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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • July 21, 2021
Remain calm: planning ahead for a crisis is critical

While surprises, by nature, are unexpected, a business can, and should, prepare for a range of unseen situations.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 23, 2016
Honor to fly

Debi and Sean Lux launched a nonprofit organization that flies area veterans to visit memorials in Washington, D.C.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2018
Maximum celebration for top boat dealer

MarineMax CEO Bill McGill rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on June 7 to celebrate the Clearwater-based boat retailer's 20th year in business.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 19, 2023
Family of banks unite under one name after 94 years

The Crews brand saw an opportunity to unite after technology in the industry became more prominent.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 25, 2025
Philadelphia investor pays $12.9M for Brandon shopping center

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Sarasota dock builder buys a design studio, a fire sale at a Clearwater Beach apartment building, and construction starts at a Lee technical school.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 25, 2025
21 companies in region nominated for 'Coolest Thing Made in Florida'

Manufacturers from Plant City to Naples are competing in a contest sponsored by the Florida Chamber of Commerce.

  • Florida
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • June 24, 2011
Room to Grow

Satisfied clients recommend companies with good customer service to others. Just ask AgileThought, whose revenues have increased tenfold in five years.

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  • By James R. |
  • December 2, 2013
How to overcome internal dissent

When employees choose to ignore announcements of change, using the 'Rule of Six' to communicate the importance behind them can keep everyone moving forward.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2015
Westshore sale highlights bay's office recovery

A company led by Angelo Gordon & Co. purchased the four-building Cypress Center and Westshore Corporate Center in Westshore.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 31, 2022
New tenants take 40,000 square feet at recently renovated Sarasota building

More than $1 million in upgrades help bring new leases to Offices at Atria.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 5, 2003
Newsmakers

Movers and shakers.

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  • October 11, 2012
Dr. Gary buys $1.15M building

1-800-ASK-GARY founder buys a 15,000-square-foot building in downtown Sarasota.

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  • May 2, 2012
Rum man gulps another victory

For an entrepreneur in the rum distilling business, acceptance from Publix liquor stores across Florida is a celebratory occasion.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 20, 2021
Cider and wine tasting room to debut in region

Products come from Michigan vineyards.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 13, 2021
Bank promotes one-time teller to top regional executive

Tina Gilmore-Johnson will work as market executive for Regions Bank's St. Petersburg, Clearwater operation and the surrounding community.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 12, 2019
Saunders Ralston Dantzler joins SVN network

Commercial real estate brokerage Saunders Ralston Dantzler has joined the Boston-based SVN network of firms, shifts alliances from Coldwell Banker Commercial.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 3, 2017
MARKET SPOTLIGHT | Sarasota/Manatee Industrial Market

Although not typically considered a viable distribution hub -- especially as compared to the Interstate 4 corridor, between Tampa and Orlando — Sarasota and Manatee counties contain many of the same attributes that make Central Florida desirable for logistics firms.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 9, 2018
How to prevent injuries in the workplace

Inspections play a major part in keeping employees safe.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2016
A+ for strategy

Tampa commercial real estate broker David Sobelman, a national expert in net leases, where the tenant pays some or all property expenses, in addition to rent, senses a shift in the niche market.

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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • May 15, 2015
Entrepreneurs of the Year | Lorna Taylor

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