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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 3, 2022
Ellenton man sentenced for $20 million bank fraud; father to be sentenced next month for same crime

As their business faced financial ruin, father and son defrauded bank out of millions by fabricating records and statements

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 18, 2018
The straight road not taken leads to success

Rochelle Graham-Campbell founded Alikay Naturals a decade ago and has steadily built the Fort Myers hair and beauty products into a retail darling.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2018
Area executive, a Wall Street rock star, dies at 73

Lakewood Ranch-based Roper Technologies CEO Brian Jellison died Nov. 2.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • April 18, 2022
Transactions: April 12-18

$119.8 million deal in Tampa leads the way in this week's transactions.

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  • By Alicia Ceccarelli |
  • November 11, 2016
Secret sauce

Burrito partners, close as brothers, believe their franchising plan will attract savvy investors and contend with cutthroat competitors. Up next: going national.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 10, 2017
Big bang

The spend-money-to-make-money theory is the linchpin to the Zaiser family business model. It works.

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  • By Ted Carter |
  • April 28, 2017
Fun House

An investor with an eye for sometimes-eccentric design features hopes her seven-figure deal for waterfront properties is a winner.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2017
Jeremy Rearden, 35

Co-founder and CTO, Synergy Custom Technology Solutions

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2017
Melissa Rutland, 38

President, Rutland Florida Gulf Group LLC

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • September 5, 2014
Betting on Tampa

Orlando-based ODC Construction has succeeded by seeking potential. Its key executive is now focusing on custom-home construction in Tampa.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 29, 2016
Pay up

Technology entrepreneur Keith Stone says reinvesting profits into his company and encouraging employees to be entrepreneurial keeps CSI Enterprises growing fast.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 17, 2014
Solar power

An entrepreneur with big goals and a creative streak discovered a way to increase his lending capacity by $10 million. The solution requires some green thinking.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 30, 2015
Senior housing

Robert Gillette, 75, was one of the first developers of the modern senior housing concepts. He traces his success to staying in the trenches.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 25, 2015
California beckons

WikiRealty was born in Naples. But the company needed to move to California to attract talent and venture capital.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 26, 2014
Worth it

The past year was big-time busy for prolific commercial real estate developer Jim Bridges. That should be the case again in 2015.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 8, 2015
Sales generator

Latin America promises growth for Florida companies like Turbine Generator Maintenance that are willing to travel.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • January 15, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A $66 million multifamily transaction in south Hillsborough paces transactions in the region for Dec. 25-31, 2023.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • February 5, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A $49 million multifamily deal in Lee County highlights transactions for the week of Jan. 1-6.

  • Transactions
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • May 13, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A pair of Sarasota land deals for nearly $25 million pace the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • December 9, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

$50 million in land purchases in Sarasota and Hillsborough counties pace transactions.

  • Transactions
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