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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2010
Hoffman Development selling new condos fast

The Review declared that WCI founder Al Hoffman Jr. was back in the real estate game in 2008. Since then, his new firm's results are harkening back to the good old days

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 14, 2021
Italian company outbids competitor, buys local manufacturer for $4.8 billion

New Port Richey's Welbilt Inc. purchased by by Milan-based Ali Holding in all-cash deal valued at $4.8 billion.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 18, 2025
Daycare chain continues to expand in region

The Learning Experience has signed a lease for a 10,000-square-foot built-to-suit building on 1.25-acres in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 2, 2026
Tampa car dealer sentenced for defrauding banks, stealing $470K Rolls-Royce

The dealer's brazen scheme involved falsified loan applications and an attempt to ship the Rolls-Royce to Dubai, court documents say.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2008
Calendar of Events

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 11, 2024
Walmart shopping center in Brandon sells for $6.9 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, matching Sarasota apartment buildings sell, a CRE firm closes a deal and wins a prize in Fort Myers, and an interesting Lakeland property is on the market.

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 6, 2015
Getting Met

MetLife is shedding some high-profile Tampa-area commercial real estate assets. Buyers are lining up.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • December 30, 2016
Booze bost

After opening in St. Petersburg in June, Kozuba & Sons Craft Distillery has started to appear in local retailers. Next step for the distillery is to reach restaurants and bars.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 25, 2013
Ahead of the game

Development firm Cameratta Cos. foresaw the residential resurgence in the Estero area and secured land that is now in high demand.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 1, 2005
Fight Over 'X'

Fuente Cigar Ltd. wants a federal judge to order a competitor to stop using its trademarked 'X.'

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 15, 2026
Rural 1,675-acre Manatee County site up for sale

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Bradenton used car lot is sold, an 60-acre parcel sells in Fort Myers, and a hotel and restaurant sell in Clearwater.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 1, 2024
8 Breeze Airways flights launch at SRQ this fall, winter

A low-cost airline is starting service to destinations in Connecticut, Maine, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia in the coming weeks and months.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 27, 2011
Triad to manage eBay ads

Triad Retail Media will manage all of eBay's on-site display ads.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 22, 2010
Luxury auto dealer makes a value play

Bad economy or not, Elder Automotive Group is opening its seventh dealership in the Tampa Bay area.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 29, 2011
Making the transition to caring

Entrepreneurs are made in a recession. Consider Wanda Bishop, who recently invested $28,000 to buy the franchise rights in Fort Myers for Caring Transitions.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2013
Is debt better than equity for homebuilders?

The investor excitement over homebuilding may depend on which side of the street you're on.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 16, 2016
Key housing metric rises 17.6%, pounces on demand

Housing official projects more growth in the Sarasota-Bradenton market.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2015
Phony salesman charged with forgery - again

William Reese claimed he was a licensed insurance agent from New York.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 25, 2015
Homebuilder revenues soar 59%

WCI Communities posted revenues of $151 million in the fourth quarter, a 59% increase over the same quarter one year ago.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 23, 2025
Manatee building leased by cannabis retailer sells for $4 million

The property just off University Parkway, with a long-term lease in place, was bought by a New York investor.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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