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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 5, 2025
Sarasota luxury condo project marks two milestones

The Owen was topped off recently, and a new sales gallery is opening to market the condos on Golden Gate Point.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Cameratta buys Cypress ShadowsNorthern Trust expands in Fort MyersReal estate investors buy Naples marinasArizona company buys mobile home parkInvestment group buys Cattlemen Road buildingSarasota developer plans Fairway Grande HotelSenior Housing Properties buys Harbour Island ClubNew York firm buys apartmentsAshley Furniture plans warehouse expansionSeminole Music owner buys Freddy's Plaza

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 5, 2020
Bank's new HQ includes high-end kitchen

FineMark National Bank & Trust's new headquarters in Fort Myers is expected to open in December.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2007
Corporate Report

Florida Bank Group buys Cygnet FinancialGeoPharma's acquisition of Dynamic Health delayedBradenton cigar distributor lands Royal AgioTech Data division inksBreece Hill, Double-Take dealsArtisTree Landscape listed in Inc.'s Top 5,000TIB Financialissues six-cent dividendProgressive Employer Services listed in Inc. 5,000Beasley Broadcast Groupissuing dividendSun Hydraulics offers new dividendEnglewood Bank VP becomes NorthStar Bank CFOi9 Sports franchise adds 100th companyPropertyMaps.com adds businessesPort Manatee agrees to deal with Logistec for mobile craneChicos comparables down, August sales up

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2022
Raymond James completes $1.1B deal for Pittsburgh financial services firm

TriState Capital Holdings and its subsidiary will continue to operate under their established brands.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2011
Two Gulf Coast firms ready to grow

Conditioned Air Corp. of Naples and Sarasota-based Snelling Staffing Services are preparing to expand their small businesses over the next several weeks.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 5, 2019
Economic development group rebrands

Bonita Springs Estero Economic Development Council becomes South Lee EDC to better identify the region it serves.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 16, 2018
Chinese tower gains BOMA designation with local help

The Building Owners and Managers Association International has bestowed its “Certificate of Excellence” on Shanghai Tower, thanks in part to some help from a local source.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 10, 2018
Health care giant aims to reduce debt by $500M

A federal bankruptcy court approved 21st Century Oncology's chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2018
DataSnapshot: Salute to cities

It could be a dream come true for some in the Sunshine State.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2013
Groups push FDIC for new banks

Federal banking regulators have had an unofficial moratorium on new banks for more than four years — a clampdown that's aided Gulf Coast community banks in at least one big way.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 29, 2016
How the other coast lives

Christopher Roog recalls a time in the not so distant past where many communities on Florida's east coast were rather unfriendly, if not downright hostile, to businesses.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2016
Teams look to connect

The game of spring training moves is in full swing, again, with multiple municipalities across Florida set to compete with each other — in many cases dangling taxpayer money.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 10, 2025
Meet the Smiths: Fort Myers law firm adds partners to official name

Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice, Purtz, Smith & Smith handles personal injury cases.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 7, 2024
Trucking company shuts down, lays off 222 in Tampa, Jacksonville

Midwest Transport Inc. closed terminals in the two Florida cities last month and several more nationwide.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2007
Dating Problems? Just Ask April

April Masini wants to be the next Dear Abby. One lesson she learned: Don't confuse the search engines.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 31, 2003
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Builders contest impact fees How SMH is stopping the bleedingLongboat company disputes claim

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 17, 2016
Drone on

Unmanned aircraft are replacing aerial photography as the method of choice for capturing commercial real estate images — and more.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 26, 2004
Four-day Trader

A local entrepreneur says his software spots trends in 43 financial markets up to four days out, with at least 70% accuracy. And heis got the sales to prove it.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2004
Hometown Democracy: Special Interest Ploy

We've seen a flurry of media reports recently applauding the actions of an organization collecting signatures for a constitutional amendment that would, if passed, forever change how community development is decided in Florida. By Patrick Slevin

  • Opinion
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