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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 27, 2022
Developer buys nearly 2 acres in Tampa to build student housing complex

Commercial Street Partners’ land next to University of Tampa comes approved for eight-story building with 150 units.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
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Director, ambulatory services, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 28, 2025
Tampa outsource call center firm names new CEO

Michael Flodin previously held executive positions at two other call center companies.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 13, 2018
Top health insurer bolsters local workforce

Humana Inc. plans to hire 124 full-time customer service personnel at its offices in Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 18, 2014
Web Printer

A printer makes a big push into the online world and scores a contract for a high profile economic development website to promote the Southwest Florida region.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 22, 2015
Mortgage rates look sweet in Manatee, Sarasota

Lee County also has one of the best mortgage approval rates in Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2004
'I will never be able to repay you'

Yolanda Young appeared overwhelmed by the display of respect. About 400 lawyers had just risen to applaud her courage for telling a difficult story.

  • Law
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 22, 2022
Tax preparer to serve nearly five years in prison for defrauding IRS out of millions

A St. Pete tax preparer falsified documents to file returns claiming unearned refunds for clients.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2015
St. Pete apartments with view of Tropicana Field sell

Fusion 1560 is purchased by Mesirow Financial Real Estate Value Fund in Chicago for $57.5 million, or $177,000 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 9, 2015
Commercial Real Estate

21st Century deal among top in nation; Giffin joins Cushman & Wakefield

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 25, 2024
62 jobs lost after Hillsborough Community College pulls contract

A French company with U.S. operations tells state officials that it is laying off employees after the local college choses a new vendor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 8, 2017
The old college try

You really don't need that bachelor's degree.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 26, 2025
$42M technical school construction starts in Lee County

The $42 million Heights CareerTech Institute is being built at the corner of Gladiolus Drive and Pine Ridge Road.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 8, 2019
How to provide exceptional service

The best of the best customer service, says Damien O’Riordan, a 25-year veteran of the best in hospitality — The Ritz-Carlton — comes from a combination of constants. Those constants are like a ladder: every rung needs to be there to make it all work in c

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  • November 22, 2013
Score some business advice

Manasota Score, a mentoring organization for businesses with a stable of retired executives in consulting roles, has hit on two new ways to reach out to entrepreneurs.

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  • April 12, 2013
Health care executive resigns

Top health care executive resigns after two years heading a cancer-treatment company.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • November 21, 2013
Pest control biz surpasses $18M in sales

Arrow Environmental Services also expands outside Florida for the first time.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 31, 2019
Area executive takes helm of national financial services board

Business development principal will chair the American Financial Services Association Business Partner Board.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 23, 2015
Real software

Software developer Refindly is building a system for residential real estate agents to make it easier to manage prospective customers as buyers and sellers shift to the Internet.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2016
Tampa-St. Pete market gets ready for the ferry

An inaugural launch trip is planned for early November for the Cross-Bay Ferry.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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