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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • September 1, 2020
Startup connects beekeepers and landowners for mutual benefits

LeaseHoney founder Gianna Whitver is signing up users across the country and focusing on gaining traction in Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 9, 2019
County sets record for tourism tax revenue

Hillsborough County, Florida, collected $4.3 million in Tourist Development funds, also known as bed taxes, in March 2019, an increase of 5.9% over March 2018.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2010
Corporate Report: Sept. 10 - Sept. 16

The latest news from BankAtlantic, US Natural Gas Corp., and others.

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  • April 4, 2013
Price Break for CEO's home

Summers and residential real estate are hot in Naples.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 30, 2011
Teltronics goes bankrupt

The award-winning Sarasota company finds itself strapped for cash.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 5, 2011
Infrax acquires SP&C for $5M

Infrax, an energy technology firm, buys a privately held electrical contractor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2016
Developer launches real estate unit

Risdon Group is behind three projects in the Rosemary District.

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  • November 18, 2016
Global tech firm chooses Tampa

3CX has other offices in Europe, Asia and Australia.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 16, 2017
Motorcycle and trike store to expand

Haus of Trikes and Bikes facility in Fort Myers will grow to 30,000 square feet.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 22, 2016
Manufacturer targets $1.5B in revenue

The company is shooting to reach its revenue goal in the next five to seven years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 11, 2015
Sarasota wireless firm notches $1M sale

xG Technology reaches deal with Arkansas-based telecommunications firm.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2022
Containerized cargo continues hot streak at local port

SeaPort Manatee recorded a new all-time high of handling well more than half a million short tons of containerized cargo.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 13, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Miami Beach Investors Expand PortfolioGeorgia group purchases Pelican Sound apartmentsPage-Burkett group assembles beach propertyPartners refinance several Tampa Bay-area propertiesSarasota investor refinances Valrico mobile home park

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2003
22 Legal Calender/ Briefs

Fowler White shareholders picked for Leadership Tampa/ Fowler White opens Bonita Springs office/ Local attorney/author publishes new book/ and more

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • June 3, 2011
Room Change

Tampa-based BayStar Hotel Group has shifted its emphasis in recent years from developing hotels to running them for banks. It is also attempting to improve its own properties, getting ready for the good times to come again.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2007
WCI bets on Bal Harbour

WCI Communities' executives fight to keep the company's cash coming in as they soothe anxious lenders who are owed $1.9 billion. Meanwhile, billionaire investor Carl Icahn and two hedge fund allies formed a majority on a newly created board to be elected Aug. 30.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2008
Coffee Talk

Continental Airlines jets out of Sarasota: Talk about the high price of gas.What's behind Riverside Bank shakeup?: The shakeup at Riverside Bank of the Gulf Coast in Cape Coral is not because of pressure from banking regulators, Elmer Tabor, the bank's chairman, assures Coffee Talk.Tampa real estate market seen as deals and steals: Tampa-area Realtors might want to grab a copy of the June 23 issue of Fortune magazine for office framing.Early Father's Day present for Gulf Coast money manager: Money manager Robert Stovall has just about seen and done it all in his 50-year plus career in the stock marketsBanks sell more loans to clean up books: As a way to strengthen their books, some Gulf Coast banks are selling more non-performing commercial loans, sometimes at a discount, to get the loans off of their bookshe Heights shifts to commercial: The Heights, a 50-acre mixed-use redevelopment project along the Hillsborough River just north of downtown Tampa, has delayed its residential work and will instead focus on the office portion of the project first.Riverwalk project gets a boost: Tampa entrepreneur, chief executive and real estate veteran Brenda Doring recently brought a local industry group into the effort to improve downtown.WCI's next big date: Aug. 5 and $125 million: Bonita Springs-based homebuilder WCI Communities is going to face its biggest test this summer on Aug. 5.Landowners seek hotel deals on empty l

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 30, 2022
Is it stadium or bust for St. Pete mayor’s new approach to Trop site?

Ken Welch says proposals must include a ballpark, but the Tampa Bay Rays are mum on the matter.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 18, 2011
Local firm considers leaving Florida

The Jackson Labs incentives saga might partially contribute to the Gulf Coast losing a budding technology firm.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 16, 2015
Sea what happens

The aquarium industry has emerged from an industry downturn. Several Gulf Coast businesses have dipped into the rebound.

  • Entrepreneurs
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