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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • October 25, 2018
Toni Warren, 35,

President, Suncoast Developers Guild

  • Class of 2018
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 13, 2013
Banks get bigger

Banks headquartered on the Gulf Coast saw annual asset growth of nearly 9% as customers borrowed more money.

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 19, 2015
Room to grow

Not yet 40, Jeff Reynolds has had a diverse business career.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 7, 2015
Links to golf

Golf Membership Consultants matches golfers with clubs and golf course communities in Southwest Florida. Its early successes shows there's still strong demand for the game.

  • Strategies
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 4, 2023
Entrepreneur overcame serious mistakes to build a promising career

Vince Serrano didn't become an entrepreneur and top-of-the-chart recording artist overnight. It took some mistakes and a passion to overcome hardship.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2004
Who Owns This Gem?

When Shannon Hotel Group acquired the Longboat Key Club, it had the help of some of Wall Street's savviest and most endowed investors. Meet the owners.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 15, 2010
Corporate Report: April 16 - April 22

New information from Nicholas Financial, US Natural Gas Corp., and more.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 20, 2011
Capital Battle

Investors are scouting for opportunities to acquire banks in Florida, laying the groundwork for what they see is the eventual recovery. Big names in finance are placing their bets today.

  • Industries
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 7, 2019
Marketing executives helped build brand behind innovative health care tech company

Sarasota-based Roxanne Joffe and Sam Stern's branding work with Voalte led to some significant victories.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 14, 2019
Sky's the Limit on Skyplex

The Lee County Port Authority's 1,150-acre business park known as Skyplex is landing major office users like Gartner Inc. and Alta Resources Corp.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 13, 2015
Natural beauty

Alikay Naturals beauty products can be found in Target and Sally Beauty Supply stores. Entrepreneur Rochelle Graham built the business without outside investors or loans.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2009
Snowbirds still come for sunshine

The line that 1,000 people move to Florida daily has been rendered obsolete in this sour economy. But frigid northern winters are still on our side.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2009
Proscenium land closing elusive

The land deal for the Proscenium project, a proposed $800 million redevelopment of six acres just north of downtown Sarasota, could be on life support.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2009
Unemployment dip is temporary

When the state released April unemployment figures recently, many counties on the Gulf Coast reported lower unemployment rates than the previous month.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 21, 2010
Eastpoint Stimuli buys Pine Island Road land

Eastpoint Stimuli LLC, a limited liability company led by Cape Coral broker investor Steve Krieg, purchased 15.8 acres on Pine Island Road west of 21st Avenue and adjacent to a BJ's Wholesale Club for $2.2 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 22, 2010
No slam dunk for Thrasher

The five week race to head the Republican Party of Florida looks like a two-man, one-woman race now, and the early favorite is facing criticism from a powerful Senate Democrat.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2009
Tampa's Merecorp Inc. buys Baywater Apartments

Tampa area investor William Sultenfuss purchased the Baywater Apartments on Waters Avenue near Rustic Drive from the Dinerstein Cos. for $5.95 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2009
Mergers, acquisitions will pick up

A vast majority of selected experts in the merger and acquisition industry expect deals to pick up over the next six months, according to a recent survey.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 21, 2011
Tampa partnership buys note to assume Brittany Apartments

A private Tampa partnership purchased the mortgage note on the 71-unit Brittany Apartments complex.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 14, 2010
USF getting bullish with real estate degree

Ask anyone involved in commercial real estate along the Gulf Coast where they got their degrees and they'll likely give you one of two answers.

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