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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 9, 2024
50-acre Gasworx project outside downtown Tampa starts to take shape

While it is still in the early stages, the plans for and the work on the Gasworx project shows how the development may transform Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 26, 2018
Former Fidelity exec heads up $45M theater campaign

Steve Akin is currently on the Gulfshore Playhouse board of directors.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kimbrell J. Hines | Labor & Employment Attorney |
  • January 7, 2022
Five Tips on Buying a Horse

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2014
Builder raises $50 million

WCI Communities is raising another $50 million in debt to make land acquisitions and build homes.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2010
Halvorsen Holdings buys land for Publix-anchored retail

Boca Raton-based Publix developer Halvorsen Holdings purchased 20 acres at the corner of Bayshore and Slater roads in North Fort Myers to develop a Publix-anchored shopping center.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2021
Prominent site announces local real estate listing a winner

The Lido Key listing was selected as a winner of the HGTV Ultimate House Hunt promotion this year.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2021
Real estate firm expands portfolio with massive ground lease purchase

Benderson Development's latest acquisition bumps its total purchases to $1.5 billion over the past 24 months.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2008
Gulf Coast Week

Tampa Bay scores slip: The Tampa Bay area slipped from second to fourth among its five other Southeast competitors in the latest economic scorecard dashboard report from the Tampa Bay Partnership, released this week.Gerdau buys Century Steel: Tampa-based Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. has acquired all the assets of Century Steel, Inc.Tampa to sell land: Despite the slow economy, Tampa is trying to sell parcels of vacant land.Building height vote: Charlotte County commissioners, reeling from a pair of recent economic development blows, are considering passing new zoning rulesReds off to the desert: The Cincinnati Reds baseball team signed a contract with officials of Goodyear, Ariz. April 8 to play Spring Training games in that cityBuilding permits reinstatedLee moratorium talk: A moratorium on development of new mines on sparsely populated 83,000 acres in South Lee County will be debated at open forums scheduled for April 17, 22 and 24.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2023
National homebuilder buys 87 lots in luxury Naples community

Construction on Pulte Homes's Caymas project will begin later this spring.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2019
Bank branch finds new life as a credit union

The surest sign yet that the banking industry is going through an upheaval amid a surge in consolidation? A SunTrust Bank office in Lee County is getting a fresh start … as a credit union branch.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 16, 2016
NY firm buys St. Pete apartment complex for $93M

It's one of the largest multifamily transactions in the region over the past decade.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 21, 2005
Business that Sizzles

Chris Miller, CEO of Ruthis Chris and the next chairman of the restaurant association, explains the growth in higher end steakhouse market and why itis not the industryis fault consumers get fat.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2019
Fast-growing grocer plans more new stores for area

On the eve of the Jan. 16 grand opening its latest Tampa Bay area store, in Clearwater, Phoenix-based specialty grocer Sprouts Farmers Market has announced plans for new locations in Tampa and Seminole, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2011
Avantair buys another $7M jet

The Clearwater-based firm expands its fleet to include 58 aircraft.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 6, 2026
Naples waterfront estate listed for $39 million

The recently built home is in the Olde Naples neighborhood and features a 5,000-square foot rooftop deck.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 14, 2020
Economic impact report 'bittersweet' for destination marketing agency leader

A new report issued by analysis firm Tourism Economics reveals that Hillsborough County, Florida’s tourism revenues grew by 67% over the past decade, led by the food and beverage sector, where sales rose $1.2 billion, or 28%.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 13, 2015
Pitbladdo Holdings serves wine fest

The Southwest Florida Wine and Food Fest, an event that raised $3.35 million this year, named Pitbladdo Holdings as title sponsor.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • March 21, 2024
Bitcoin, stock split boost Tampa company's shares

LM Funding appears to have had a successful reverse-split of its stock.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 9, 2016
Gateway to consistency

The 2016 mergers and acquisitions market for community banks on the Gulf Coast has been hot for at least the past year, and the latest sale fits the pattern: Big bank seeks to increase market presence in other parts of Florida through buying a smaller bank.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2012
Garrity Land Development buys Dale Mabry Palms

The Garrity Land Development Group purchased the 40-unit Dale Mabry Palms Apartments for $2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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