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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 2, 2015
Community foundation tops $100 million

The assets of the Community Foundation of Collier County grew 56% since June 2014 to more than $100 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 16, 2015
Credit union expands virtually

Miramar-based Tropical Financial Credit Union is expanding into Collier, Hendry and Lee counties but has no plans to open branches.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2015
A banker walks into a bar...

Bankers can have fun. Really.

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  • April 17, 2015
Fed official: Spike the punch bowl

An April 10 appearance and speech in Sarasota from Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeffrey Lacker was a market mover.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 19, 2023
Lee County is getting The Cheesecake Factory

The popular chain is opening a 9,000-square-foot eatery in Estero later this year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 28, 2021
Manufactured homes pioneer still rolling along

Murex Properties' Steven Adler follows his father's footsteps into business — and earns his industry's highest honor.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 5, 2020
Launch pad: European software firm sees big growth ahead in region

Software development firm NIX United, which makes apps for iOS devices, has chosen St. Petersburg, Florida, for its U.S. headquarters.

  • Technology
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 25, 2025
Noted restaurateur Paul Fleming moves brand from California to Florida

Veteran restaurateurs, with brands in several categories, make an all-in choice on Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 19, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Lee/Collier)

Worthington Communities Sells Arborwood in Lee CountyFreeland buys 16 acres to move Naples NissanOffice condos planned for downtown Fort MyersPrime Homebuilders plantown homes for Lee, CollierUS Home buys Heritage Bay condo tractLennar to build condos in Fort Myers

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2004
Inside Perspective

Former Tampa federal prosecutor Eleanor Hill discusses the joint congressional inquiry into the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America.

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  • By Dan Ping |
  • July 21, 2011
Power Packed

If battery-powered vehicles are to become practical for consumers, battery technology has to become smaller, cheaper and more powerful. Planar Energy believes it has created a technology to build it.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 19, 2012
A Balanced Approach

The diet business, a $61 billion dollar industry nationwide, clearly has no shortage of customers. A firm aims to seize that opportunity on the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 4, 2020
Of Amazonian Proportions

Amazon, the Seattle-based online retailer and already one of the largest occupiers of industrial space in Central Florida, is preparing to expand significantly.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 30, 2023
Sarasota has a YMCA again, behind major nonprofit merger announcement

A no-quit group of volunteers and deep-pocketed donors, paired with some like-minded nonprofit executives, rejoice over the news Sarasota is no longer a city without a Y.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • November 19, 2009
More Solutions

Can there be such a thing as 'too many customers' for a small business? When it attracts more customers than it's able to help, a change in strategy is in order. It's how eCycling.com was born.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • April 15, 2011
Maze Buster

With 1 million unemployed, legislators aim to clear a path to jobs through the state's decades-old growth management maze by giving locals more autonomy. But environmental groups are stalling to have more time to review.

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 24, 2019
Seizing on opportunities in Opportunity Zones

Coastal Gains Opportunity Fund, a St. Petersburg company, has established a multimillion dollar fund aimed at taking advantage of Opportunity Zone tax benefits

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 15, 2018
TerraCap Management shifts from primarily buying to selling office assets

TerraCap Management is selling assets purchased at a discount like Tampa International Business Center and reaping profits after improvements and re-leasing

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • January 31, 2025
Complicated yet successful Tampa Bay nonprofit merger draws national attention

The Boys & Girls Club now want to show others how its done. "We couldn't find any reason why we should not merge," the CEO says.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 11, 2006
Commercial Real Estate

N.Y., Chicago firms buy Club NaplesBonita Beach Road Facility AcquiredAmSouth Bank buys at Summerlin, Boy ScoutAIMCO pays $118,000 per unit for BaLayeOhio Group plans Laurel centerHoneywell International buys contaminated propertySMH acquires physician office buildingManatee Urology Moving to DowntownNew diagnostic center buys 1250 Tamiami

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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