2010
Gov. Crist loses another

Rep. Tom Grady, R-Naples, withdraws his support of the governor's Senate bid.

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  • April 9, 2010
Gulf Coast Tourism

This week's snapshot looks at the change in taxable tourism sales.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2013
Inflation remains subdued in the region

Business owners on the Gulf Coast have long been concerned about inflation, but so far the data show it has remained tame overall.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 18, 2011
Sarasota home sales up in July

Both the number of homes sold and the median sale price increased in 2011.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 29, 2011
Fund lends Florida banks $70M

The U.S. Treasury's Small Business Lending Fund is helping capitalize banks.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 9, 2012
Sarasota, Grand Cayman investor completes land buy from city

The price equated to $2,624 per acre.

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