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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 24, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Roaring Toyz to roar into national bike show: Could a small sport bike shop in Sarasota be the next Orange County Choppers?Rushing takes top honor: Karen Rushing, clerk of the circuit court and comptroller for Sarasota County, received the President's Clerk of the Year Award from the Florida Association of Court Clerks and Comptrollers at the organization's annual summer conference in Ponte Vedra.It's a done deal, almost: The Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice is going to be a landholder real soon.Cracker Barrel pegged: The folksy restaurant chain, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc., is being sued over a peg from one of its tabletop brainteaser games.Concrete solution: Mexico?: The Associated General Contractors of America has called on U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez to intervene in the increasingly dire shortage of cement in the United States before major economic disruptions occur.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 9, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Court counselor charged with abuseHillsborough Judge Charlotte Anderson challenged by Tampa lawyer Kim VancePalm Bank celebrates its first quarterly profitMagazine pacts disputed

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 22, 2025
7 job fairs from Tampa to Fort Myers coming up

From local government to luxury resorts, employers across the region are hiring.

  • Florida
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • March 3, 2026
Tampa Bay Water breaks ground on $181M plant expansion

The regional water utility is expanding its Surface Water Treatment Plant to meet projected water needs through 2033.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jay Brady |
  • October 9, 2009
Schoolhouse ROCKED

When the Legislature shifted school construction dollars to cover operating expenses it rocked a school construction industry already on its heels, and may now add to districts' borrowing costs if they can sell bonds at all.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 4, 2021
Shuttered mall heading to bankruptcy auction

DeSoto Square Mall in Bradenton to be sold at three-day auction starting Oct. 11.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 21, 2023
Sarasota County to get its second Costco

National warehouse club chain Costco is planning to open its third store in the Sarasota-Manatee market.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Dana Kampa |
  • June 18, 2025
Sarasota aquarium announces last day in preparation to move to $132M facility

July 6 will be the last day the public can visit the Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium facility on City Island.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 11, 2024
Tampa science museum and three USF campuses work to get reopened

The Sarasota, St. Petersburg and Tampa campuses and the nearby museum are closed due to the continued

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2008
Crowther control

The construction downturn has given financially strong companies an opportunity to take market share and acquire competitors. Crowther Roofing is one of those planning to take advantage of the situation.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 31, 2013
Cardinal Point, Halstatt buy Carillon office portfolio

The price equated to $133 per square foot.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 4, 2014
First Family Insurance moving to University Pointe building

A company led by Jason Marra of First Family Insurance Inc. purchased a 21,630-square-foot office building for $1.99 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2009
Fasten your seat belts for a bumpy season

A good indicator of the upcoming tourism season is airport traffic. Tourism officials in Fort Myers and Naples cheered in August and September when Southwest Florida International Airport reported more passengers than in the same months last year.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 20, 2012
Park your planes here

It's been nearly seven years since the new terminal at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers opened and the old terminal was torn down.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2012
Donor pledges $20 million

Anonymous donor pledges $20 million match for new children's hospital.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 6, 2012
Florida budget hoards $1B

Sunshine State forecast for 2013 turns surpluses of the past into reserves.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2017
Developer admits to $800K embezzlement charges

Clark East faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 19, 2022
Left for dead, retail booming in Southwest Florida

Retail sector remains strong in Southwest Florida where it makes up majority of $2.1B in CRE sales volume.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 9, 2023
Developer pays nearly $60 million for St. Pete hotel

A popular event space sold, an office brings nearly $8 million and work starting on affordable housing project top the week's commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2008
Pruning Branches

After years of hectic buying, some banks now are selling land and branches they no longer need.

  • Entrepreneurs
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