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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 5, 2012
Builder buys 100 lots

Medallion Home seeks to expand in a Manatee County master-planned community.

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  • August 14, 2019
Veteran bankruptcy litigator joins area law firm

New Orleans-based law firm Adams and Reese has welcomed Edmund Whitson III to its commercial restructuring and bankruptcy practice and named him a partner at its Tampa, Florida, office.

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  • December 16, 2016
Firm looks to Orlando region to shower more business

My Shower Door has five locations on the Gulf Coast.

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  • May 17, 2017
Report: New home starts up 9.8%

Metrostudy's first quarter report on Tampa housing includes 2,318 starts.

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  • July 15, 2016
Couple charged in $500K assisted living scam

The couple defrauded at least 13 Florida residents out of $500,000.

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  • March 21, 2016
Boating retailer expands mega yachts business

MarineMax is a Clearwater-based recreational boat and yacht retailer.

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  • November 9, 2015
Big builder promotes shareholders

Each of the executives has been with the firm for at least a decade.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • July 1, 2020
Boat, RV dealers ride sales surge

Travel trepidation, coupled with shutdown of schools, camps and sports, has area boat and RV dealers riding high. Supply issues could crush the wave.

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  • April 22, 2013
House won't support Enterprise Florida's 'tie'

The Florida House says it won't spend money on a marketing campaign using the logo.

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  • August 11, 2011
Single-family home sales flat

Quarterly home sales in Tampa and Sarasota were flat over the year.

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  • December 21, 2011
Home prices up 20% in Ft. Myers

The median price in November is up from $88,500 a year ago to $106,300.

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  • March 31, 2017
Condo sees sales success

Fort Myers' One condo reports sales progress since January.

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  • October 22, 2015
Home prices surge 21%

The median sale price of an existing single-family home in Lee County rose 21% in September compared with the same month in 2014.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • December 7, 2012
Flying shoes

David Simmons makes the most sought-after skates in the world. Now, he's taking on cycling shoes. One pair costs $1,800.

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  • February 24, 2006
Postcards from the Edge

Backstabbing isn't allowed at Joy Gendusa's PostcardMania office. The goal is to have fun. It works.

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  • January 22, 2016
No barriers

A young entrepreneur's bold recession-era decision saved a company. Now she grapples with a new set of challenges.

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  • May 16, 2014
Retailer looks for event-based theater

Executives at Chico's FAS, the Fort Myers-based women's retailer, have ambitious goals for how customers interact digitally with the firm's brands.

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  • March 13, 2025
L.L. Bean hiring ahead of store opening at UTC

The outdoor lifestyle brand is readying to open its first store in Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • November 18, 2025
Kroger to cut 1,403 jobs statewide, 234 in Tampa

The grocer is closing its distribution facilities after slightly more than four years since entering Florida.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 10, 2023
Tampa apartment complex sells for $45.7 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Sunseeker shows off its rooms, a hotel changes hands, and two south Sarasota County properties sell for $3.1 million.

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