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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 26, 2019
Editor enters Hall of Fame

The Observer Media Group, based in Sarasota, is one of the largest family-owned and operated community media companies in Florida.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 1, 2022
90 days in, sales at 46-story St. Pete luxury tower top $150 million mark

Construction at 400 Central has just begun and sales team seeing interest locally and nationally

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2022
Nonprofit adds trio to business hall of fame

Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida will celebrate the winners at a dinner in April.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2018
'Tis the season to safeguard your data

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and Florida Capital Bank’s information security officer, Ed Bides, has tips for businesses that want to get better at safeguarding their data.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2018
Rocket science: MarineMax fills a need for NASA

Clearwater, Florida-based boat retailer MarineMax lent the skills of members of its Houston-based service team to NASA for a project that will help astronauts someday explore reaches of space beyond the moon, including Mars.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 30, 2018
Shoppes at Sarasota Row owner selling complex

Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co., the owner since 2014 of the Whole Foods Market-anchored Shoppes at Sarasota Row, is planning to sell the fully leased complex as part of a shift in corporate strategy

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 14, 2018
Barron Collier Cos. CEO named to Consolidated-Tomoka board

Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. has tapped Barron Collier Cos. CEO Blake Gable to be a member of its board amid a corporate shift in strategy.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 20, 2019
MetLife to stay at Highwoods Preserve

MetLife has renewed its 176,000-square-foot lease in Highwoods Properties' Highwoods Preserve project in North Tampa, one of the largest office commitments in the region since early 2018.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 27, 2019
Fieldr of dreams: Young entrepreneurs start networking site to connect students with businesses

The recent college graduates who founded company hope the site will bridge the gap between students and companies.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 1, 2019
Atlanta-based company acquires pair of Interstate 4 corridor apartment projects

Centennial Holding Co. of Atlanta has added to its Florida portfolio by acquiring a pair of multifamily rental projects in Lakeland and Plant City.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 21, 2016
Fort Myers multifamily complex sells for $95 million

In what is believed to the largest multifamily complex sale along the Gulf Coast in at least the past decade, a 936-unit apartment community in Fort Myers sold for $95.2 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2017
Prominent banker set to be released from prison

Jerry Williams, pleaded guilty in 2012 to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and making false statements to banking regulators.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 12, 2018
Condo builder fined for illegally filling wetlands

A proposed consent decree subject to a 30-day comment period and final court approval.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 12, 2018
Condo builder fined for illegally filling wetlands

A proposed consent decree subject to a 30-day comment period and final court approval.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2013
Rich Mathews, 35

Owner, State Farm Insurance Agency

  • Class of 2013
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2014
Rising cities sparse in some regions

A large geographic portion of the Gulf Coast — the parts south of the Skyway Bridge through Naples — came up flat in a report of Florida cities and towns on the rise.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2014
Willner Realty & Development buys Lincoln Shores apartments

Willner Realty & Development Co. purchased the real estate, furnishings and business operations of the 631-unit Lincoln Shores apartments for $53 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 17, 2014
Flush it out with a crowd

A plumbing supply company isn't likely front of mind when people think about raising capital through crowd funding.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2014
Firm strikes back against lawsuit

Executives at Clearwater-based insurance firm HCI Group aren't taking the standard approach to the threat of a potentially damaging shareholders' lawsuit.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 5, 2016
Pin interest

Virginia Haley's politics these days revolve around encouraging people to visit Sarasota. Her office tells a bigger story.

  • Entrepreneurs
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