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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 6, 2023
Popular steakhouse Seltzer's selling Pasco County restaurant

Harold Seltzer's Steakhouse has put its location on U.S. Hwy 19 in Port Richey on the market for $800,000.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • January 6, 2026
Builder to bring more than 2,250 homes to Southwest Florida

Taylor Morrison has purchased two properties for future Esplanade communities — one on Oil Well Road in Naples and the other off Corkscrew Road in Estero.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 22, 2010
Ann Grady files for House run

The wife of state Rep. Tom Grady will attempt to succeed her husband.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 19, 2010
Bank of Florida offering stock

UPDATE: The Naples bank officially began its stock offering today.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2011
Sarasota real estate sours

The area's foreclosure picture has worsened over the past year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 30, 2011
Fla. consumer confidence drags

Buyers remain pessimistic in November, according to new data from UF.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2013
Cash buyers fueling recovery

If the go-go years of the real estate boom were fueled by debt, then cash is dominating the housing recovery today.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2016
Organization elects board leadership

All current officers were re-elected to serve another term.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 14, 2023
Estate on the Gulf sells all-cash for nearly $14 million asking price

The deal is the highest in Sarasota so far this year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 14, 2021
Italian company outbids competitor, buys local manufacturer for $4.8 billion

New Port Richey's Welbilt Inc. purchased by by Milan-based Ali Holding in all-cash deal valued at $4.8 billion.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • March 24, 2026
Tampa makes top 10 for women-owned businesses in large metros

The Tampa metro area was named the ninth best in the U.S. for women-owned businesses in a study by Coworking Cafe.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 3, 2022
Top cop covets leaders who solve problems — not make widgets

Kristen Ziman’s zest for being a good leader, from rushing toward gunfire at a mass shooting to overcoming bouts of self-doubt, translates well to any field.

  • Leadership
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 12, 2025
Closed Nellie's Deli building in Sarasota to get new restaurant

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Bradenton mobile home park is part of $65 million loan package, a Pasco retail property gets a $3.7 million mortgage, and a Fort Myers Beach institution is sold.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 27, 2025
Discount grocer Aldi buys vacant Cape Coral parcel for $1.1 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a car wash chain is opening its inaugural location in Pasco, the foundation is in on a Sarasota tower, and needed affordable housing is heading to SWFL.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 15, 2024
New York investor pays $137M for Tampa Bay hotel

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Pennsylvania pool company picks up space in Sarasota, a St. Peter commercial parcel is quietly for sale, and a former Perkins sells in Naples.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 1, 2024
Fort Myers industrial park sells for $155 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a $435 hospital coming to Lee, a manufacturer expands in Pasco and hotel chain buys land in Venice.

  • Florida
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 20, 2006
40 Under 40 Winners Page 4

Jeff ReynoldsAmy L. SchneiderGardner SherrillTracey Sievertson-LockeDan SinclairMark A. StevensBrian StockJeff VerkonRobert WellsDenise L. Wheeler

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Denise Federer |
  • February 10, 2023
How to develop executive maturity — with staying power — in a family business

Process and patience are two key facets of creating a corner office with high-level standards.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 25, 2010
Back in Style

Even the fastest-growing franchises can stall in an economic downturn. But a WineStyles franchise owner is taking advantage of the recession by improving operations.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • January 20, 2017
Visitors' paradise

The tourism industry could be the industry with the most dramatic shifts in the past 20 years.

  • Strategies
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