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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 27, 2022
Developer of luxury waterfront tower secures $75 million in financing

Construction moving along at Altura Bayshore as sales top $60 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2015
Auto dealer revs up sales, surpasses $550M

Gettel Automotive is one of four area dealerships to make a national list.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 29, 2015
Window firm's shares reach new heights

Shares of Venice-based PGT Inc. close in on $12.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 12, 2011
GL Homes partners with MREC

The two will develop the 850-home Riverstone Community in Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 4, 2010
Two out of 50 top contractors ain't bad

Two Tampa Bay-based contractors appear on this year's “Big 50” list in the latest issue of Remodeling magazine.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 12, 2023
Homebuilder debuts new Polk County community

Centex, a PulteGroup brand, held a grand opening of Lake Alfred Pines last month.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 2, 2012
Lincare to bring $3.8 billion

The Linde Group has entered an agreement to acquire the home health company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 31, 2011
Kenyon named Tech Forum CEO

Former development officer Heather Kenyon rejoins the Tampa Bay group.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 4, 2011
HSN profit up 15%, stock up 2%

The Home Shopping Network operator earns $20 million in quarterly profits.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2007
Coffee Talk

Ooh la Latina!: Erika Pena, the Fort Myers jewelry designer, was listed among the 10 most stylish Latinas on the popular Stylist section of AOL.com recently.Tomorrow is just a day away: The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce is climbing aboard the tough times caravan.Electric utilities consolidating?: Nothing official yet, but talk is heating up again about possible mergers in the electric utility industry. With the number of people they employ, this could be a bomb.Gulf Coast Realtor 'joins' the Navy: The Gulf Coast business community has no shortage of executives willing to serve on community and charity-related boards, from school councils to civic groups to national foundations.Getting good exposure on the tube: Tampa-based tech company Actsoft Inc. got some national exposure recently and didn't pay a dime for it: on the TV series "CSI: Miami."Legal battles continue for OSI: Three months ago, OSI Restaurant Partners shareholders approved a management buyout of the Tampa parent company of Outback Steakhouse, but legal work remains.Existing home sales and prices continue to dropGuaranteeing a good time (to buy)

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2013
Goodwill e-commerce booming

It's not just the Goodwill thrift stores that are doing brisk business these days.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 19, 2021
Global pharmaceutical giant chooses region for hub, plans hundreds of jobs

Pfizer's Heights Union office deal, one of the largest in Tampa in years, represents the latest biotech and pharmaceutical company to commit to the region.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 9, 2022
Climate-tech discussion to feature PODS executive

Tampa Bay Innovation Center’s latest Tech Talk Innovation Series will also virtually preview the business accelerator’s new headquarters, funded in part by Cathie Wood’s ARK Investment Management.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2021
Brokerage crushes 2020 sales volume in eight months

Premier Sotheby’s International Realty is also a national leader in sales volume.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 8, 2011
'Chain gang' helps rejuvenate a region

The chain-based retail sector in mid-Sarasota County, left for dead in the recession, is showing some life.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2007
Home sales uber alles

Why wait for euro-carrying Germans to visit Southwest Florida? One homebuilder is selling Fort Myers and Naples homes directly to Germans in their own country.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2010
Home sales up, prices follow

More Gulf Coast residential real estate sold in June, but not because prices fell.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 1, 2020
Penler buys Manatee County apartments

The Tradition at Palm Aire apartments become the latest suburban multifamily rental property to trade amid the oronavirus pandemic.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 20, 2024
Downtown Sarasota bank building sells for $5.75 million

The Fruitville Road building is the site of a new Chase bank branch that will consolidate two branches across from the Aster & Links project currently under construction.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 9, 2024
50-acre Gasworx project outside downtown Tampa starts to take shape

While it is still in the early stages, the plans for and the work on the Gasworx project shows how the development may transform Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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