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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 8, 2020
Company doubles its space, increases technology

Metro Forecasting plans for more growth.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 27, 2017
On the Move

With a counterintuitive mindset, developer Steve Bradley often looks beyond the bottom line. He's confident his latest move will work out.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 13, 2005
The Annuity Racket

A Tampa law firm joins attorneys and attorneys general in three states to recover funds from an Iowa insurer that targets retirees for annuity sales.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2007
Runner Up - Tampa Bay

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  • April 12, 2011
Lakewood Ranch sales rebound

A total of 107 homes were sold in the year's first quarter, up from 31 in 2010.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Zachary Christensen, Adrian Moore, Steven Vu |
  • November 20, 2025
When pondering property tax cut, be wary of existing government debt

The state pension fund is still in a deficit, and policymakers should avoid financial risks.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2007
Dividend Delight

William Schoen led a deal to borrow $3.25 billion and give long-suffering shareholders a $2.4 billion dividend. Here's an inside look at why and how the deal came together.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • August 1, 2023
Tampa General, Sarasota Memorial among best hospitals in Florida

U.S. News and World Report ranks two Gulf Coast hospitals as the top in the Sunshine State.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2021
Former NFL player to oversee new branch for underserved market

The bank branch will be the first of its kind for the community.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 13, 2013
Less Pane

Going for business in up-markets, specifically in a subcontractor role, has been an escape hatch through the recession for a local company. It's zeroing in on $10 million a year in sales.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 26, 2010
Toll booth coming up? Just keep on rolling

There's good and bad news for motorists along the Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway through Tampa.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 13, 2024
10-story apartment complex proposed for downtown Sarasota site

The developer of 1 Main Plaza intends to transform the 1700 block of Main Street in Sarasota into a 226-unit building that will include 25 affordable housing units.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2006
Coffee Talk

Coffee Talk:SKY Sotheby's confirms move :Looks like Coffee Talk was on to something when it reported last month that the word in local real estate circles was Brandyn Herbold, co-founder of Sarasota luxury real estate firm SKY Sotheby's International Realty, was planning a big move, possibly to Minnesota. Review gets an intelligence boost: The Review is welcoming another member to the family: The S2 Report, a free daily business newsletter sent by e-mailChico's continues transparency: Fort Myers-based Chico's FAS is known on Wall Street for its straight talk with investors and a recent filing demonstrates that once again.Tired of golf? Treat customers to the circus: Here's a break from the norm: Instead of taking your important clients for another round of golf or treating your star-performing employees to a four-star dinner, how about a night under the big top?Tampa Bay still has work to do: There really weren't any surprises in the newest economic development scorecard of the Tampa Bay region. How Tampa Bay ComparesA friend of Florida business?: Even though the position of lieutenant governor in Florida is far from a decision-making powerhouse, Coffee Talk did a double take when Republican gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist picked Cape Coral State Rep. Jeff Kottkamp as his running mate. Another cool confernce in Sarasota: Last month, the initial Sarasota/Manatee Technology Conference: Integration at the Crossroads wo

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  • November 2, 2017
Area biotech firm, fighting cancer, wins big award

Moffitt Cancer Center-linked Interpares Biomedicine wins statewide competition

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 15, 2022
CBRE arranged for $72.5 million in financing for sale of St. Pete Beach hotel

Financing put together by commercial real estate firm for $83 million sale of the Postcard Inn.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 10, 2006
Coffee Talk

Chicos stock takes a hit: As every novice investor learns, past performance is no indication of future returns.Villares leaves GravityFree: GravityFree, Sarasota's oldest web-design company, is undergoing a leadership change.Ringling would like to thank the Academy: It could grow into a nice trend. For the second straight year, Sarasota's Ringling School of Art and Design grads were nominated for Academy Awards.Venice company in award spotlight, too: Speaking of awards, a Venice-based company took home the top prize for its industry at an awards show in Las Vegas last month.A tale of two 'WCI's: Sarasota upscale home builder and developer Westwater Construction Inc. is dropping the "CI" from its revised logo.Shareholder shakes up Source Interlink: California billionaire Ron Burkle appears frustrated with the go-nowhere stock of Bonita Springs-based Source Interlink.

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  • February 4, 2022
President, CEO sheds interim title after more than doubling new patient visits

Rishi Patel began his journey with CAN Community Health in 2015.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 13, 2020
Food for thought: Restaurant industry leaders ponder their future

Ghost kitchens, automation and third-party delivery are among the many challenging developments Tampa Bay area restaurateurs are grappling with.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2012
Banker elevates the wine and dine concept

Eric Peters, market president of First Federal Bank of Florida in Sarasota, thinks he's on to something sweet in the game of how community banks can be markedly different from competitors.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 11, 2017
Pies in July

Marketing, print and mail shop turns to apple pies for an edge.

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