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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 19, 2010
Big permit news in Collier - not

Collier County, which has elevated glacially slow construction permitting to a fine art, recently announced major news about obtaining a building permit.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 10, 2013
First Watch expands in Tampa Bay

The Bradenton-based restaurant will open two new locations in the bay area in the next seven days.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2008
Rooms Service

John McKibbon continues a family tradition of building and managing hotels, expanding the company throughout the Southeast.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 18, 2023
St. Petersburg native leads Swedish builder's parks projects

Chuck Jablon, who grew up in St. Petersburg, sees building parks for Skanska USA's Tampa office as a way to give back to the community and to leave his stamp on Tampa Bay.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • September 5, 2024
SWFL restaurant week turns into bustling month of revenue gains

Sizzle Dining has grown from a small event to a September celebration — a big impact on the Southwest Florida restaurant industry and one of the largest restaurant week events in the region.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 9, 2010
Gov. Crist starts loan program

A re-activated program will lend money small businesses impacted by the oil spill.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2014
Punta Gorda Airport traffic soars

August passenger traffic at the Punta Gorda Airport rose 73% compared with the same month in 2013.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2016
Sarasota Memorial named top 100 hospital

The hospital was recognized in the list by Truven Health Analytics.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2014
Best in class

Attention successful graduates of Florida Gulf Coast University.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 5, 2011
Lee issues $40M in permits

Permitting for new commercial construction is approaching 2007 levels.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2019
Bank plans $30 million investment in new headquarters

Fort Myers demolition, construction and architect firms teaming up for new FineMark building.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 4, 2014
Little Greek growing bigger

The Tampa-based restaurant franchise expects to open five new locations by the end of the year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 2, 2015
Former TV exec new COO at Tucker/Hall

Darren Richards will work with longtime president Bill Carlson in growing the 25-year-old public relations firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2015
Sarasota-Bradenton new homes pace slows down

Metrostudy report also reveals gap between price points.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 14, 2022
Coke Florida opens new sales, distribution facility in St. Petersburg

The $10.2 million, 22,000-square-foot project broke ground in 2019 but construction was slowed by the pandemic.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • July 24, 2015
Soup to nuts

The rebound in hospitality statewide has produced lots of winners. One of those companies has a strategy to keep the vibe going.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 6, 2007
Affordable housing comes with strings

Developer asks city of Sarasota to partially fund affordable housing units. At the top end, he is asking for $250,000 in tax increment financing for each unit to be built.

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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • February 25, 2010
Innovation Wave

For the past 18 months, Tampa Bay's Web developer community has been gaining momentum. Linda Olson is part of the reason.

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  • By James R. |
  • February 27, 2015
Know your customer

Others can try to copy your prices or your products, but exceptional customer service will always differentiate you from your competition.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 8, 2026
Three-story St. Armands redevelopment plan faces FEMA 50% obstacle

Shore might be required to shore up flood resiliency as it pursues plans to return to St. Armands Circle.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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