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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 7, 2019
Promoting iconic restaurant opening is all fun and games

To effectively open its Fort Myers location, Dave & Buster's needed to reach its target demographic in a big way. Priority Marketing used its influence — and influencers — to exceed expectations.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 19, 2022
Silver linings: The Business Observer turns 25 — and plans for the paper of the future

In recognizing our 25th birthday, we shine a spotlight on how the Business Observer will continue to be a responsive, resilient and reliable source of business news and information.

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 27, 2021
Call center giant makes progress on $21M office project

Alta Resources expects to open its new facility in early 2022.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 4, 2021
Health care provider breaks ground — again

The west Bradenton location is Coastal's second groundbreaking this year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 3, 2011
Corporate Report: Dec. 24 - Dec. 30

The latest news from Tervis Tumbler, Inuvo, and more.

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  • By Ted Carter |
  • December 1, 2017
Arm's Reach

A busy year for a Southwest Florida medical device firm — including a second multimillion-dollar investment round — bodes well for a potential exit strategy.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 11, 2012
Tod's Town

Tod Leiweke has built a deep reservoir of goodwill in the two years he's run the Tampa Bay Lightning. His admirers are primed for more.

  • Strategies
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 11, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

Investors buy Ranch Lake Plaza buildingDeveloper plans center for Suncoast RoofersVictoria Bay buys land for 10-home projectPacer Marine buys land for new manufacturing facilityStephens, Bennett plan multibuilding project

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 24, 2012
Market shift

Survivors of the real estate collapse like Irina Prell were nimble and shifted their business to new opportunities.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 8, 2016
What's in a name?

Name changes for large medical facilities, even subtle ones, can be big deals.

  • Industries
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 6, 2023
Fort Myers Beach's future questioned as another hotel property sells

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a St. Pete luxury high rise nears $150 million in sales, a Naples storage facility sells, and the owner of a former Sarasota mall looks to rezone.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 3, 2009
Marketplace of Ideas: Rich Uncle Pays Your Mortgage

Rockwell points out that more of the same policies that caused the mortgage problem will not fix it.

  • Florida
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  • By Dan Ping |
  • July 29, 2011
Huge Fun

Orlando becomes the first U.S. city to top 50 million visitors, thanks in part to Harry Potter and cheap flights. Those visitors are fueling expansion, and local businesses.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 16, 2018
Virtual reality changes the way firms market real estate

Virtual and augmented reality is changing the way commercial real estate is designed, built, marketed and even furnished.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 23, 2011
Strengthening Demand

Tony Lapi is CEO of Rochester Resorts and Tween Waters Inn in Captiva.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 12, 2019
Publix confirms plan to open in revamped Sarasota plaza

Publix Super Markets Inc. confirms for the first time plans to open a new store in what will be a revamped Town & Country Plaza in Sarasota

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 15, 2022
Star investor headlines groundbreaking for new innovation center

ARK Investment Management's Cathie Wood and local officials broke ground for the new ARK Innovation Center project in St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 30, 2015
Tumble forward

The new digs for one of the largest manufacturers in the region deftly combines form with function.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • September 28, 2023
Tampa General Hospital, USF team up to add nurses to workforce

Tampa General invests $4.4 million into the University of South Florida's nursing school to enhance training.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Lee County 20/20 buys 36 acresFort Myers investors buy former Taco BellSeneca Petroleum buysTre Amici buildingSpirit Finance company buys Fort Myers buildingWest Palm developer buys retail plazaBradenton investors buy All U Can StorageLux-Art Silks builds new warehouseSarasota's Jump Dance relocates to Lakewood RanchWeichels, Fullers buy McSwiggins Pub buildingWeichels, Fullers buy McSwiggins Pub buildingSun Development & Management Corp. plans SpringHill SuitesHirschy, Servant investors redevelop bowling alleyEntrepreneurs buy apartments

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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