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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 8, 2022
Property insurance market crisis looms over Florida

High litigation fees are public enemy No. 1 in the complex marketplace, say multiple industry leaders and officials.

  • Insurance
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 22, 2019
Miller says JLL operates with "best-in-class" people

Brent Miller leads commercial real estate brokerage company JLL's Tampa operations, where he leverages considerable resources and what he calls "best-in-class" people.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 31, 2018
Skin deep: Renovation brings the past to life

Clearwater, Florida-based lighting manufacturer Zaniboni Lighting has spared no expense on the renovation of its headquarters, which just so happens to be the ancestral home of the Clearwater police and fire departments, a building that dates back to 1928

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2013
Corporate Report: Oct. 11

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 24, 2014
The M word

Bonita Springs enacted the nuclear option of growth management: a development moratorium. As the recession fades, the familiar development battles pitting anti-growth activists against developers reemerge.

  • Florida
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 23, 2024
Tampa startup turns invasive species into exotic leather fashion brand

Inversa is attacking a major underwater problem while also trying to grow a 10-employee company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 1, 2024
East Manatee County golf-hotel-residential project underway

COVID-19 delayed but didn't derail a unique golf-resort project in one of the fastest growing parts of the region. "This (area) is where everything is happening," the project executive says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 20, 2025
National builder opening 600-home community in Charlotte County

Esplanade at Starling will open this weekend in Punta Gorda.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 8, 2023
Food truck-entertainment concept is off to a fast start

Fort Myers restaurateur Mathew Baum invested $5 million into a concept that links eating with entertainment and seeks to expand across the region.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • June 20, 2024
Accidental Tampa area wedding venue owner embraces new gig

What started as a pandemic fill-in has become a thriving business for Toni Miller and her family.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 11, 2024
Once-booming Big Storm Brewing faces eviction, lawsuit and closures

The Clearwater-based brewer and distiller, which has shut three of its five taprooms in a year, is facing off against a disgruntled investor as second landlord in a year says the company didn’t pay rent.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 10, 2024
Ryne Johnson, 33

40 Under 40 winner Ryne Johnson is the owner of Spirit Movers.

  • Class of 2024
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 20, 2025
Sarasota brewery pays back creditors after $7.2M building sale

Big Top Brewing Co. has resolved claims of more than $4 million, its co-owner says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2004
Trailblazer

Lansing C. Scriven will be the Hillsborough County Bar Association's first black president.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Elizabeth Djinis |
  • April 22, 2021
Mask company battles supply and demand dynamic

Running a mask manufacturing business isn’t the cinch it was 12 months ago. One company’s path shows the pitfalls — and promise.

  • Industries
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 4, 2023
Entrepreneur overcame serious mistakes to build a promising career

Vince Serrano didn't become an entrepreneur and top-of-the-chart recording artist overnight. It took some mistakes and a passion to overcome hardship.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • June 9, 2022
Insurance reform: 'Two steps forward, one step backward’

None of the combatants in the trenches of Florida’s property insurance crisis is celebrating the results of the special legislative session.

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2006
Little Pharma, Big Drugs

A group of former Eli Lilly executives hopes to build a blockbuster pharmaceutical company in Southwest Florida.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 13, 2005
Executive Session with Charles Nesbit Jr.

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Chico's

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 30, 2005
Directing Success

Neil McCurry, who launched People's Community Bank in 1999 at the age of 33, has separated himself from the pack in the Sarasota and Manatee banking market.

  • Entrepreneurs
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