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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 26, 2017
McKibbon wins top Marriott award

McKibbon Hospitality has been awarded Marriott International's top hospitality manager award, the only company in Florida to receive the designation for 2016.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 8, 2017
CREW Tampa Bay presents Excellence Awards

Commercial Real Estate Women Tampa Bay recently held its 6th annual Excellence Awards event, recognizing group members and others whose deals topped the market in the past year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 20, 2016
POWER BROKERS: Franklin Street Real Estate Services

Franklin Street scored with three agents on the Power Brokers list, Chad Rupp for office leasing and Brian Bern and Ryan Derriman for retail leasing.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2016
Brick by brick

Polk County's top tourism driver, Legoland, is on the verge of a major multimillion-dollar expansion project — the largest since the park opened in October 2011.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2015
USF among top patented schools

A lot of innovation is happening at the University of South Florida — so much that two intellectual property groups say the school is among the world's elite for the fifth year in a row.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2015
Let them eat cake

January may seem far away, but the organizers of the Naples Winter Wine Festival are busy planning over-the-top auction lots and touting renowned vintners.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • November 6, 2015
Mobile men

Anthony Fernandez turned his knack for fixing things into an entrepreneurial venture. Major expansion plans are on the horizon.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 19, 2025
St. Armands receives $13.5M to address flooding concerns

The Sarasota County Commission allocates just more than half of the $24.5 million the city requested for storm mitigation projects on St. Armands Key.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 5, 2019
Real estate investment trust playing a growth game

HC Government Realty Trust has received a capital injection and new management from a Charlotte, N.C.-based investment company, as part of a strategy to boost the size of its portfolio of properties occupied by federal government agencies.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2009
Residential Management Inc. buys Fisherman's Landing

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Residential Management Inc. purchased the 256-unit Fisherman's Landing apartments just north of State Road 582 from Aimco for $14.95 million. The purchase price equated to $53,398 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 19, 2010
Bank regulators whiffed in regulating

Hindsight is always perfect, but you've got to wonder where bank regulators were during the real estate boom.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 28, 2012
Large medical practice to grow more

One of the largest orthopedic medical practices in the Sarasota-Manatee region is primed to get bigger.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 7, 2021
Steakhouse primed for reopening after $1M renovation

Owner says it ‘was time for a redo.’

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2016
Downtown Sarasota office owner seeks $12M for one floor

Jamatt Properties LLC has owned the space since December 2005.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 21, 2016
Group plans $1.2M restaurant for Siesta Key

The design maximizes parking and views of the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 22, 2025
Restaurant on US 41 in Sarasota sells for $2.1 million

A veteran restaurateur purchased the building on South Tamiami Trail, which spans more than 5,500 square feet.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 1, 2016
Paper power

A paper-based business, founded five years ago by a resolute entrepreneur, defies the digital age.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 8, 2019
How to overcome setbacks

Overcoming a loss requires discipline — and preparation.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 23, 2017
New World

Sarasota might never be the next Silicon Valley. Yet two tech-centric firms, with more than 100 combined employees, recently relocated to the area. What was the attraction?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 5, 2019
Realtors find a better model to sell homes

An independent Southwest Florida real estate agency went looking for a strategy to compete with national brands. Although change wasn't easy, some benefits are percolating.

  • Strategies
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