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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 20, 2025
YouTube star becomes partner in Bradenton Motorsports Park

A race car driver who is also a YouTuber is now 50% owner of the drag racing facility off State Road 64 in Bradenton.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • July 21, 2023
Clearwater private flight company soars as clients seek comfort in clouds

A nonstop demand for white-glove private air service that began during the pandemic pushes a nimble and opportunistic company to new heights.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 17, 2013
IMG Academy announces expansion, new three-phase multi-sport complex

IMG Academy has started construction on new multi-sport complex addition to its Bradenton campus.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2018
Landscaping company expands with new facility

Greenscapes of Southwest Florida is building a new warehouse and office in Fort Myers, adding to North Naples, Punta Gorda locations.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 3, 2022
Bonita Spring mattress chain buys plot in shopping center for new Cape Coral store

City Mattress will build a new location at Cape Coral Commons. The store is set to open later this year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2014
Hertz tops off new headquarters

Employees of car-rental giant Hertz celebrated the placement of the last piece of structural steel to the company's new global headquarters in Estero.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2014
Newspaper battle heats up in Lee County

The Naples Daily News opened a larger office in Bonita Springs, challenging the Fort Myers News-Press in the fast-growing area of South Lee County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 12, 2025
Allegiant adds routes at Sarasota-Bradenton, St. Pete-Clearwater airports

The new flights starting next year will connect the local cities to Huntsville, Alabama, and Rochester, New York.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2013
TECO to purchase New Mexico gas company

The Tampa company will add a half million customers in the acquisition and expand its geographic reach.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 7, 2025
Tennessee investor pays $13 million for Fort Myers medical office

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a preview of St. Pete tower, a pair of properties sell to a California family, and land is for sale in Ruskin.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 5, 2018
2018: ISSUES TO WATCH

Florida' west coat is primed and ready for the new year.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2014
Naples film studio expands

Naples-based ITZ Studios acquired the former headquarters of Univision in New Jersey.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2008
Coffee Talk

+ Divorcee housing;supply meets demandSpouse kicked you out of the house? Forget hotels.+ Attention art lovers:Share your passion and winWhen Susie Harris and her two siblings decided it was time to get out of the art gallery and custom picture framing business earlier this year, they had one major problem: A dearth of interested buyers for their small but popular store in Bradenton, Art Decor International.+ Debt collectors beware,lawsuits are risingIf you're going after someone who owes you money - and in this economy, there is a lot more of that for Gulf Coast businesses - better know the rules. Florida's business climateshines again nationallyFlorida is back in the good graces of C-Suite executives seeking states that have the most pro-business attitudes in the country.+ Bradenton bank rescuedby outside capital - for nowFreedom Bank, one of a few Bradenton-based banks facing corrosive loan problems, has been thrown a $5 million lifeline.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 4, 2015
Get linked

Social media site LinkedIn is a great way to find the right people, but then you have to be persistent with follow-up phone calls and personal visits.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 29, 2021
Years in the Making

Strategic Property Partners’ Thousand & One office tower is betting on tenants’ newfound appreciation of wellness and a flight to quality.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 10, 2025
Sarasota nonprofit CEO on quest to visit every national park across US

Harvest House CEO Erin Minor says seeing one national park made her want to check out them all.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By John Haughey |
  • May 11, 2018
Tampa Bay lands more validation as a rising star of the South

Fort Lauderdale-based Sheltair has big hopes with its Tampa expansion.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 17, 2022
Jewelry store owner goes digging for gold — in Alaska

Barry Nicholls has been in the jewelry business for 40 years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 22, 2012
Eat it Up

The plan behind a restaurant expansion was to fit a lot into a little. It worked.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2020
Beverage firm sells coffee, tea operations for $405 million

Tampa, Fla.-based Cott Corp. has sold its S&D Coffee and Tea division, for $405 million, to North Little Rock, Ark.-based Westrock Coffee Co. LLC.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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