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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 9, 2023
The Business Observer's deep dive into AI and ChatGPT

Chatter over artificial intelligence and ChatGPT, in some quarters, is hitting a fever pitch. Uses are seemingly infinite. So, too, are the worries, and pitfalls, from legal to ethical to simply understanding the applications. The Business Observer tackled the challenges — and opportunities — from multiple angles.

  • Technology
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 23, 2025
Developer buys key parcel for $675 million Tampa project

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a celebrity-run real estate agency opens in Sarasota, a Naples apartment community sells, and a Manatee industrial center lands a new tenant.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 27, 2023
Sailing school company promotes internally for new CFO

Offshore Sailing School turns 60 years old next year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2010
Parrish apartment owner buys Cinnamon Cove

Dan Gessner purchased the 314-unit Cinnamon Cove apartments for $3.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 19, 2013
WCI Communities: It's deja vu all over again

If you needed another sign that real estate is hot again, then consider the case of WCI Communities.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 17, 2013
APH Property Holdings buys Vista At Palma Sola

The price equated to $79,412 per unit.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 15, 2013
New York investment firm buys, leases back Gulf Coast Surgery buildings

The price equated to $341 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2018
Architecture firm names two new partners

Rick Oswald has over 40 years of experience as a registered architect and general contractor in Colorado.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 2, 2017
New Pier to have $79M impact

St. Petersburg's new Pier project and its amenities are expected to generate $79.5 million in new dining, retail and hotel sales after the city attraction opens late in 2018, according to a new study.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2014
California REIT buys two Tampa area assisted-living facilities

Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. purchased two Gulf Coast assisted-living facilities for $21.3 million. The Irvine, Calif.-based real estate investment trust purchased the 86-bed Delaney Creek Lodge in Brandon for $11.12 million and 85-bed West Winds Assisted Living Facility in Zephyrhills for $10.22 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2003
From Good...To Great (Tampa edition)

Ninety minutes with Tom Snow, president and CEO of Carlton Fields, one of Florida's largest law firms.

  • Law
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 8, 2019
Area insurance firm defies Wall Street's struggles with $229M IPO

Going public has lost its luster in some financial quarters. A rollicking Tampa insurance firm, with sights set on even loftier goals, is an outlier.

  • Insurance
  • By TenantBase |
  • March 31, 2022
Searching for the Right Commercial Space? Start Online…

Searching for the Right Commercial Space? Start Online…

  • Commercial Real Estate
Sponsored Content
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2008
LASDAY: Segment to increased profits

Client segmentation of "profitability" spotlights hidden costs and real profit. After adding back internal expenses, you should recapture lost billings.

  • Opinion
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 2, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

Busy litigator: Tampa lawyer John Fitzgibbons has more prominent cases pending than most local attorneys.Sweets fight: A Mexico City candy manufacturer has accused a former business partner of trademark infringement and unfair competition for making copycat jellybeans and Gummee Bears with real fruit juice.Gallagher to banks: Drop fees: How's this for political timing: Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher has asked more than 500 financial institutions in Florida to stop charging Holocaust survivors for wire transfer fees.Lawyers filing W-suits: Could using a "W" land you in hot legal water? Top 10 finish: Kearney Development Co. Inc. has earned the 10th spot on this year's Southeast Construction magazine list of top specialty contractors.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 30, 2010
Hillsborough County buys Cedar Pointe Apartments

Hillsborough County purchased the 76-unit Cedar Pointe Apartments for $1.8 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 21, 2013
Sarasota-Bradenton foreclosure market drops under 7%

The local rate remains higher than the national figures, but has fallen 3.9% since this time last year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 18, 2018
Entrepreneur learns value of 'service first' strategy

Beth Starnes, retail, Entrepreneur

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • September 23, 2025
Tampa area ranks third in Florida for job growth

According to the most recent report from FloridaCommerce, Tampa had 12,700 more private-sector jobs in August than it did last year – a 0.9% increase that accounts for 15% of the state’s gains.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 22, 2025
Ritz-Carlton Residences, Sarasota Bay tops out

A luxury condominium spanning 20 stories in Sarasota is marking a construction milestone.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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