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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 9, 2016
Passco buys Bradenton apartments for $75M

Fueled by potential future yield and a desire to beef up its Florida portfolio, California-based Passco Cos. LLC has invested $75 million to acquire the ParkCrest Landings apartments, in Bradenton.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2016
Investors flip over home sales

Gulf Coast cities led the nation in the second quarter in home flips, according to a new report from Attom Data Solutions, the new parent company of real estate researcher RealtyTrac.

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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 15, 2025
Sarasota-Bradenton airport sets all-time monthly passenger record

Nearly 600,000 passengers traveled through the airport's two concourses.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 30, 2024
Walmart closing all 23 Florida health centers, including 9 in Tampa Bay

The retail giant joins Walgreens in closing medical offices in the state and nationwide.

  • Florida
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • July 13, 2023
Sarasota foster care and children's nonprofit names new CEO

The announcement came after an eight-month search.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2022
Private equity firm makes offer for Clearwater cybersecurity company

Vista Equity Partners says it will pay a 39% premium on all outstanding shares of KnowBe4 Inc.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2010
Foreclosure mess: A litigator's dream?

Sales at some of the Gulf Coast's busiest courthouses have slowed considerably while attorneys general from all 50 states crawl through the offices of major banks and foreclosure law firms.

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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 Business Observer Staff |
  • August 9, 2010
Early Halloween: madness in Madeira

Talk of budget cuts by local governments around the Gulf Coast is commonplace this summer as taxable property values continue to decline.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 26, 2011
Michigan investors buy Central Avenue building

Two Lansing, Mich., businessmen purchased a 15,122-square-foot mixed-use building in downtown Sarasota's Rosemary District for $1.15 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2021
Pandemic’s impact on office space continues to reverberate

Office market woes could carry over into 2022

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2020
Airport CEO, spokeswoman, test positive for COVID-19

Both Joe Lopano and Veronica Cintron are doing well, say airport officials.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 5, 2019
Master-planned community sees 7% uptick in sales

With few exceptions, March saw sales increases for all villages and builders in Lakewood Ranch.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2017
Football championship blitzes back to region

All American Games has hosted a tournament in Naples for the past three years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • November 23, 2018
Executive draws on lessons from corporate, nonprofit world in new role

Sue Wetzel has held top leadership roles in corporate America and with national nonprofits. One constant theme: Hyper-focus on the mission.

  • Leadership
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 19, 2006
'A Slow Climb'

Two decades ago, spec home builder Don Hughes was $60,000 in debt. Still, he kept on going, and spending. Now he takes in $1 million in revenue when he sells a $5 million home.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 8, 2019
Extreme makeover: Cosmetic surgery supplier bear-hugs change as it breaks with its past

Clearwater, Florida-based Bovie recently took a giant risk. It sold the rights to its name and many of its core products for $97 million to Antioch, Tenn.-based Symmetry Surgical. Bovie, after the sale, rebranded as Apyx Medical Corp.

  • Strategies
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • July 21, 2017
Play it Cool

The next generation of company leadership at Air & Energy has a lot to live up to.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 26, 2025
Builder: Impact fee hike will add $18K to buying Manatee County home

Pat Neal continues to be a master navigating tumultuous real estate waters, including a percolating anti-growth and anti-developer sentiment.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 9, 2025
Richard Anderson, 39

40 Under 40 winner Richard Anderson is culinary director at Oxford Commons Hospitality Co.

  • Class of 2025
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