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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 13, 2006
A Stock Picker's Market

Money manager Keith Moored Jr. forecasts single-digit percentage growth for the stock market in 2006. Buyers should be extra selective. Go for the low price-to-sales ratios.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 18, 2005
Defending Attorneys

Over the past two decades, Scott Tozian has become the attorney of choice for embattled judges and lawyers.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2008
Sweet Carolina

As the economy struggles, one Gulf Coast-based insurance firm's expansion to North Carolina turned out to be good timing. Still, Florida remains a lucrative place to write policies.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 19, 2019
Playing to Strengths

Floridays Development Co. and its founder and CEO, Angus Rogers, have found that involving joint venture and other partners on its hotel projects add value and provide critical perspective

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 19, 2024
Median home prices across region post largest declines in country

Sale prices of single-family homes on the Gulf Coast are bucking a national trend, according to data from the National Association of Realtors.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 24, 2006
Commercial RE Briefs

Cypress Creek Capital buys Eastpointe Office buildingHarrod Properties buys Bayshore Professional CenterSunrise Senior Living completes Aston Gardens acquisitionsSongy partners, D'Jamoos Group buy in Forum for office parkBonita Springs Baymont Inn sold, being renovatedN.J. entrepreneur, partner plan Lehigh carwash, office buildingBurton-Katzman Development buys L-3 Cattlemen propertyWilliams family takes over two Farley Funeral HomesKVN Heating, Air moving to larger Centre Park suite

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 6, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Developers plan new Tallevast flex buildingSMR, Wetherington partner, constructing office buildingTwo families buy Leisure ProductsAtlanta investors buy five waterfront lotsInvestors plan new warehouse/office condosEquity Inns buys two Sarasota McKibbon hotels

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2008
Flying Low

Tourism has been one of the few economic bright spots on the Gulf Coast, but the airlines' woes may crimp the industry's growth. One potential salvation: international visitors.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2007
Corporate Report

PGT trims workforce, cites residential downturnMangrove Employer Service buys Las Vegas clientSarasota's Bonecrunch Fighting lands SunSports broadcast dealSirion Therapeuticsplans new drug filingFirst Advantage's DealerTracksells stock for $98 million

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 28, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Gold Coast Eagle moving to Manatee County?: Sarasota and Manatee counties' Anheuser Busch distributor, Gold Coast Eagle Distributing Co., has called Sarasota County home since right after prohibition, but that may be changing soon.Looking beyond price: A lot of people doubted it would happen, but Toronto-based Kolter Property Co. completed its $40 million purchase of the three-acre Metropolitan property at U.S. 41 and Gulf Stream Avenue in downtown Sarasota.Studying a university district: Who's going to coordinate the creation of a University District? We may have a better idea after Monday, March 28.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Could Charley kill Florida's golden goose - construction?The Florida Brownfields Association rescheduled its Florida Brownfields ConferenceMerging Point Design executives star Nuevo Punto Advertising Group

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2003
Construction Growth Continues

Multifamily development in Sarasota and Manatee counties fell this year. But single-family construction continued to grow.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2004
Affordable housing land trust: Flawed scheme

Affordable housing. That's the political motherhood-and-apple-pie issue these days. And yet, as demonstrated with SMR and 2050, the social engineers can't seem to grasp the consequences of limiting supply when demand is huge.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: July 23 - July 29

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 17, 2013
Corporate Report: May 17

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Dan Ping |
  • July 1, 2011
No more Corporate Climbing

Brian Baird used his sales skills and a bit of Hollywood theatrics to finance his escape from a corporate job. It's a move he's glad he made.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 31, 2020
What They're Saying: JLL

Tampa Bay’s office market hasn’t been greatly impacted by COVID-19 as yet, but the CRE brokerage firm remains cautious about the future of the secto in the region.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 20, 2019
Work at 200 Central is like an upgrade to Versailles

Two years after buying 200 Central Ave., downtown St. Petersburg's most iconic office building, owner Third Lake Capital has unveiled a series of improvements to the lobby and new tenants.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 12, 2018
In Focus: Sarasota/Bradenton

The Sarasota and Bradenton area submarkets are performing well across the office, industrial and retail sectors, according to statistics compiled by research firm CoStar Group.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 26, 2026
Tampa CRA spends $4 million to convert workforce apartments

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a finance firm re-ups and expands, and an industrial portfolio sells to a shopping center developer.

  • Florida
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