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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 4, 2023
2023 Top Entrepreneur: Jen Whyte, co-founder of Fort Myers Brewing Co., Fort Myers

Jen Whyte has turned Fort Myers Brewing Co. from a sudsy side hustle into a much-loved local beer maker.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 12, 2022
Developer addresses Pinellas housing demand by buying two hotels — and a lake

A Miami developer purchased two Pinellas Park hotels and is turning them into nearly 200 apartments with the city's help.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 26, 2007
Build-A-Brand

Honing a corporate identity, while an important task for any business, falls short of true company branding. A Gulf Coast marketing guru highlights the differences.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2008
Going Coastal

The trick to diversifying a business is to do it before times get tough. Coastal Engineering Consultants' Michael Stephen did it right.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 18, 2006
More Costs, Fewer Applicants, More Stress

Rising health care costs, a tight labor market and expensive housing are issues facing the Gulf Coast HR industry. Companies must innovate.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 28, 2006
Coffee Talk

Turner still headed for the top: Tragedy recently struck Tampa businessman John Turner's team as it struggles to climb Mount Everest - the world's highest peak.Kvetko returns to Fifth Third: Colleen Kvetko has returned. And she wants her customers back.Tax surprise: Which states are burdening business with the heaviest tax load? The Golden State, run by those Hollywood liberals? Taxachusetts?Faster than an Insignia: It sounds like the organizers of the not-yet-chartered Insignia Bank are itching to start lending and spending some of its initial capital.Report: Foreclosures up: Houses going into foreclosure across the nation climbed 38% to 323,102 in the first quarter from the previous quarter; Florida had the second-highest number of foreclosures at 29,636, even though the state's foreclosures dropped 14% from the same period a year earlier, according to an online real estate company.TIB Bank joins the billion-dollar club: TIB Bank recently joined the small club of Gulf Coast-based banks and thrifts with more than $1 billion in assets.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 25, 2008
Build to Rent

Don Phillips, a veteran of the development business, has put all of his focus on apartments because of market conditions.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2008
Opportunity Time

Despite the real estate downturn, Ray Sandelli believes strong fundamentals will mean good news for commercial real estate on the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 15, 2009
A Perfect Match

Insurance firms have traditionally shied away from partnerships, mostly because there is too high a risk of failure. But a pair of long-established Gulf Coast companies is taking a chance on partnering up.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 25, 2010
'Dig Deeper'

One of the largest retail landlords in the country, Benderson Development, sees some economic recovery signs in parts of the Gulf Coast. Others in the beat-down industry hope the trend grows.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 14, 2010
Brothers in arms

Nelson and Verne Nieves outbid better-established firms by relentlessly controlling expenses. Now that they have a track record, they're poised to take more business.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 5, 2013
Playing a happier tune

After a painful shakeout that saw spectacular failures on the Gulf Coast, banks finally regain sound footing.

  • Finance
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • July 8, 2011
Mass Exodus?

By 2014, more employers may opt out of offering employer-sponsored insurance once key parts of the U.S. health care law come into effect.

  • Florida
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 15, 2020
LaKendria Robinson, 32

Director of Business Connect and community outreach, Tampa Bay Super Bowl LV Host Committee

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 28, 2019
CRE brokers are on the move in Tampa

Commercial real estate brokerage firms are breaking with tradition and offering top agents financial incentives and better opportunities to convince them to switch alliances.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By None |
  • March 15, 2019
Stantec designs with community in mind

Design and engineering firm Stantec is using its vast global resources to build projects and communities throughout the Gulf Coast and help clients succeed.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 31, 2014
Memory Lane

Developers of assisted-living facilities are including an increasingly important component to senior housing: memory care.

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 4, 2015
Take flight

Good times are roaring at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport. Yet worry lurks.

  • Industries
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 12, 2023
Chelsea Bolter, 31

An opera-trained construction executive finds passion in projects.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2004
Winning the War

These are changing times for the president of South Tampa's Scarritt Law Group, a trial lawyer known for his no-holds-barred style.

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