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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 17, 2019
Aquarium chooses builder for $130 million project

Willis A. Smith Construction President and CEO David Sessions says project will have 'worldwide recognition because of its cutting-edge design.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 31, 2019
Two sentenced in grant fraud case

Naples woman faces 10 years in federal prison after being convicted for duping Lee County of nearly $5 million in economic development grant funds.

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  • June 14, 2019
Culture book tells story of company, employees

Sarasota-based S-One Holdings Corp.’s 2019 Culture Book includes articles about team passions, intern programs, community involvement and the company’s history.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 18, 2019
Bank expands into area, assembles local leadership

Mario Bringas will serve as president of ServisFirst Bank's newly formed Southwest Florida market.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 25, 2022
Cybersecurity startup names industry veteran to board as growth picks up

Andrew Peterson has previous experience of scaling up startups including one that ended in an $825 million sale.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 9, 2022
Developers reveal some details on long-awaited $80M mixed-used project

Construction on The Residences at Orange Station in the Edge District planned to start in the fall

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 31, 2022
Law firm hires former St. Pete, Tampa mayors

Former mayors Bob Buckhorn and Rick Kriseman have joined Shumaker Advisors Florida, a subsidiary of Tampa-based Shumaker.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 25, 2022
Amazon buys Pasco industrial park, will invest $150 million in new facility

The Seattle-based retailer plans a 517,000-square-foot robotic sorting center

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 18, 2018
Taub Entities planning Tampa luxury tower

Sanctuary project will have a lone residence per floor

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • November 27, 2018
Tech firm, nearing possible IPO, names new president

SynDaver, a Tampa biotech firm that manufactures lifelike synthetic human and animal bodies for medical and veterinary training, named Bill Wright president.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 20, 2019
Gateway Professional Centre sells for $45.2 million

TerraCap Management of Bonita Springs has sold the four-building Gateway Professional Centre office complex in Sarasota to Boston-based Taurus Investment Holdings of Boston for $45.2 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 27, 2019
An idea takes flight at local business incubator

WanderSeat, a Tampa, Florida-based travel company, is launching an airline ticketing platform designed for day-of-departure travel, similar to the app Hotel Tonight.

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  • By Jay Schlichter |
  • October 30, 2019
Economic forecast 2020: Residential real estate

Phil Wood, John R. Wood Properties, Naples

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • November 15, 2019
Economic Forecast 2020: Dry Cleaners

Bobby Patel, owner of Courtesy Cleaners

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  • January 15, 2019
Senate President: potential red tide solutions forthcoming

Speaking at the Argus Foundation Annual Meeting Tuesday, Bill Galvano, a Bradenton attorney, had a clear message for the Sarasota-Bradenton business community about taking care of his backyard

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  • February 1, 2019
Fully invested: Middle-market asset managers are bullish on Tampa Bay

Private equity funds that specialize in middle-market companies likewise couldn’t be more bullish about the Tampa Bay, Florida, region, according to a recent presentation at a meeting of the Tampa chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth.

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  • February 15, 2019
In Memoriam: Barbara Dell, 1952-2019

Barbara Dell died Jan. 1 after battling cancer. She was 66.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 19, 2019
Carter Validus merging to create $3 billion real estate firm

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT and the related Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II intend to merge later this year and create a $3 billion company

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 13, 2018
Sarasota developer loses lawsuit to partner

Jury finds in favor of EDM Sarasota against partner Githler Developer in disagreement over the Northern Trust Building in Sarasota

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2018
Area company's prepared meals hit Publix shelves

Tampa-based Eat Fresco has expanded into 21 Publix stores.

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