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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2006
Making their own mark

One investor finds the Gulf Coast an inviting place to do business despite the rise in property insurance premiums. All those cars on the road mean customers for merchants creating demand for commercial space.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2010
Corporate Report: April 30 - May 5

New information from Sunovia Energy, Walter Investment, and more.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 24, 2005
Rapid Escalation

Condo developer demand for industrial-warehouse land in Tampa's Channel District is pushing prices beyond $100 a square foot.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 25, 2025
Circus-themed hotel opens on Lido Key near St. Armands

Cirque St. Armands Beachside, a 135-room luxury property, pays tribute to Sarasota's history as a circus town with its design and name.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 14, 2022
Freddy Williams, 38

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Suncoast, president and CEO

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  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 21, 2025
Noted Lakewood Ranch architect dies at 68, 18 months after retiring

Doug Whitney, who died Aug. 11, designed some of Lakewood Ranch's most well-known buildings.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 24, 2015
Pay dirt

Investors in TerraCap Management funds targeting distressed commercial real estate in Florida have benefited handsomely. The investment management firm says more deals are coming.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 1, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

MI Homes plans 2,200-unit residential developmentCondo-offices to be developed at Clearwater's Northwood Plaza Alvarez Homes opens model homes in SouthshoreHoliday Inn Express mortgaged as part of a collateral loanMobile home park on Valrico Road soldEuromax International buys Pinellas manufacturing facilityHarrod Properties Inc. sells Bryan Dairy Road East property

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 24, 2025
Toll Brothers to build new luxury home community in south Sarasota County

Oakbend Wellen Park will begin selling homes this summer.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 15, 2025
Port Charlotte restaurant site sold for nearly $3 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a national gym chain is coming to Bradenton, a Brandon hotel is sold, and an industrial development is completed in Fort Myers.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2004
No Crime Here (Tampa edition)

A prosecutor clears two professional guardians while chiding an auditor who brought their conduct to his attention.

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  • By John Haughey |
  • December 22, 2018
Dog days: entrepreneur overcomes obstacles in canine-focused business

John K9 established a Lakeland storefront where people can attend seminars and drop off dogs for daily lessons or more intensive instruction at the ranch. He’s hiring more trainers. And by 2020, Kuendig plans to open another location in Tampa, he says, to

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • July 27, 2018
Many lines in the water for area developer

James Ramos of Tampa has focused on cultivating a successful career second act in property development and investment.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • December 10, 2025
Officials deny east Manatee grocery store, storage facility proposal

Two Manatee commissioners cite flooding concerns. “It floods out there if you spit in the street,” commissioner Bob McCann said.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2007
Doing the Dirty Work

Spaulding Decon takes on Gulf Coast jobs most people don't want to see. It's an unusual niche with plenty of dirty work to go around.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 24, 2009
Patience and Hope

Barney Guarino has spent close to one-third of his business life on one major project with scant payoff. Still, he holds big shares in hope.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • May 14, 2010
A Bead of Profitability

Largo-based Cousin Corp. of America started as a bead shop and has grown in 40 years to a distributor to big-name retailers. Warm weather made the difference in basing the business here.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 15, 2021
Well-known HVAC industry business owner dies at 72

Mark Anderson grew the Cortez Heating and Air Conditioning company from five to 40 employees during the span of his ownership.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Board Certified in Intellectual Property Law, Doug Cherry’ |
  • May 22, 2020
Protecting your brand

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  • By Randi Donahue |
  • December 23, 2016
Partners with purpose

Selling cars and trucks is a means to an end for one area couple. What they really love to do is help people find new hope.

  • Strategies
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