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  • October 17, 2014
Nine Tampa office buildings sold for $49 million

Boca Raton's IP Capital Partners acquired the nine Parkway Properties office buildings in Tampa with plans to improve and stabilize them.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 15, 2015
Entrepreneurs of the Year | Steve Schwartz

Quality Enclosures, Sarasota

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  • July 10, 2015
Wal-Mart's Polk center gets $12M tax break

Wal-Mart's planned distribution center for Polk County might create more than 600 jobs that pay slightly more than the annual wage there — but it will be a decade before the county government can benefit.

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  • December 22, 2015
Hertz announces equipment spinoff

Under pressure from activist investors, car-rental giant Hertz says its long-awaited plan to spin off its equipment-rental business will be completed by the middle of 2016.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2014
Ken Neal Corp., Matrix24 moving to 301 Mower Shop building

Sarasota's Ken Neal Corp. purchased the 17,086-square-foot former 301 Mower Shop industrial building for $825,000.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2015
Future depends on millennials

Baby boomers are credited with trending real estate into the suburbs, but now it's millennials making the push back to urban cores.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • February 20, 2015
Leveraging LinkedIn

Entrepreneur Terry Hedden uses LinkedIn to snag top talent.

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  • March 4, 2015
New partnership targets 300 supply chain jobs

CareerEdge Funders Collaborative and St. Petersburg College team up.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 9, 2015
NASA, Vology sign potential $20B deal

The 10-year agreement will give the Oldsmar company first crack at providing information technology services to the federal government.

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  • January 24, 2024
Tampa Bay eye specialists combine

Sight360, a vision-care service company, has merged with Florida Eye Specialists and Cataract Institute, an ophthalmology and optometry practice.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • January 25, 2024
Startup accelerator program aims to transform climate technology

The Tampa Bay Innovation Center is launching its next startup accelerator, which will focus on innovations in climate technology, sustainability and resilience.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 9, 2023
Mellow Mushroom pizza chain plans Cape Coral location

National stone-baked pizza chain Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers plans to open a Cape Coral location in 2024.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 11, 2024
East Coast pizza franchise coming to Collier County

Ledo Pizza will open in late August in Ave Maria.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 5, 2024
$7.5M St. Pete Beach luxury hotel renovation nearly done

The work, which is due to be finished in the fall, will change the boutique property into a four-star luxury hotel.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 6, 2024
84-unit affordable housing community to open in Sarasota

Cypress Square opens at a time when finding affordable or attainable housing is getting more difficult and bridges “the affordable housing supply-demand gap.”

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 24, 2024
IRS names new top cop for Tampa criminal investigation field office

The IRS Criminal Investigation Tampa Field Office has named veteran investigator Ronald Loecker special agent in charge.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 8, 2025
Brandon memory care center sold as part of $23 million portfolio

The Hillsborough County facility was one of five properties sold after previous owner defaulted on debt.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 21, 2025
Seafood restaurant chain coming to US 41 in Sarasota

Mr. & Mrs. Crab plans to serve up Southern-style seafood on South Tamiami Trail.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 19, 2025
Sarasota company releases app for off-road enthusiasts

Hellios Technologies has released an app for the off-road community that officials say can be adapted for adjacent markets.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 23, 2025
$900K granted to protect 1.34 acres of owl habitat in Cape Coral

The land is home to Florida burrowing owls, which are classified as threatened due to habitat loss.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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