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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 28, 2025
Fort Myers specialty contractor kicks off $22M expansion, renovation

B&I Contractors is doubling its real estate footprint and tripling its manufacturing space.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 18, 2025
57 jobs cut at Polk County manufacturing plant

Mizkan America will wind down operations of the bottling department at its plant in Lake Alfred.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 1, 2025
Bradenton restaurant manager charged in business burglary

The manager of the Bradenton Oak & Stone was arrested following what police call a “bungled burglary.”

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • January 6, 2026
Golf group purchases Brooksville club

Virginia-based Heritage Golf Group has acquired Southern Hills Plantation Club in Brooksville, its fourth club in the Tampa Bay area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • March 3, 2026
Clearwater deck company expands to Minnesota

Decks & Docks Company acquired Minneapolis-based Pro Deck Supply.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 3, 2026
Sarasota-based truck driving program expands nationally

FleetForce Truck Driver Training is growing its footprint on college campuses and partnering with private employers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 21, 2026
Wine, whiskey bar opens in Fort Myers

Vybe offers a curated wine and whiskey list, cocktails and chef-driven dishes.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 14, 2026
Sarasota apartment project secures $43M construction loan

The developer of Bayside North closed on financing to build the seven-story apartment complex near downtown Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 17, 2026
$203B wealth management firm expands in state with Naples debut

This will be office No. 7 in Florida before Rockefeller Global Family Office, and its first on the west coast.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 10, 2026
1,000 homes planned for new Lakewood Ranch community

EverCreek will be a 464-acre residential development.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 29, 2026
YouTube personality buys Fort Myers apartment complex

The $43 million purchase is the second SWFL deal the colorful Pinellas County investor has been tied to in recent weeks.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 30, 2018
The story of here: Communities embrace narrative, culture as key planning criteria

Creative placemaking is a property development strategy based on the inclusion of art and cultural assets as a fundamental part of the process, and its results are on full display in the Tampa Bay, Florida, region.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 27, 2024
Six months later: The drama behind the $3.1B PGT Innovations sale

The blockbuster acquisition for window and door maker PGT Innovations took years to come together. It also took hundreds of phone calls, dozens of meetings and determined and competitive executives.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2008
Coffee Talk

Hooters founders sell restaurants: The Clearwater-based founders of Hooters Inc. have agreed to sell their 22 restaurants for $55.1 million.Bear Stearns debacle traps Sherman: The Bear Stearns collapse has been felt across the globe.Construction firm alleviates growing pains: A Sarasota-based construction company that is pinning its ambitious growth plans on a national focus on renovation and restoration projects is going smaller so it can get bigger one dayWCI chief's home for sale: $14.25 million: Jerry Starkey, the president and CEO of Bonita Springs-based homebuilder WCI Communities, is selling his Naples home, according to the Web site of a real estate agency.Sonberg elected H&K managing partner: Holland & Knight Miami partner Steve Sonberg has been elected managing partner of the 1,150-lawyer Tampa-based firm.Government triggeredeconomic downturn: Jay Brady, the executive director of the Gulf Coast Builder's Exchange, gets paid to look out for the best interests of contractors, developers and construction firms.St. Petersburg builderdevelops hurricane additive: Despite the downturn in the homebuilding market, one Tampa Bay area CEO tells Coffee Talk that he has found a successful niche and a corporate structure that is keeping his workers busy and his companies profitable.Wachovia's Vitner now calls for recession: Wachovia Senior Economist Mark Vitner toured Southwest Florida in February telling investors that

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2008
Coffee Talk

+ I'll take the Obama girl dress: It's called the Tank Leaf Print dress, but Chico's FAS should rename it The Michelle Obama dress. Or come next year, maybe the White House dress.+ Quick I-75 relief comes from hard work, luck: Thousands of commuters and drivers in northern Manatee County were happy, relatively speaking, to be back on the road heading southbound on Interstate 75 to start the workweek June 23.+ Infinity acquisition comes through the Review pages: Dale Ott decided about 10 months ago that his Sarasota-based technology-consulting firm, Vitil Solutions, was getting too big and unwieldy.+ WCI Communities: An Icahn transaction?: In a recent filing for Bonita Springs-based WCI Communities, Carl Icahn says he may enter into a "transaction" with the builder.+ Accountant fights in Washington D.C.: It might only have been five minutes, but Bradenton accountant Byron Shinn didn't hold anything back when he got a chance to speak before a U.S Congressional committee about challenges facing small businesses.+ Getting 245 mpg electric in Clearwater: Gulf Coast residents have heard a lot about electric cars, but they haven't been easy to find.Going green in St. Pete: Part environmental, part marketing, whatever the motivation, the green trend seems here to say.GULF COAST UNEMPLOYMENT RATEFort Myers area sees no foreclosure letup: The Cape Coral-Fort Myers area registered the nation's second-highest foreclosure

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • November 15, 2024
Tampa bank exec turns a new page as published author

Chris Kneer doggedly pursues a side career as an author of thriller novels, with Tampa Bay as a core character.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 14, 2005
Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Events is available free of charge.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 1, 2005
Selling the Farm

Developer plans 1,400 homes for the Mixon Fruit Farm property.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 9, 2009
Change the Conditions

Want employees to act ethically? One business owner structures his employees' pay so they're not tempted to take advantage of the customer.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 2, 2010
Morton's Market founder dies

Ted Morton, iconic businessman for more than a half-century in Sarasota, died.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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