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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 14, 2019
State legislature trims lease tax for third time

The State Legislature's vote to shave the tax on commercial real estate leases to 5.5% could save many businesses thousands of dollars each year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2019
Cultural institution receives largest gift in its history from area businessman

Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik and his wife, Penny Vinik, have donated $5 million to the Tampa Museum of Art. It's the largest single gift in the museum's history.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 3, 2017
Proper props for property company

The somewhat mundane task of doing lien searches before buying a home or property is anything but dull at PropLogix.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 3, 2016
Charlotte waterfront tract sells for $20.6 million

Deal is one of the largest land deals in Charlotte County in the last decade.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2016
Wheels up for fitness

The national craze of indoor cycling gyms, with high-tech theater-like spaces for stationary rides, has pedaled into the Gulf Coast in a big way.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2016
Tampa feels like 'value stock'

Tampa was recently showered with some love from CNBC, in a 1,200-word article on the positive attributes of the city and region.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 29, 2015
Cheesehead uses noggin to find employees

Sarasota entrepreneur Louise Kennedy Converse recently tackled nearly every business owner's primary anxiety — how to find top employees — with a unique approach: raw and uncomplicated honesty.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 4, 2015
Court upholds $60M trademark win for storage firm

PODS Enterprises won a trademark infringement trial against U-Haul last year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2015
Carolyn Corp., Goff Capital Partners buy Park at Knightsbridge

A joint venture of Reuven Oded's Tampa investment group Carolyn Corp. and the private equity investment firm Goff Capital Partners LP purchased the 299-unit The Park at Knightsbridge apartments for $21.15 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 2, 2015
Bain cashing out of Outback chain

Stock sale could generate $464 million for company that helped buy Bloomin' Brands back in 2006.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 4, 2024
$11.5 million home a ‘bargain’ in Naples

The sale of the nearly 8,000-square-foot house set a record for the city’s Estuary and Grey Oaks neighborhoods.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • March 11, 2024
Tampa law firm names first female managing partner in 45 years

Denise Anderson has been with Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig for 28 years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 7, 2023
Site of just-closed St. Pete brewery for sale

The Brutalist Temple of Beer closed last month, and its building is now on the market.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 28, 2025
Ashley Furniture buys Lakeland industrial building for $70.54M

The building is part of Lakeland Central Park, an expanding industrial park off of Polk Parkway.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • October 26, 2024
Tampa Bay woman pleads guilty in $300K university embezzlement case

Christina Lynn Morris, 46, of Plant City, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud where federal authorities say she embezzled nearly $300,000 from a local university.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 2, 2020
Still Mission Critical

Tampa-based Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT Inc. is planning to change its name and structure, but not focus, ahead of possible corporate shift.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 6, 2019
Hotel, in shrinking total rooms, grows new obstacles

Short on modern amenities but long on history, the Belleview Inn represents a unique hospitality marketing challenge.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 28, 2019
Real estate 'chameleon' can adapt company on the fly

A primary factor for Andrew Saluan’s commercial real estate success: a nifty ability to hyperfocus while remaining flexible.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 13, 2019
Innovative insurance firm competes, partners with government on flood coverage

Wright National Flood Insurance Services, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based subsidiary of Daytona Beach-based Brown & Brown, has launched an innovative private option for flood insurance.

  • Insurance
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  • By Denise Federer |
  • April 6, 2022
One ingredient for successful family business succession? A large portion of transparency

Conversation with Southwest Florida commercial real estate executives Randy and Justin Thibault on navigating the family business succession process reveals some key components.

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