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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 26, 2026
Barancik Foundation grants $11M to housing, arts, education, hunger groups

Two of the grants from the Sarasota-based foundation were for more than $1 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin Gillen – Synovus Bank |
  • March 6, 2026
Sarasota’s Got Talent: Job Creation Fuels a New Cycle of Investment in our Region

Sarasota's current 'job boom' is helping to shape the region.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By None |
  • July 25, 2023
AeroVanti founder resigns CEO, chairman positions

New CEO Scott Hopes says the troubled private air service company has received a $2 million loan to help stabilize the business.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 5, 2022
Developer and church team up to build affordable housing in Hillsborough

A partnership between a real estate developer and a local church is leading to the construction of 140 affordable housing units for seniors.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 8, 2009
Image Maker

Medi spas and a tougher economy have affected plastic surgery, but physician Randall Harrell has adjusted to the industry's non-surgical growth and has thrived.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • January 5, 2018
Dream Come True

Leadership, says one of the region's newest big company CEOs, is knowing how to get the answer — not the answer itself.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Saudi Sheik, Boca investor buy 44 acresPreshers Tool & Fastener grows, adds warehouseMartinez family buys Del Prado centerThree doctors buy units in Vanderbilt Beach buildingOrion buys land, plans Venice galleria branchAirport Hampton Inn to start in MayHome health care firmbuys South Trail buildingMetro, D.E. Shaw buy part of Epperson RanchTA Associates fundbuys Reo BuildingNorthgate Lincoln-Mercury buys Tampa dealership siteRoyal Yacht Club sold, named Beso Del Sol Resort

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 14, 2018
A storm-worthy business model

Storm Smart adds layers of leadership while laying the foundation for growth, succession

  • Leadership
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • March 19, 2023
Travel agency emerges from pandemic stronger than ever

Preferred Travel of Naples was able to move quickly when the world started traveling again, thanks to some smart and shrewd decisions made during the pandemic.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 13, 2018
Maxim Commercial Real Estate poised for Charlotte growth

Punta Gorda brokerage prides itself on unconventionality

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 14, 2022
Charlie Pasquariello, 38

HF Scientific, senior product manager

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2006
Keeping Afloat

Asset-based lending that allows companies to borrow against accounts receivables is a fast-growing industry in the U.S. It grew 16% in 2005 to a record level of $420 billion.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 12, 2007
Quantitative Quality

The statistical approach to stock selection hasn't always been the most popular. But that's irrelevant to Doug Case, who has used the theory to build a firm managing almost $2 billon.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2007
Runner Up - Lee/Collier

Rick CollinsDuane Swanson Sr.Scott Fischer

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 12, 2004
Closed Case?

Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Harry Lee Anstead shuts down the flow of judicial records over the Internet.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 12, 2005
Executive Session with Jan Smith

The Gulf Coast Business Review sat down with the newly appointed trustee of the University of South Florida Board of Trustees.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 21, 2006
First to Sell

SunCoast Bank was the lowest performer of a class of independent banks starting up in 1999. It's now also the first to be bought by a regional bank.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2008
Surprise!

Insurance premiums for commercial buildings havebeen falling as competition increases in Florida. It's a good lesson in free markets for regulation-happy legislators.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • June 18, 2010
Choice Branches

HomeBanc's Jerry Campbell is trying a new way to expand his young $250 million bank — recycling offices and deposits of those that have closed in Florida. Two former Encore Bank branches in Pinellas County are a start.

  • Finance
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 20, 2010
Chasing the Sun

Two German engineers moved to the Gulf Coast for its sunny lifestyle. But the sun chasers also satisfied their irrepressible urge to create technology and a new company.

  • Entrepreneurs
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