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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 12, 2010
Telling data behind No. 1 rank

NRT, the parent company of Coldwell Banker Florida, is once again top-ranked nationwide. But annual sales have been falling.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 19, 2012
Craig Peden

President, Rib City | Fort Myers | Restaurants

  • Industries
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  • January 13, 2012
Robb & Stucky buys land, plans new store

Robb & Stucky International purchased a 2.3-acre site along Tamiami Trail and near the prominent retail corridor Fifth Avenue for $3.8 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 25, 2021
Report: Southwest Florida market predicted to flourish

Cape Coral and Fort Myers join inaugural National Association of Realtors' list of cities where commercial real estate is expected to flourish this year

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 30, 2021
Fast-growing developer appoints new CFO

Iain McGill has 25 years of experience in real estate finance.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 13, 2020
Area IT firm makes two acquisitions

ConnectWise, a Tampa, Florida-based IT firm, has acquired a pair of cybersecurity companies: Perch Security and StratoZen.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2020
Report not optimistic on state of hotel industry

The hotel industry faces a difficult road back from the pandemic.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 28, 2020
Report: 13% of out-of-state moves are relocations to Florida, Sarasota is a top destination

HireAHelper’s 2020 Migration Report reveals just how popular Florida is.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 30, 2018
Housing starts, sales on the downswing statewide

Both housing starts and total sales in Florida hit six-month lows in September, and even with a slight uptick in closings in October, the overall statewide market remains middling.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 21, 2018
Two national Walgreens commercials produced in Sarasota, Bradenton

The commercials are holiday-oriented and include a mix of animation and live video.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2018
WildBlue over yonder

Lennar is developing a 1,000-home community on 3,000 acres near Florida Gulf Coast University.

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  • By Elizabeth Morrisey |
  • February 10, 2017
How to ... Recruit and retain millennials

Andy McEntire has some inside knowledge on how to hire and retain millennials — partially because he is one himself.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 10, 2017
Cottonwood bullish on St. Petersburg

Cottonwood Residential officials say they are aware that multifamily values and supply have spiked in recent years in the Tampa and St. Petersburg markets, and that affordability is increasingly becoming an issue, especially for urban renters.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 7, 2017
The Kind That Binds

'Showing we care about those in the community brings business back.'

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  • January 10, 2018
Health care giant aims to reduce debt by $500M

A federal bankruptcy court approved 21st Century Oncology's chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2018
DataSnapshot: Salute to cities

It could be a dream come true for some in the Sunshine State.

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  • April 7, 2014
Patient firm gets cooking

Executives at MenuPad have been unusually patient for the last three years.

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  • August 24, 2016
Firm pays back county on failed incentives

Entrepreneur Scott Gerber made the last of six $9,333 payments July 31.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 3, 2015
Benderson named to top national retail lists

Manatee County-based Benderson Development Co. LLC has been named one of the largest retail property owners and managers in the U.S. by National Real Estate Investor — and it is the only company headquartered on the Gulf Coast to be so recognized.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2015
Neighbors douse developer's Starbucks plans

Coffee giant abandons plans for a store just north of downtown Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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