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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2021
Brokerage crushes 2020 sales volume in eight months

Premier Sotheby’s International Realty is also a national leader in sales volume.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 3, 2021
Beachfront home sells for record $8.2M

St. Pete Beach house in Pass-a-Grille was on the market for a day before fetching record price

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 17, 2022
Four-story downtown hotel hits key milestone

Construction on the hotel started in late 2020.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 17, 2017
How low can Tampa go?

The Tampa region, winning national recognition for jobs growth, scored another victory recently in an important category: cost of living.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2017
Technically speaking

'Tampa Bay is Florida's most venture-backed tech hub.'

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 3, 2017
Sasaki tapped for Sarasota bayfront design work

Sasaki Associates Inc. has been picked to lead design and planning work for a 42-acre, municipally owned cultural tract just outside downtown Sarasota.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 2, 2014
Dental management firm drills five acquisitions

Dynamic Dental Partners Group expands in Florida and Virginia.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2014
Two Tampa-area centers part of $261M in deals

Real estate investment trust expands its presence by 1.6 million square feet.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 29, 2016
Kolter unveils Ritz-Carlton Sarasota residences

Kolter unveils Ritz-Carlton Sarasota residences

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 6, 2016
JLL fund buys Tampa warehouse

JLL Income Property Trust, a Chicago-based non-listed real estate investment trust, has acquired the Madison Business Center in Tampa for $28.3 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2014
Publix buys second area center, acquires Publix at Bee Ridge

Lakeland-based grocer Publix Super Markets purchased the 47,800-square-foot Publix at Bee Ridge retail center for $8.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2015
Stonegate cheers trading

Stonegate Bank has been marching up the Gulf Coast, snapping up banks from Naples to Fort Myers, Sarasota and Tampa, including Florida Shores Bancorp in January 2014.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 6, 2025
Casey Key waterfront estate listed for $16 million

The 2-acre estate with views of the Gulf of Mexico and the Intracoastal Waterway is "primed for redevelopment."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • February 26, 2025
Tampa tech firm lands six-month gig with Comcast NBCUniversal

Satisfi Labs is among 10 companies joining the SportsTech program from around the world.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 1, 2025
Local real estate company keeps buying up St. Pete land

The Clearwater firm's holdings in a single neighborhood rises to 17 acres.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 12, 2026
Naples property including former L.L. Bean compound sells for $37M

Spanning more than an acre, the property encompasses the block of Fifth Avenue South from the beach to Gulf Shore Boulevard.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 7, 2013
How the Florida Gators' defense managed to stymie FGCU ... for 25 years

In 1973, Southwest Florida was deemed too small for a university. It would take another 25 years until Florida Gulf Coast University formed to meet demand in the area

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2007
Coffee Talk

Marco bank deal called off: Bad loans at Marco Community Bancorp scuttled a deal with the influential Barron Collier and Lutgert families in Collier County.Random acts of freebies: Free giveaways at banks are usually relegated to the coffee and donut display in the lobby. Maybe you'll land a Frisbee and a key chain, or even a lollipop, if you're lucky.D'Alessandro's body recovered: Commercial real estate brokers speculated for days about what happened to well-known Fort Myers broker Frank D'Alessandro.A treat for cookie and cupcake eaters: The wholesale bakery operation behind some of the Gulf Coast's most talked about, and eaten, cookies, muffins and cupcakes is going retail.Have lights, will sell franchises: St. Petersburg entrepreneur Nick Schriver, a 28-year-old landscape architect, started Decorating Elves three years ago as a sideline business that decorated homes for Christmas.Help us find the top tech companies Technology rules.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2011
Corporate Report: Nov. 11

The latest news from CompCare, Romark, and other Gulf Coast companies.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 7, 2014
A new awning

The business of shade, even in the Sunshine State, has been a sticky fight for one entrepreneur. His latest move: Shift into a new industry.

  • Industries
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