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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 20, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

Name game: With a wave of new community banks washing ashore in Florida, Kendrick Pierce & Co. Inc. is keeping busy.Sexual victims' advocate: Pinellas Park trial attorney Joe Saunders has taken a lead role in a civil action against former Pensacola monsignor Richard Bowles.Glazer sighting: If calling news conferences was all it took to land a Super Bowl, the Tampa Bay area would be a shoo-in for the 2009 football game.Positive news: At last, Florida's largest law firm, Holland & Knight LLP, has positive news.

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  • By Kat Wingert |
  • March 18, 2018
Welcome to the new Business Observer website

Our new website has been updated to give readers a better experience and more mobile features.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2015
Politics news site gets reboot

Politically Unfiltered will include behind the scenes stories of candidates and officials.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 6, 2009
People must eat, grocers doing better

Department stores maybe be closing stores and pulling back, but another large retail anchor sector, grocery stores, looks to be holding its ground on real estate and still growing.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2012
Three Lee County buildings sell for $15.27 million

AW Property says it paid a total of $30.3 million for the 272,571 square feet of medical space it purchased for $111 per square foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 17, 2018
Pair of Lakeland projects show strength of Polk County industrial market

New distribution center projects planned by Swedish furniture retailer Ikea and Dallas developer Xebec Holdings show that Lakeland and Polk County continues to be sought-after location for distributors.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2013
Fast-growing Sarasota auto biz motors top 10 list

Dealers United now has 5,700 members in its buying group.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2014
DRA Advisors company buys Springs Plaza center

An affiliate of New York City investment adviser DRA Advisors LLC purchased the 199,922-square-foot Springs Plaza shopping center for $23.7 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 5, 2026
Miami bank lends $27.5M for Tampa hotel sale

Ocean Bank provided financing for the purchase of a Sheraton hotel near Tampa International Airport.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 23, 2016
Bowden exits SVN for Michael Saunders

Sperry Van Ness | Commercial Advisory Group senior investment adviser Gail Bowden, one of the Gulf Coast's top producing commercial agents, has jumped ship after more than seven years at the Sarasota-based commercial real estate brokerage firm.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 19, 2014
Spread the love

Testimonial Tree lets your customers tell all their friends on social media about your great product or service.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2003
George Rauch: Inflation or Die

Here's the good news: Secretary of the Treasury John Snow said in early July, "With interest rates and tax cuts, the economy is beautifully aligned for a takeoff."

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 5, 2018
New platform aims to simplify home-buying process

A new platform launching in the Tampa area aims to simplify the home-buying process.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 7, 2024
Trucking company shuts down, lays off 222 in Tampa, Jacksonville

Midwest Transport Inc. closed terminals in the two Florida cities last month and several more nationwide.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 5, 2021
Single-family rental project obtains financing

Soltura at the Forum, a planned single-family rental project in Fort Myers, lands $26 million construction loan.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 28, 2016
Carter Validus continues buying spree

With a deal to acquire a California data center operated by AT&T, Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II has pushed its total 2016 purchases above $350 million, records show.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 7, 2017
Retail giant seeks new outlet for sales growth

Fort Myers-based Chico's FAS adds a new website to its sales options.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 9, 2020
Boutique design agency relocates to area

Purple Fish Creative provides website design, hosting, maintenance and support packages as well as graphic design, brand development, copywriting and illustration.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 3, 2024
Publix rolls out line of summer products

The grocer, which is opening a store in Apollo Beach this month, is offering the nearly dozens items at it stores during the summer season.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 12, 2026
Aldi, Publix open three stores in a week across Tampa region

The grocers opened the local stores in the past week on the heels of Aldi announcing a new South Sarasota location.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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