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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2013
Rich Mathews, 35

Owner, State Farm Insurance Agency

  • Class of 2013
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2014
Rising cities sparse in some regions

A large geographic portion of the Gulf Coast — the parts south of the Skyway Bridge through Naples — came up flat in a report of Florida cities and towns on the rise.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2014
Willner Realty & Development buys Lincoln Shores apartments

Willner Realty & Development Co. purchased the real estate, furnishings and business operations of the 631-unit Lincoln Shores apartments for $53 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 17, 2014
Flush it out with a crowd

A plumbing supply company isn't likely front of mind when people think about raising capital through crowd funding.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2014
Firm strikes back against lawsuit

Executives at Clearwater-based insurance firm HCI Group aren't taking the standard approach to the threat of a potentially damaging shareholders' lawsuit.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 5, 2016
Pin interest

Virginia Haley's politics these days revolve around encouraging people to visit Sarasota. Her office tells a bigger story.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 30, 2016
Exeter buys Polk County industrial property

A Pennsylvania-based commercial real estate investment firm has acquired a Polk County warehouse occupied by Amazon.com for $24.6 million, the latest in a series of industrial purchases and developments in the county aimed at taking advantage of the strategic Interstate 4 corridor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 7, 2016
Let's Make a Deal

Sarasota and Manatee counties crush the rest of the Gulf Coast when it comes to the lowest prices of used cars, according to a new report from Autolist.com.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2016
#CrisisCommunications

Officials with the Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau spent some time recently recovering from a bout of the oopsies.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 22, 2015
Medical device firm hearts Sarasota

Inventor and entrepreneur Arthur Lih spent three years and about $300,000 to bring a unique medical device designed to save people who are choking to the marketplace.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2015
Four Naples attorneys bolt from firm

Atlanta-based FisherBroyles is on an aggressive expansion plan.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 28, 2015
Commercial Real Estate

Sarasota's Main Plaza deal dies; Deloitte shifting Tampa offices

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 8, 2015
Companies in Tampa power up 260 jobs

Gov. Rick Scott praises Total Quality Logistics, Power Design for plans to add 260 new positions.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • February 21, 2024
High earners in Tampa-St. Pete, Sarasota-Bradenton have light tax load

Recent income research finds Tampa Bay is highly ranked — in low taxes for high earners. Sarasota-Bradenton's high earners make more annually but also pay more in taxes.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 22, 2024
Naples exec, civic leader appointed to state public service board

Gary Price has been part of multiple Southwest Florida boards and organizations going back decades.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 11, 2024
North Port poised to put borrowing, debt to referendum

The city seeks to be able to borrow up to $15 million in some cases without voter approval.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Thomas J. McLaughlin |
  • July 19, 2024
You and Your Business Idea Need a Succession Plan

Succession planning allows you to define your business’s legacy, while encouraging the leaders of your business to support the growth of your business’s employees.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 29, 2024
Japanese variety store chain chooses Tampa for Florida debut

Daiso has been expanding rapidly in the States.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 13, 2025
Polk's SouthState selling 170 branches for $475 million

The Winter Haven bank is selling the branches in six states to a New York investor but will lease them back.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 7, 2025
Tampa Bay logistics firm buys company in deal long in the works

Riverview's BlueGrace says its purchase of Pinellas-based FreightCenter "strengthens the logistics ecosystem."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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