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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 23, 2015
The incredible shrinking store

As online shopping becomes more prevalent, merchants are reacting by building smaller stores.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 5, 2014
Doing Moore

The sales team at a property management firm was stuck. Then they stopped talking.

  • Strategies
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 20, 2025
Sarasota County to buy Camp Venice for $14 million

The county has entered into a contract with Camp Venice LLC to purchase property adjacent to Snook Haven Park.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 28, 2023
Private equity firm buys Fort Myers retailer Chico's for $1 billion

The deal comes 40 years after the company was founded.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 23, 2023
Homebuilder targeting affordable market plots solid 2024 and even bigger 2025

An upstart division of a prominent homebuilding company continues to capitalize on housing market trends as it sticks to its winning formula.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 23, 2025
Most-read Business Observer stories of 2025

Layoffs, building sales and a resort changing owners are among the stories that led the news. An NBA Hall-of-Famer and a popular convenience store/gas station also made the list.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Whitaker Yacht Club near start, adds MarriottBonita Bay Group buys back Punta Gorda landNaples developers renaming, developing Tranquility IslandEdens & Avant buys Coral Shores centerLiberty Investment plans extended-stay Fort Myers hotelCitrus World buys 80-acre groveRealty Equity buys two office buildingsDuke Realty buys land for Big Bend center Camden Property Trust acquires Pointe at Kings AvenueFuel and Shubh buy Westshore Hotel

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2006
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Brookline Development buys strip centerLane Co. buys Watermark 1Atria Senior Living Group assumes Amber Wood facilityBurton-Katzman Development planning Honore office projectNew York investor buys Cortez Village SquareBiggins buys industrial building for $2 millionCedar Bay Marina becomes yacht clubWayside Industrial acquires large Alico Road tractSenior Housing Properties Trust buys Buena Vida

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

New York group develops airport parcelGreat Dane Developers buys Grand ApartmentsNaples developer buys Hickory nook and marinaSix L's Packing buys Tomato ManPreshers Tool & Fastenergrows, adds warehouseCanadian group plans eastern villageCanadian investors buy Rolling WavesHap's Honda Cycle Sales plans growth, new facilityLakewood Ranch arena closer to foreclosureFlagler buys Bridgeport CenterGrubb & Ellis REIT buys medical plazaGoodman, Forest City buy more Wiregrass landIkea buys land, site work continues

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Saudi Sheik, Boca investor buy 44 acresPreshers Tool & Fastener grows, adds warehouseMartinez family buys Del Prado centerThree doctors buy units in Vanderbilt Beach buildingOrion buys land, plans Venice galleria branchAirport Hampton Inn to start in MayHome health care firmbuys South Trail buildingMetro, D.E. Shaw buy part of Epperson RanchTA Associates fundbuys Reo BuildingNorthgate Lincoln-Mercury buys Tampa dealership siteRoyal Yacht Club sold, named Beso Del Sol Resort

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 23, 2011
Changes in Latitude

Independent homebuilders who survived the recession had to drastically change their business model. Raymond and Robin Scalero are among the survivors.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2006
Commercial RE Briefs

Giles starts work on Manatee Bay in Waterside Cape Coral Parkway, Red Rock buy land for office condoNassif Development plans Prima LuceNaples investment group plans office developmenSeminole attorneys buy Brooker Creek centerDeveloper Grady Pridgen buys Buccaneer CenterSierra Stone and Aggregate buys Largo warehouseU.S. Assets completes Wicker Inn purchaseNew Jersey entrepreneurs plan car wash chain

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2006
Mass Mergers

Community banks continue to capitalize on missteps made by banks going through regional and national consolidations. A good marketing strategy, backed up by being the anti-big bank, helps.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2006
Alternative Trader

Entrepreneur James Lennane has spent millions of dollars to build a stock-trading platform. With the stock market on the rebound, his time may finally have arrived.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2004
Waterfront Harvesters

Mark Miller and Terry Conti's Waterside Investment Group Inc. has grown, in less than five years, to more than $100 million worth of high-end residential construction.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 4, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Lee/Collier)

First Home Builders Pays $139.4 Million for AssetsPulte buys land in Collier CountyToll Brothers buys 74 parcels in CollierLee Memorial buys land in Bonita SpringsHealthcare REIT buys assisted living facility

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 9, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

SimDag buys two parcels for condo-hotelFloridan Hotel acquisition could show way for Belleview BiltmoreMarket Street Mortgage offers credit to buildersColonial Properties Trust buysMangrove Bay office buildingColliers Arnold's study shows aggressive office marketBelleair Development acquires North Dale Mabry property

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 20, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Crossroads Mall buyer objects to neighbor's plansLiberty Group buys motel to build luxury condosMississippi group buys more Sonic franchisesWal-Mart plans new Neighborhood MarketWest Anclote Property Inc. buys land for developmentSembler's Legacy Place to have natural food storePrudential Tropical Realty acquires company in Lakeland

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2004
Profitable Recovery

Devin Rutkowski converted sweat equity into a collection of rental homes in one of Sarasota's most attractive neighborhoods.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Center Pointe owners buy second office buildingLupers buy Siesta'sHeron Lagoon ClubTurtle Beach owners buy Anchors DownEdith Horn buys Tanglewood Apartments

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