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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 12, 2014
Corporate Report

JK Transport Express executive facing federal fraud charges; Florida Hospital Carrollwood offering workers' comp services to Buccaneers; New Mexico Regulators back TECO's gas company purchase; and more corporate news.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2008
Calendar of Events

View events from around the Gulf Coast for free.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2008
Calendar of Events

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  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2010
Investment firm buys Estero Santorini site

TerraCap Partners, a real estate firm with offices in New York City and Cape Coral, purchased 29.6 acres for $2.88 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2014
Steelbridge Capital buys Naples' SunTrust Bank Building

Chicago-based Steelbridge Capital LLC purchased the 68,487-square-foot SunTrust Bank Building on U.S. 41 for $12.6 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 16, 2017
Real estate broker pleads guilty in mortgage scam

Osbel Sanchez, 45, of Tampa, is one of two Florida real estate professionals to admit to the charges.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 5, 2025
Lakeland man sentenced for COVID fraud, ordered to pay $370K

The money was funneled through an auto parts business.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Jim Stinson |
  • December 14, 2023
Fort Myers man pleads guilty to $1.3M COVID-19 loan fraud

A Southwest Florida man used more than $1 million for credit cards and real estate.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 2, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

Busy litigator: Tampa lawyer John Fitzgibbons has more prominent cases pending than most local attorneys.Sweets fight: A Mexico City candy manufacturer has accused a former business partner of trademark infringement and unfair competition for making copycat jellybeans and Gummee Bears with real fruit juice.Gallagher to banks: Drop fees: How's this for political timing: Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher has asked more than 500 financial institutions in Florida to stop charging Holocaust survivors for wire transfer fees.Lawyers filing W-suits: Could using a "W" land you in hot legal water? Top 10 finish: Kearney Development Co. Inc. has earned the 10th spot on this year's Southeast Construction magazine list of top specialty contractors.

  • News
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • September 18, 2017
Bolt and Jolt

SeaBreeze Electric isn't afraid to plug into growth opportunities — a nimble mindset that has led to rapid expansion.

  • Strategies
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 17, 2006
Against the 'Gran'

What residential slump? A weak market hasn't dampened Sam Rodgers' enthusiasm for his grand project, the 2,000-unit Gran Paradiso.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Jay Brady |
  • December 17, 2009
Government Digest 12/18/09

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 5, 2023
Baltimore firm buys Lakeland shopping center for $78 million

A Baltimore real estate investment firm bought the open air center in Polk County whose tenant roster includes Kohl's, Books-A-Million and Burger 21.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2008
Calendar of Events

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  • Strategies
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 4, 2022
Investor buys two Clearwater hotels, transforming them into apartments

A joint venture between Miami investment and Mexico City private equity firms has bought two properties near airport.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 25, 2019
Benderson makes second St. Armands' acquisition

For the second time in four months, Benderson Development Co. has purchased a building on St. Armands Circle in Sarasota, this time one housing the Crab && Fin seafood restaurant.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 24, 2015
Commercial Real Estate

Vue units going fast; Mystique developer taps Premier Sotheby's

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 27, 2015
Commercial real estate

Benderson eyes more development near Target stores; Marriott deal would have Gulf Coast ripples

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 13, 2024
Nine new spec homes in Naples listed for at least $17M each

More than 180 homes in Naples are on the market for more than $10 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 17, 2013
The business of being Nik

An entrepreneur who signs his emails 'Never Give Up!' must have a good story. For Nik Wallenda, that story is all about scaling new heights.

  • Strategies
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