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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 13, 2020
Area restaurant company to reopen some locations

The Tampa, Florida-based Columbia Restaurant Group aims to have all of its properties back up and running by June 1.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 23, 2020
High-flying private jet service promotes manager to president

Founded in 2016, Elite Jets has six aircraft.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • April 26, 2019
Restaurant celebrates holiday by introducing CBD-infused beer

Oak & Stone worked with Naughty Monk Brewery and Mindful Medicinals to develop the brew.

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  • June 21, 2019
Advertising association gets regional chapter reboot

American Advertising Federation-Southwest Florida set for July 1 relaunch.

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  • June 21, 2019
When it comes to growth, tech firm is on autopilot

St. Petersburg, Florida-based manufacturer Hine Automation, in business for just a decade, has expanded again.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 28, 2019
Investcorp buys apartments in Plant City, Winter Haven

Investcorp has purchased apartment complexes in Plant City and Winter Haven as part of a $370 million portfolio deal with Equus Capital Partners.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 28, 2019
Farley White reaffirms CBRE at Fifth Third Center

Farley White Interests has reaffirmed its commitment to CBRE Group as the leasing firm for its 19-story Fifth Third Center office building at 201 E. Kennedy Blvd. in downtown Tampa amid $3 million in renovations. to the building.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • July 26, 2019
Group of businesswomen look to make mark on history

Ratification of the ERA is one of the primary causes of the Athena Society, a Tampa Bay, Florida, organization formed in 1976 to promote equality and opportunity for all women.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 26, 2019
SunTrust Financial Centre ranks among most expensive U.S. buildings

A London-based financial website claims that the SunTrust Financial Centre in downtown Tampa is among the most expensive buildings ever developed in the U.S., at $1.8 billion.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 9, 2019
Fire protection company on the cusp of a major expansion

After more than a decade of mostly organic growth, Fort Myers-based Integrated Fire and Security Solutions is on the cusp of a major expansion — in sales volume and geographic markets.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 7, 2022
Buyers to transform historic building to upscale music house and social club

Company pays $2.1 million for nearly 100-year-old building once owned by Charles Ringling and empty since 2001.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 3, 2022
Yes, plants and trees are economic development, argues horticulturalist

Investing in green spaces improves lives and property values

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 28, 2022
$3 billion Tampa project earns top environmental certification

Water Street Tampa recognized for how its developed public spaces and walkability

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 15, 2022
Atlanta law firm adds two partners to Tampa team

Four attorneys — two partners, an associate and an of counsel member — have joined the Tampa office of Hall Booth Smith, an Atlanta-based law firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 10, 2022
Tech training firm expands to Tampa, offers $1,000 scholarships

Ironhack, a Miami-based tech training firm, has expanded to Tampa and is offering $1,000 scholarships to prospective students.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 23, 2018
Key International buys dual-branded hotel in Clearwater

Key International Inc. has purchased a dual-branded hotel on the water in Clearwater for $71 million, where it plans a series of upgrades to the property that was completed last year.

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  • November 29, 2018
Retailer, after drop in sales, profits, loses top exec

fter a little more than two years at the helm of the Chico’s brand, a unit of Fort Myers-based women’s retailer Chico’s FAS, Diane Ellis has left the company.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 30, 2018
STAR search: Development opportunity seeks new direction

The future of Pinellas County, Florida's Young & Rainey Science Technology & Research Center has been thrown into doubt again after the county’s economic development agency rejected three bids for the 96-acre light industrial and technology park in Largo,

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  • December 5, 2018
Digital marketing company names new CEO

John Lemp will transition to a role as chairman of Revcontent’s board of directors.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2018
Bean counters: Local coffee roaster takes big next step

St. Petersburg-based Kahwa Coffee is on a quest to become the top coffee brand in Florida. It's closing in on the completion of a $6.5 million capital raise.

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