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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 5, 2019
EDC president and CEO steps down

The board has identified a transition team to carry forward the EDC’s mission during the search process.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 26, 2019
Retailer has busy summer, including moving forward on CEO

Bonnie Brooks replaced Shelley Broader on an interim basis in April.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 28, 2018
College opens multimillion-dollar post-production facility

The Ringling College Studio Labs Complex includes three 2,000-square-foot soundstages and over 5,000 square feet of post-production spaces.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2019
Go behind the scenes of Florida's financial regulators

The OFR was created in 2003 through the Cabinet Reorganization Act of 2002 to be Florida’s primary banking, consumer finance and securities regulator.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 8, 2019
Self-storage superstars join Cushman & Wakefield

Self-storage industry leader Mike Mele and his team of 15 other brokers and support staff are joining commercial brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield to gain more national status.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 22, 2022
Iconic Naples hotel Inn on Fifth sells for $156 million

A Maryland company is buying the luxury property on Naples' upscale Fifth Avenue. The deal is set to close later this year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 3, 2017
Corporate report

Storm Smart licenses first Florida distributor; Economic development agency names chief administration executive; Travel insurance firm up for customer service award; Regional pest service adds to executive, training ranks

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 31, 2017
Nice Pattern

Supply is short and demand is long for warehouse spaces in several pockets of the region. One company plans to capitalize on the dynamic.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2018
Stay on Track

A test track for driverless cars in the middle of Florida is no longer a sci-fi fantasy. If the timeline holds in 2018, the reality is now.

  • Strategies
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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • June 12, 2015
Engines on

Elder Automotive Group is not a huge force in the car dealership world. But size is not everything.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 18, 2015
All about location

How important is site selection? Just ask McDonald's. The store on its first real estate land deal in Florida is still busy nearly 60 years later.

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 25, 2015
Good feelings

Progress is coming quickly at one of the largest developments in the region. Neighborhood support, not always a given, is a pleasant addition.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 18, 2015
Cool capital

Conditioned Air plans to double its presence on the Gulf Coast with backing from Boston-based private-equity firm Gemini Investors.

  • Industries
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 23, 2024
National construction giant launches Sarasota team

Suffolk, which is based in Boston and has an office in Tampa, taps a leader for Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 14, 2025
'Tort tax' report: Frivolous lawsuits cost more than $1,200 per resident in Florida

Florida, at least when compared against other states, is ranked in the top half of costs stemming from lawsuit abuse.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 13, 2025
Chicago 'hot dog king' lists 3 Naples properties for $58.6M

The founder of popular Chicago-area chain Portillo’s and a local builder partnered on the homes and have listed them with a prominent national broker.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 1, 2024
Tampa-area construction, concrete entrepreneur and inventor dies at 78

James Patrick Judge, a Dunedin resident and longtime entrepreneur in the concrete and construction industries in the region and across the state, has died.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • April 4, 2024
Checkers and Rally's CEO steps down

Frances Allen will remain with the company through September.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • December 6, 2023
Tampa home prices tripled since 2013

Tampa has had the second highest increase in home prices of large U.S. cities over the past decade.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • July 31, 2025
Record home sale at $30.3 million closes for Longboat Key property

The property called "Serenissima" previously broke sales-price record in 2020.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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