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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2017
Sarasota Bayfront issues request for designers

The Sarasota Bayfront Planning Organization seeks to improve a 42-acre, city-owned downtown tract.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2017
Sarasota mall value drops 70%

Westfield Corp.'s Sarasota Square Mall estimated value lowered after the departure of two key anchors and several inline tenants.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • November 17, 2017
A Small Stash

Valet storage company, Box It To Me, hits the Naples scene.

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  • December 6, 2017
Economic development office names interim executive

Pamela Johnson has worked in Lee County's Visitor & Convention Bureau for 22 years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • February 9, 2018
Wage relief

Hillsborough, Pinellas rank at top in the percentage of wage gain.

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  • February 20, 2018
Downtown mixed-use site sold for $7M

Madison Ave Investment Group, led by Fort Myers investor Ayal Keren, bought the property in 2015 for $3.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • February 20, 2014
Exec tees it up in print

FCCI Insurance Group human resources executive Lisa Krouse didn't take up golf until 2010, when she was 52 years old, but she quickly became addicted.

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  • March 13, 2014
Angel network grows wings

The going was slow at first last fall when former Atlanta investment banker Steve Morris launched an angel investor network in Sarasota.

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  • April 11, 2014
Money people: Things look good

After years of the doldrums, senior accounting executives are the most optimistic they have been about the economy since the recession.

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  • June 5, 2014
Flipping over Florida - at a low return

Punta Gorda seemingly has little in common with Detroit. But real estate flipping data has a way of making opposites look similar.

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  • June 13, 2014
Sarasota investor pays cash for Bradenton Cardiology building

Sarasota real estate investor David Morgan purchased the 24,000-square-foot Bradenton Cardiology Center property for $5.34 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 27, 2014
Garage space opens up

The downtown Sarasota commercial real estate market continues to inch back to recovery.

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  • November 12, 2013
Booze rules loosen up

Government regulations sometimes smother the alcoholic beverage industry, but one recent rule change is a breath of life for local rum entrepreneur Troy Roberts.

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  • July 29, 2016
Apartment project coming to Pasco

Although rental rate growth in Gulf Coast multifamily properties has risen steadily for the past three years, a Coconut Grove developer is building an alternative that will be more in line with stagnant wage gains.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 29, 2016
Foreign investment in Tampa surges

Foreign investment in commercial real estate in Florida cities such as Miami and Tampa has risen to its highest level in a decade, fueled by investor desire to find “safe havens” for capital.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • August 19, 2016
Williams picks JLL to sell 4,470-acre Lakeland tract

Williams Acquisition Holding Co. LLC has hired commercial brokerage firm JLL to sell a 4,470-acre property in Lakeland, one of the largest blocks of land to come to market in Central Florida in recent history.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • September 21, 2016
Former Bucs surgeon joins another NFL team

Bradenton area physician Dr. Daniel Lamar was an orthopedic surgeon for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for 10 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • September 27, 2016
Chairman retakes CEO role at fast-growth firm

George Pickhardt has been leader at Sarasota-based Environmental Pest Service for 44 years.

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  • October 10, 2014
Manatee Glens signs national affiliation letter

Prominent nonprofit will retain local CEO and board under proposed deal.

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  • October 17, 2014
Forge Capital, Intown/Framework plans Harbour Island apartment project

A joint venture between private equity firm Forge Capital Partners and Intown/Framework Group has announced plans to construct a residential development on Tampa's Harbour Island.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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