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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 18, 2025
Tampa's WestShore Plaza put up for sale

The owners of the 1.09 million-square-foot mall have say property is primed for redevelopment with approvals and plans in place.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 4, 2025
Local closures expected as Advance Auto, Red Robin shutter stores

The retailer and restaurant chains, joining a growing number of chains that are trimming store counts across the country and region, have said they plan to close locations.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 14, 2025
Prices released for 1,000 homes coming to west Bradenton

SeaFlower will offer a range of home prices and styles from four builders in its first phase of development.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 12, 2023
Benjamin Brannon, 32

With experience as a sergeant, Benjamin Brannon didn't struggle to step into a leadership role in his civilian career. The struggle was in becoming the right kind of leader.

  • Class of 2023
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 12, 2023
Jessica Plazewski, 36

A rising mental health care exec credits an "unfailingly supportive" mentor.

  • Class of 2023
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 18, 2025
Amazon executive offers peek at company's site selection process

The global online retailer depends on a vast network of distribution facilites to deliver its wares, but few know what it looks for when picking a site.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 28, 2024
Bradenton cafe acquired by Oysters Rock Hospitality closes temporarily

Kefi Streetside Cafe will be closed for the summer as it changes locations and shifts owners.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 10, 2025
Sarasota law firm secures $1M wrongful termination award

Shumaker represented a financial advisor who was found to have been unjustifiably fired by UBS Financial Services.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 15, 2023
As insurance costs rise, property owners consider self-insurance

Self-insurance, on the surface seems like a wild and desperate choice. Yet Florida's reformed — but still rather messy — insurance market has some property owners considering it.

  • Florida
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • July 3, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for June 6-12 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Brandon shopping mall, in $220 million deal, leads the week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 31, 2023
Primo Water Corp. CEO to step down at end of year

Tom Harrington’s departure comes on the heels of a monthslong public feud with a California-based activist investor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 8, 2023
Fort Myers chamber president and CEO resigns position

Brian Hamman will remain a Lee County commissioner for district 4.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 26, 2023
Nearly 15 years after bank collapsed, rural SBA loan leader is back in action

Charlie Conoley will seek to grow the USDA loan program at BayFirst National Bank in St. Petersburg.

  • Finance
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  • By Ashon Nesbitt |
  • January 23, 2023
Housing affordability lingers in Gas Plant neighborhood project decision

St. Pete Mayor Ken Welch will be choosing from among four bidding entities to redevelop the Gas Plant site.

  • Opinion
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 1, 2023
Feds sending $43M in grants to address road safety along Gulf Coast

The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding $800 million in grants as part of a program to cut down on fatalities.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2022
Multimillion-dollar high-tech cancer facility set to break ground

Southwest Florida Proton leads the way in the region for advanced cancer treatment.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 18, 2022
Sarasota man pleads guilty to $500K PPP loan fraud

Randy Xavier Jones was sentenced to more than five years of prison time for scamming several federal and state programs out of nearly $500,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 26, 2022
Gus Stavros, prominent philanthropist and World War II veteran, dies at 97

He helped more than 400,000 students around the world, including 30,000 in the Tampa Bay region, with financial literacy and career preparation.

  • News
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 1, 2022
Bill Edwards expresses opposition to Dalí Museum expansion proposal

The former Tampa Bay Rowdies owner, whose company manages the nearby Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, says the referendum question amounts to an attempted “land grab.”

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • November 7, 2022
Naples restaurants rebuild in six weeks, following six-month remodel

Pazzo! Cucina Italiana and Chops City Grill are expected to reopen later this month.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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