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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 24, 2024
$700M Riverview homebuilder enters multifamily, build-to-rent market

Homes by WestBay marks 15 years in business with the expansion.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 31, 2014
Corporate Report: Jan. 31

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 4, 2009
Necklace Niche

Kim Martinez leveraged everything she owned to sustain her $2 million business through the recession. With the worst part behind her — she hopes — Martinez is planning to double sales next year.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 11, 2024
Artist behind $1,800 mailboxes delivers on ambitious expansion plans

Forced to move by redevelopment, pipe-bending entrepreneurial artist Scott Gerber finds a new home.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 11, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

Lined up for the theater: Everyone knew it would happen, but with the first building of the Promenade at Riverwalk condominium project under construction, real estate interest in downtown Bradenton is at a new high.Sell community banks: Punk Ziegel & Co. analyst Richard X. Bove is out with his latest take on the economy.The 'McClash' Judicial Center?: A little food for thought on the whole battle over building heights.Silence not golden: Gold Bank has hit the publicity jackpot, thanks to a customer and a primetime national television show.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 13, 2005
The Annuity Racket

A Tampa law firm joins attorneys and attorneys general in three states to recover funds from an Iowa insurer that targets retirees for annuity sales.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 10, 2023
Tampa apartment complex sells for $45.7 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Sunseeker shows off its rooms, a hotel changes hands, and two south Sarasota County properties sell for $3.1 million.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 24, 2006
Innovation Continuation

Past winners of the Reviews' annual Technology Award continue to innovate and, in many cases, that has led to more employees and higher revenues.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 25, 2024
Price drops 7% on prime Sarasota property

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a senior living facility to open in North Port, waterfront land hits the market in Hillsborough County, and a warehouse sells in Fort Myers.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 18, 2017
New Look

Few companies have pulled off large-scale brand conversions in the restaurant business. First Watch hopes to bust the trend.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 12, 2010
Back to his Roots

Before he became the king of condos, Jorge Perez made his early money building affordable housing. Now, he's going back to his roots — from Tampa to India.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • December 3, 2024
Longtime St. Pete engineering firm, president reinvigorated after acquisition

The dawn of a new era comes after delays from two storms.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 16, 2024
Report: 11,100 apartment units to open in Tampa Bay this year

A new report finds that a nationwide apartment boom is ongoing as developers look to meet a growing demand.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2014
Insurance firm has a certain something

The acquisition feeler Lou Marinaccio received a year ago from Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. wasn't his first in the land of mergers.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 6, 2009
Leather Innovation

Entrepreneur Ron Simkins has had his sights on the multi-billion dollar leather industry for nearly a decade. He is finally moving in with what he hopes is a big bang.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2021
Hotel revenue shows continued strength of tourism rebound

Visit Tampa Bay reports that taxable hotel revenue topped $60 million in June

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2015
Hertz unit seeks buyer in France and Spain

Hertz is negotiating to sell equipment-rental businesses in France and Spain.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 16, 2026
Naples retail building sold by Hoffmann in 2023 is sold, again

The retail property on the 13th Avenue was part of major sell off by the family of entrepreneurs more than two years ago.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • July 24, 2023
7,400-yard golf course in rural Manatee County sets sights on 2024

The golf course and club is tasked with protecting at least 130 acres of wetlands.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 17, 2024
Lakeland shopping centers bring $60 million as part of three-state deal

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a 1,200-acre farm for sale in Charlotte County, $6 million for a community center and up to 1,200 apartments coming to Sarasota mall site.

  • Florida
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