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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 21, 2005
Bllind Faith

AmSouth loaned $3.2 million mostly on the word of a convicted felon masquerading as clergy. Should the bank have seen a problem sooner?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 3, 2021
Health care double down

Sila Realty Trust’s plan to shed its portfolio of data centers will further focus the Tampa company and better position it for its future goal.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 9, 2019
Top Deals in Sarasota/Manatee in 2018

Residences once again dominated the top commercial real estate deals of 2018, but one of the area's most plush resort outpaced all other sales.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By John Haughey |
  • April 19, 2019
Merger creates widespread urban planning leader

Lakeland’s two largest architecture firms morph into ‘I-4-based’ monolith, with a size and smarts approach to courting clients.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 30, 2017
Like a Rocket

Multifamily complexes throughout the Gulf Coast are attracting buyers, sending prices to new heights.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 19, 2024
137 companies in region ranked among fastest-growing in US

Companies from Lakeland to Naples made the Inc. 5000 list for 2024.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 27, 2025
Polk County storage facility sells for $10.2 million

A California owner of self-storage centers bought the newly built Winter Haven property.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 31, 2025
Bradenton company awarded roofing technology patent

Crazy Seal has secured a patent for its material to seal leaking roofs.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 25, 2025
Car dealership buys distinctive Sarasota building on US 41 for $1.8M

A piece of commercial real estate on South Tamiami Trail has sold.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 10, 2023
Sarasota's affordable housing crisis dissected at chamber summit

Most respondents to a Sarasota Chamber of Commerce survey say their ability to do business has been negatively impacted due to a lack of housing for workers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 22, 2025
Clearwater developer to build Aston Martin-branded projects, one in Tampa Bay

Valor Real Estate Development and the ultra-luxury car maker will start construction on the first of the residential towers, an 18-story beachfront property on Daytona Beach Shores, early next year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 24, 2025
$2.5M IRS fraud lands Cape Coral roofing company owner in prison

The owner and manager of Nastar Roofing in Lee County were sentenced to federal prison for not paying taxes on employee wages.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 22, 2005
Out of Order

A state lawmaker says the state Judicial Qualifications Commission is in need of reform, and he is just the guy to see it gets done.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • August 7, 2009
Crist vs.Rubio: It's celluloid vs. substance

Real Republicans in Florida, especially those big-money business people who helped finance Charlie Crist's march to the governorship four years ago, have a serious dilemma.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 9, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Highwall Technologies' Sentinel has been certified as interoperable with Computer Associates International Inc.'s Wireless Option Two local businesspeople discussing environmentally-friendly homebuilding

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 20, 2010
Chasing the Sun

Two German engineers moved to the Gulf Coast for its sunny lifestyle. But the sun chasers also satisfied their irrepressible urge to create technology and a new company.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 8, 2019
q&a | Stan Stouder

Stan Stouder, a founding partner of commercial real estate brokerage firm CRE Consultants in Fort Myers, unpacks what's driving Southwest Florida's commercial real estate market and what might be ahead in the coming year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 2, 2016
Mr. Sandman

A sand and sun-kissed hobby can really be a thriving business. Mark Mason has done it for nearly 25 years.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 17, 2024
County OKs 93-acre Sarasota Square mall redevelopment project

Last-minute height reduction of apartments secures enough Sarasota County Commission votes to transform the mostly vacant mall into an upscale lifestyle town center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • March 13, 2025
Report: Majority of Tampa Bay residents feel financially insecure

A recent study took the economic temperature of Tampa locals.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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