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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 13, 2005
Suddenly Attractive

Property prices still appear affordable in a blighted part of Tampa despite a run of recent investment activity.

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  • By Elizabeth Djinis |
  • April 8, 2021
Lawn and garden business plants seeds for succession

While the second generation is under 30, seeds are being planted for an eventual handoff of the business.

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  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • March 20, 2023
$800 million hotel, condo project moves toward 2024 completion

It’s been more than a decade since the former property on the site, Colony Beach and Tennis Resort, closed.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 23, 2023
Publix to give $4 million in grants for food bank capital projects

The supermarket chain announced that it would give out more money than previous years at its inaugural Hunger Summit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 9, 2022
Collier County waterfront lot — less than half an acre — sells for $6M

Premier Sotheby’s International Realty represented the buyer and seller.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 31, 2009
Investors put big buying on hold

While short sale smaller residential have been gaining steadily, larger, big-ticket land sales have virtually dried up in Southwest Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2012
Four-term legislator dies

Jim Tillman, who represented Sarasota, focused on criminal justice issues.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 12, 2012
Firm's launch underscores crafty accounting

Florida firms beware: the state government could start using some interesting auditing techniques to mine easy budget sources

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2019
Acclaimed futurist joins tech firm as senior vice president

Tampa, Florida-based Venuetize, a technology platform for smart space solutions, has hired Nick Curcuru as senior vice president of analytics and customer engagement, a newly created role.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 8, 2016
USF seeks to build $10M startup fund

The college received a $250,000 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 18, 2013
Tax overhaul stirs controversy

A federal attempt to eliminate or significantly reduce the amount of advertising that can be deducted for a business expense has generated some aggressive resistance, both on the Gulf Coast and nationwide.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 22, 2016
A tax not worth dying for

A death tax lives on in Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2016
UTC mall owner sues former tenant

An affiliate of Taubman Centers Inc. is suing a store for breaching its lease.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 5, 2016
UTC owner sues Jackie Z

An affiliate of Taubman Centers Inc. has sued Jackie Z Style Co. and its owner for exiting the Mall at University Town Center last fall.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 11, 2016
Colony dispute near an end?

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, a Longboat Key icon and once one of the top tennis vacation destinations nationwide, has been closed since 2010 — the chief casualty in a bitter and lengthy dispute over maintenance costs.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2014
How many lawyers does it take?

The possibility there are too many lawyers sounds like the beginning of a joke.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 15, 2025
State buys 34 acres in Englewood for conservation

The land will be used to help strengthen resiliency for Manasota Key.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Holtz Builders |
  • May 2, 2025
Transformation in Motion: Holtz Builders Helps Rebuild Fort Myers Beach

When powerful hurricanes tore through Fort Myers Beach in recent years—leaving devastation, displacement, and uncertainty in their wake—stepping in to help was a natural next step for Holtz Builders.

  • Holtz Builders
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 16, 2026
57 St. Petersburg jobs cut as in-person tolls on Skyway eliminated

Layoffs come as FDOT plans to replace toll booths on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge with an electronic toll system to ease congestion.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 20, 2013
Quiet Giant

Crews Banking Corp. has quietly joined the exclusive $1 billion asset club of Florida community banks and has been profitable even through the downturn.

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