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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 6, 2019
Dining delivery: Urban Brew & BBQ, St. Petersburg

Andy Salyards refuses to sacrifice in-house customers for those at home waiting for delivery.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 3, 2020
Skillet sizzle: Naples breakfast chain pushes expansion program

Skillets is expanding into the Sarasota-Manatee area.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 17, 2020
Prominent restaurant entrepreneur witnesses deadly crash

Richard Gonzmart saw the crash while driving along Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa on Jan. 9.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 24, 2020
Mayoral forum a roaring good time

Tampa Bay area mayors answered tough questions at Suncoast Tiger Bay Club’s annual State of the Bay luncheon on Jan. 9.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • April 1, 2020
Pizzeria owner adapts to changing conditions in the face of the coronavirus — toilet paper included

In a true sign of the times, Solorzano’s Pizzerias is giving away a free roll of toilet paper to customers who place an order over $30.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2020
Food firm is fit to survive crisis

Sales might be down, but with a focus on fresh meals for pickup and delivery, Tampa, Florida-based Fitlife Foods hasn't had to lay anyone off.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 4, 2020
Real estate executive doesn't mask the truth about reopening

Some industries are roaring to go.

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  • June 3, 2020
Marketing firm aims to help pandemic-stuck companies

Pushing the Envelope targets smaller, shorter client contracts — with a big push for long-term success.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 11, 2020
Stats reveal how we comfort ourselves with food

Bite Squad analyzed the most popular dishes ordered by customers from Lakeland through Naples, Florida, for delivery since March.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 12, 2020
Despite increase in May, airport traffic still down 75% from 2019

Year-to-date figures show airport passenger traffic is down 21%.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 14, 2019
Virage developers planning 34-story tower in Tampa

Arris Tampa, a planned 34-story residential tower from Batson-Cook Development and Ascentia Development Group, aims to capitalize on a growing interest to live in downtown Tampa

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 12, 2019
T. Rowe Price shuttering Tampa office as planned

T. Rowe Price Group is closing its Tampa call center operation in Westshore and consolidating operations in Owings Mills, Md., and Colorado Springs, Colo.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 9, 2019
SVN to open Tampa brokerage office

SVN is expanding its Sarasota brokerage operation to Tampa with a new office, SVN Coastal. It will be run by the same managing partners that operate the Sarasota office, Larry Starr and Matt Christian.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 15, 2019
Cast a line: Platform amplifies niche topics

David Sobelman, the founder and CEO of Tampa, Florida-based 3 Properties, has launched “Net Lease Nerdcast,” a podcast that focuses on topics related to the arcane world of triple net leases and net lease property investing.

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  • March 15, 2019
Business community rallies around laid-off colleagues with job fair

When Tampa, Florida-based Laser Spine Institute abruptly went out of business March 1, former employee Adam Brown organized a job fair for his recently laid off ex-colleagues.

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  • April 12, 2019
Insurance company celebrates major milestone with major speaker

FCCI Insurance Group turns 60 in 2019.

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  • June 19, 2018
Tennessee media firm enters Florida, buys seven newspapers

Greeneville, Tenn.-based Adams Publishing Group acquired the Sun Coast Media Group, a collection of daily, weekly and twice-weekly community newspapers on the west coast of Florida that had been family-owned since 1976.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 10, 2018
Insurance agency partners with national organization to fuel growth

Sarasota-based Al Purmort Insurance, with $33 million in 2017 revenues, quietly became part of Carmel, Ind.-based Shepherd Insurance, a five-time Inc. magazine 5000 winner with 340 employees and 18 offices nationwide. The move, in which Purmort and the a

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 13, 2018
Get to know ... Ray Sandelli

CRE Consultants' managing partner has spent 30 years in the real estate business

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 25, 2022
Naples ex-con indicted for $2.6 million COVID fraud

Federal officials say convicted felon lied and provided false documentation to secure loans for five businesses.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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