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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 5, 2011
Louisiana investor group buys Puritan Place Apartments

An investor group headed by Richard Beaullieu of Lafayette, La. purchased the 232-unit Puritan Place Apartments for $4.06 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 16, 2013
Local volleyball spikes growth

Tampa investor, businessman and philanthropist Bob Gries wants to help bring some national attention to the area's youth volleyball teams.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 2, 2013
Sales tax break idea is broken

Some tax wonks in a Washington, D.C., office are party poopers in Florida's much-celebrated three-day sales tax holiday, scheduled for Aug. 2-4.

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  • April 8, 2011
Incentives suffer from impatience

When it comes to government incentives, the lure du jour, some observers, including Coffee Talk, have often wondered: Wouldn't a lot of these companies still move or expand without the subsidy?

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  • April 13, 2011
Jax Labs doing the dance

It appears the Bar Harbor, Maine-based research lab may be moving legislators in the direction its lobbyists want them to go.

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  • September 14, 2012
RLR Investments buys two Lee County centers

The price equated to $42 per square foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2012
TerraCap Partners fund buys Coconut Office Center

The price equated to $72 per square foot.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2012
Tide Dry Cleaners franchisees buy former Cheesecake building

An investment group purchased a 5,069-square-foot retail building formerly known as the Naples Cheesecake.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2012
Two U.S. 41 buildings sold for Stan Thompson Auto Sales

The price equated to $211,765 per acre.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2012
Davis Development buys land for Venue at Lakewood Ranch

The price equated to $400,000 per acre.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2012
Pa. firm plans 250 local hires

Manufacturer could receive more than $2M in performance-based incentives.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2012
Local company surges in employees and sales

Business is apparently good, really good, in the employment management and performance measurement industry.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • June 24, 2011
Government Digest: June 24

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 18, 2011
Closing the gap in Tampa mayor's race

It's difficult to engage younger voters in this year's Tampa mayoral election when all five candidates are beyond the half-century mark in age.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 20, 2012
Florida Leather Gallery moving, growing

Stewart's Sleep Center Inc., the parent company of Fort Myers-based Matter Brothers Furniture and Clearwater-based Florida Leather Gallery, purchased the 19,344-square-foot former Bacon's Furniture & Outdoor retail building for $2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 4, 2021
Area EDC promotes official to bigger leadership role

Erin Silk joined the business development organization two years ago.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2021
Skills gap remains toughest obstacle to filling jobs in Florida

The state has recovered nearly one million jobs since the beginning of the pandemic, but there's more to go.

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  • September 23, 2021
Venerable accounting firm to merge with younger competitor

St. Petersburg-based accounting firm Spoor Bunch Franz has struck a deal to merge with Tampa’s 71-year-old Dwight Darby & Company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2021
Area insurance company acquired by Atlanta firm

Tampa, Florida-based GCD Insurance Consultants has been acquired by OneDigital, headquartered in Atlanta.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2021
Cosmetic surgery provider opens first clinic in California

Tampa, Florida-based Ideal Image has expanded its footprint with a San Diego MedSpa and plans to open additional locations in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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