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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 15, 2020
LaKendria Robinson, 32

Director of Business Connect and community outreach, Tampa Bay Super Bowl LV Host Committee

  • Class of 2020
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 28, 2019
CRE brokers are on the move in Tampa

Commercial real estate brokerage firms are breaking with tradition and offering top agents financial incentives and better opportunities to convince them to switch alliances.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By None |
  • March 15, 2019
Stantec designs with community in mind

Design and engineering firm Stantec is using its vast global resources to build projects and communities throughout the Gulf Coast and help clients succeed.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 31, 2014
Memory Lane

Developers of assisted-living facilities are including an increasingly important component to senior housing: memory care.

  • Industries
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 28, 2015
Open the gate

Development groups are forming as the commercial real estate vacancies decline and rents begin to rise. Seagate Development Group is one such company scouting for opportunities in Southwest Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 4, 2015
Take flight

Good times are roaring at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport. Yet worry lurks.

  • Industries
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 12, 2023
Chelsea Bolter, 31

An opera-trained construction executive finds passion in projects.

  • Class of 2023
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • August 29, 2023
80-year-old entrepreneur still going strong, now with new laser cleaning firm

After some five decades in business, Russell Ireland says the cliche rings true. "We have always looked at crises or problems as opportunities," he says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 27, 2023
Former Clearwater mayor chosen to take over city

Clearwater's City Council chooses former Mayor Brian Aungst Sr. to step in with parameters in place to deal with cases involving his son, a development attorney.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • April 1, 2023
Data-driven insurer continues to disrupt troubled industry

As it enters its second full year in business, Slide Insurance shows no sign of deviating from its aggressive strategy of acquiring policies from struggling rivals.

  • Insurance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 24, 2023
Tampa restaurant company resurrects California-famous Tiki brand

23 Restaurant Services, the company behind Ford’s Garage, revs up another restaurant concept with an iconic American heritage brand behind it.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 8, 2019
Experts says Tampa has tailwinds behind it

Despite all of the growth it has had over the past seven years, a joint ULI and PricewaterhouseCoopers' annual report states that Tampa is poised for future economic expansion.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2006
Learning to Share

A retired fire-chief-turned-Realtor is trying to change the way his field shares data. Turns out it's a hot issue.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 26, 2005
Health Care Isn't Capitalistic

In this letter to the editor: Health Care Isn't Capitalistic: But it's in Sarasota taxpayers' best interests to act capitalistic and patronize their tax-supported hospital.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 17, 2006
Back from the Bust

Groups devoted to supporting the tech industry had growth problems of their own during the industry's slide. Being more active in the community and reaching out to untapped markets has helped them come back.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2009
Commercial Real Estate Lee-Collier

Diversified Yacht Services buys marina land

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2004
Hometown Democracy: Special Interest Ploy

We've seen a flurry of media reports recently applauding the actions of an organization collecting signatures for a constitutional amendment that would, if passed, forever change how community development is decided in Florida. By Patrick Slevin

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 18, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: All-Gulf Coast job finalistsNew director sails in under a cloudAnother conspiracy theoryShapiro honored

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 24, 2012
Born to Run

Hospitality marketing executive Judi Gallagher turned on her inner rock 'n' roll concert groupie. Her musical muse: Bruce Springsteen.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 4, 2012
Bob's World

After a career that spanned four decades and both coasts, Bob Gault says a chief executive, in order to find sustainable success, must give up one thing: ego.

  • Strategies
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