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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 30, 2012
All revved up with somewhere to go

The capacity to turn social media websites from gossipy chatter to legit marketing confounds many Gulf Coast executives.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 21, 2020
Abacus acquires Sage apartments

Abacus Capital acquires Sage apartments in $60.4 million deal for Sarasota County multifamily rental complex in Palmer Ranch.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 31, 2019
Millennium Apartments trades for $62 million

BH Properties of Los Angeles has purchased the Millennium Apartments in Ft. Myers for $62 million, after completing a 99-year-ground lease involving the 298-unit complex.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2019
Locally based digital media firm slashes jobs

The Penny Hoarder, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based personal finance website, announced job cuts on Wednesday.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 8, 2022
982-unit apartment complex sold near Tampa; sale secured by $207M mortgage

The Reserve at Brandon complex, the second largest in region, bought by Tampa real estate investment firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2014
Funding group hopes to find success

Startups throughout Florida have a new ally in a frontline challenge: raising capital.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 5, 2014
Buggy idea takes a big bite

The adage about necessity being the mother of invention fits perfectly for Sarasota entrepreneur Tiffany Christner.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 15, 2014
Health care survey garners boos

Some post-Affordable Care Act debut surveys have rolled out, and word from the business community isn't good.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2014
Sarasota newspaper's parent firm sold for $280M

Sale marks the second owner for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune since late 2011.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 6, 2015
Dimmitt opening dealership in downtown Sarasota

A showroom for Rolls-Royce and other luxury cars will occupy retail space in the ground floor of the State Street Garage.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 5, 2021
Sila Realty Trust completes $1.32 billion sale

Sila Realty Trust's disposition of its data center portfolio represents the next step in the Tampa REIT’s plan for “liquidity event” for shareholders.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 30, 2024
Developers behind Fort Myers riverfront project want more time, density

New Jersey-based AIRN Management have asked the city for an extension and to make what it calls “minor revisions” to the original plan.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 26, 2025
St. Pete insurance firm takes on 20,000 Citizen policies

The is the second batch of policies the company has assumed from the state-run insurer.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 24, 2024
Walgreens closing in-store medical clinics across Florida

The drugstore giant has already closed 14 of its VillageMD clinics, and the rest are expected to shutter mid-March.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 7, 2024
Trucking company shuts down, lays off 222 in Tampa, Jacksonville

Midwest Transport Inc. closed terminals in the two Florida cities last month and several more nationwide.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 13, 2026
DeSantis says Florida Citizens insurance rates to fall as much as 10%

The governor and Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation say reforms have led to falling rates as the industry rebounds in the state.

  • Florida
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 28, 2005
Real Estate (Tampa)

Australian shareholders buy shares in Brandon centersSteven Green buys more Tampa rental property Clearwater YMCA to get new officeSun Communities buys Hillsborough RV ParkKindred Hospital mortgaged for revolving credit facilityTRG buys land for apartmentsSt. Petersburg Banyan Motel is soldLakefront land bought for stormwater retentionTrust buys multimillion Largo property

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 4, 2010
King of the Cape

You have to be nimble and aggressive to master Cape Coral's wild swings in property prices. John Carney has mastered the crazy market.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 22, 2022
Rules to promote condo safety could keep buyers out of the market

New federal rule makes it harder for average buyer to purchase a condo — while also raising liability concerns for owners.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 6, 2025
Lee County pays $10.5 million to conserve 132 acres

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Fort Myers land sold to medical provider, Brandon gets Scandinavia furniture retailer's first Florida store, and a much-anticipated Sarasota project officially starts.

  • Florida
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