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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2015
New zip line park planned for Pasco

TreeHoppers says it will open a 60-acre outdoor attraction park on old grazing land in August.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 27, 2015
Prominent fund guru ups stake in Sarasota firm

Quarterly revenues and profits are up at Roper Technologies.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 5, 2015
THE CREATIVITY ISSUE: Spiro & Associates

You won't find many photos of people in the advertising materials for a Fort Myers human resources and benefits company.

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  • June 26, 2015
Ford's Garage drives growth to Pasco

The young restaurant chain plans a location near the new Tampa Premium Outlets, after opening a Brandon location in March.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2015
Brothers grab funding for movie industry startup

Folio Holdings says it will help take the risk out of distributing independent films using its own analytics system.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • October 30, 2015
Investors cheer lab deal

When Douglas VanOort took the top job at cancer-testing firm NeoGenomics six years ago, he pledged to turn the company into the nation's premier oncology lab.

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  • December 4, 2015
Farming for leads takes big turn

What began as a cold-call LinkedIn conversation has become a major boost for EraserFarm, a Tampa-based branding and advertising agency.

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  • December 11, 2015
A new opportunity buds

Sarasota area florist Art Conforti recently confronted one of an entrepreneur's greatest challenges: The exit strategy.

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  • January 2, 2016
Big Sea of Opportunity

Big Sea Inc., a St. Petersburg-based marketing agency, doubled its size following a recent merger with ThinkTank Inc.

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  • August 4, 2015
Venice hospital names interim CEO

Medical facility also appoints an interim chief nursing officer.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • September 3, 2015
Prominent architect Rick Fawley, 65, dies

Fawley co-founded Lakewood Ranch-based-Fawley|Bryant.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • October 7, 2015
Broadcaster wins national radio award

The National Association of Broadcasters presented the national radio award to Beasley Broadcast Group's founder, chairman and CEO George Beasley.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • January 2, 2015
Rivergate Tower changes hands as part of In-Rel Properties sell-off

Private equity fund Mount Kellett Capital Management LP purchased the 32-story, 567,062-square-foot Rivergate Tower, an adjacent 34,372-square-foot office building and parking garage for $59.59 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 28, 2015
Nano-tech startup builds $400K lab in Sarasota

US Nano moved from South Bend, Ind.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2015
Bankruptcy over for Naples Bay Resort

Lender, former partners form new company to take over 20-acre mixed-use resort.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 17, 2015
South Tampa mansion on auction block

A dental practice administrator-turned-film producer is selling his house in dramatic fashion.

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  • April 24, 2015
Polk County: Chicago industrial developer starting Lakeland spec project

Ridge Development purchased a total of 46.5 acres of land, including an existing truck stop, for $2.68 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 17, 2024
Event space owner opens Sarasota location, second in region

Celebrations Venue in Sarasota is owned by an entrepreneur with a Brandon location as well.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 1, 2024
Waterfront Naples condo sells for $6M, beats building record by $1M

A condominium on “Millionaire’s Row” in Naples sold for almost $1 million more than what the buyer paid for it in 2022.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 12, 2025
Global company culture organization relaunches Tampa Bay chapter

First Watch's corporate HR Director will help kick off the organization’s first event of 2025.

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