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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2020
Navigate key information on Covid-19 business relief programs

Firm has details on more than a dozen new programs.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 23, 2018
Go Dutch: Airport to offer service to Netherlands

Delta Air Lines will launch year-round, nonstop flights to Amsterdam from Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Florida, beginning May 23, adding a fifth European destination to the airport’s route map.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By S-One Studios |
  • November 8, 2024
Unleash Your Vision With S-One Studios

Imagination has no boundaries. S-One Studios makes creating a video for your brand easy.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 7, 2006
Across the Pond

A U.S. trade official talks up the opportunities for Florida businesses in Europe and beyond.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 15, 2020
Real estate sector opens new portal for sales

Agents and brokers embrace a once-unthinkable reality: selling homes without an in-person showing.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 7, 2014
Quiet giant

ACI Worldwide is the third-largest company in Naples, but few people have heard of it since it relocated from New York City two years ago.

  • Industries
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • November 18, 2021
Boston startup relocates to Sarasota for growing tech scene

Veteran tech founder believes his latest startup will create a vigorous community of seekers and helpers. He recently brought on a not-so-secret weapon.

  • Technology
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 13, 2020
Medical practice digests large growth plans

Florida Digestive Health Specialists seeks to deliver on the latest in health care trends.

  • Health Care
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 16, 2009
Special 40 under 40: The Right Mix

Patricia Entsminger, 39 • Belinda Holmes, 37 Jennifer Glassmoyer, 36 Chris Chiaro, 32Ben Jones, 26 • Kerkering Barberio

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2007
Hiring in commercial real estate

Turns out commercial real estate is a hot and lucrative career for new MBAs. While that's good for them, it presents a challenge for commercial real estate executives, according to Stan Ross, chairman of the board of the University of Southern California's Lusk Center for Real Estate and co-author of the book, The Inside Track to Careers in Real Estate.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 3, 2015
Open the vault

A Fort Myers manufacturer's vault door will be showcased in a new Smithsonian exhibit in Washington, D.C., elevating its profile.

  • Industries
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 10, 2025
$30M redevelopment heads to former Wimauma mobile home park

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Allegiant still pays for a Port Charlotte resort, a warehouse project comes to Tampa, and Ruskin apartments are getting refinanced.

  • Florida
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • December 31, 2009
COVER UPDATE: LPGA bellwether?

Following Sheila Johnson's investment of $26 million in the renovations process, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club appears to have bettered its image. But how have dire economic times impacted the game of golf?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2013
Bank bidders get busy on the Gulf Coast

The most active banks that seek to buy failed institutions nationwide have been busy on the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 17, 2015
Montreal real estate investor pays $26 million for two apartments

Groupe Mach Inc. purchased the 200-unit Royal Breeze Apartments in Clearwater and the 168-unit Lenox Place Apartments in Tampa. The Montreal-based firm, owned by Vincent Chiara, bought the Royal Breeze Apartments for $17.2 million and paid $8.8 million for the Lenox Place Apartments.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 5, 2024
Owners shutter Longboat Key hotel due to heavy Helene damage

The Sandpiper Inn on Longboat Key was hit hard by flooding during Hurricane Helene, leaving the owners little choice but to close for good.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 22, 2013
Commercial Crocuses

The commercial real estate market is recovering slowly, but market observers say leasing activity is picking up noticeably from Tampa to Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 30, 2012
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Rebuilding Bonita

Gary Dumas is guardedly optimistic about residential development in the Southwest Florida region.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2022
Fort Myers retirement benefits firm closes California acquisition

Foster & Foster Consulting Actuaries has made several other acquisitions.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2004
Newmakers (Sara/Mana edition)

The latest activities of local movers and shakers is provided free of charge.

  • Strategies
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