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  • May 9, 2016
Hospital system names chief doctor

Lee Memorial Health System named Scott Nygaard the chief medical officer.

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  • April 15, 2015
Tech Data CFO retires after 23 years

Jeffery Howells will step down June 5, making way for a senior vice president with two decades at the company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 25, 2023
Bradenton auto giant acquires high-performing Tampa Toyota dealership

Stadium Toyota is among the top 10% in sales among all Toyota dealerships nationwide.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 30, 2025
Manatee County purchases Mixon Fruit Farms for $13.5 million

Commissioners voted unanimously to purchase the citrus farm that operated in Manatee County for 84 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 15, 2024
Wayfair plans fourth brick-and-mortar Birch Lane store in Florida

Online furniture and home decor retail giant Wayfair is opening its fourth brick-and-mortar store in Florida under the Birch Lane brand.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • December 8, 2006
Commercial RE Briefs

Fort Myers hoteliers buy Sun Tan Village MotelTarget buys land, constructing SuperTargetWaste Services buys landfill, disposal businessNDC head, McKay make plans for L.E.C.O.M. housingProcaccianti Group buys Bradenton Holiday Inn ExpressJon Kleiber leaves one family firm to start his ownDeveloper/hotelier, CPA building Lutz Residence InnTierra Verde project changes hands, development continuesCNL Income Properties buys Tampa's Grand Prix

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 28, 2022
Sarasota hotel gets $57.5 million refinancing

The owners of Art Ovation turned to a national lender to refinance the posh hotel.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 3, 2022
Lee County revs up driver's license options for hurricane recovery

Mobile units will be in front of Hertz Arena.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2009
Get ready for surge in water costs

Efforts by water-management boards to mandate a 30% drop in water consumption will force utilities to raise rates on consumers and businesses by as much as 50%, a water expert warned recently.

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  • December 10, 2009
Airport parking gets competition

More than 7 million passengers pass through Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers each year.

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  • November 12, 2010
Firms might grow, but bosses still worry

The daily struggle small business owners go through is pointedly illustrated by a fact revealed in a recent nationwide survey of executives.

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  • December 24, 2010
Link between corporate profits, political gifts?

It's difficult to say whether political involvement makes a company perform any better, but a University of South Florida business professor sees a solid line connecting the dots.

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  • September 24, 2010
King says he will take the heat

Gary King may hold the most thankless government job on the Gulf Coast: city manager of Cape Coral, one of the more dysfunctional and debt-laden cities in the region.

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  • September 2, 2010
Burglar alarm not helpful after the fact

Jerry Marlar, an executive with a Bradenton-based accounting firm, ended an Aug. 23 luncheon panel discussion on business ethics with a jarring statement.

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  • December 10, 2010
Sarasota investor group buys University Parkway building

A Sarasota investment group purchased a 23,140-square-foot office building for $1.83 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 6, 2010
Florida Realtors publish study

Florida Realtors has completed a study on the effects of the state's recent wave of foreclosures.

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  • March 18, 2011
Cattlemen's official: tax water

Florida Cattlemen's Association's Don Quincey suggests a tax on bottled water.

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  • December 19, 2012
Group seeks $3M for land buy

A land conservation foundation wants to expand the Robinson Preserve.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • November 11, 2011
Theriac Enterprises buys Daniels EverBank building

Fort Myers-based Theriac Enterprises purchased a 22,176-square-foot EverBank building in Daniels Park of Commerce Center for $1.63 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 25, 2013
Mortgage broker, 70, gets five years in prison for fraud

Arthur Seaborne ran a 'no money down' scheme, authorities alleged.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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