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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Jean Gruss |
  • May 23, 2014
Neutral Zone

Naples physician Michael Dent is building a website that will bring together sellers and buyers of non-acute medical supplies. It's a hugely complex business.

  • Florida
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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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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2020
Company offers hurricane protection systems for nurses

Storm Smart announced the initiative May 12, Nurses Day.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2018
Trade mission to Chile nets more than $3M in export sales

Global Tampa Bay, previously known as the Tampa Bay Export Alliance, hosted a trade mission in October to Santiago, Chile, that has produced $3.35 million in future sales and economic activity for participating companies.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 12, 2018
Bridge the divide

MacDill units start new community relations program.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • February 27, 2024
Three-day tech startup weekend program headed to region

Techstars Startup Weekend Tampa Bay, an event for aspiring regional entrepreneurs, will return in partnership with the University of South Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 22, 2025
Historic St. Petersburg dog track sold

The St. Petersburg Kennel Club has merged with a private equity firm and taken a $58.2 million mortgage on the property.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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