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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • April 8, 2024
NY concert promoter, exec brings exclusive private gig club to Sarasota

Barry Weisblatt is using his decades of music business exocrine to jumpstart a new business idea: a private concert club.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 5, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Bank holds out for nice price: It was not six months ago that Glen W. Fausset, president of 1st National Bank & Trust, was stamping out speculation that the 19-year-old Bradenton bank would be sold.How much should new homes be assessed?: Let's get a little perspective here.Benderson adds a local voice: For the past five years, it has been the biggest, but it also has been the quietest.Don't judge the impact-fee committee just yet: Sarasota County Commissioner Jon Thaxton's advice to the media and others concerning the Florida Impact Fee Review Task Force is don't pre-judge its members.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 6, 2019
IP Capital completes a Grand deal

$226 million purchase of the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay and Bayport Plaza will further integrate the two properties in Tampa's Westshore district

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 31, 2024
Sarasota inks arts center design pact with architect Renzo Piano

After some discord between government funding entities, the vision for Sarasota's new performing arts center on the bayfront moves into its next phase: design.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 26, 2022
2023 could be year downtown Clearwater begins long awaited transformation

Talk about the redevelopment of downtown Clearwater is finally moving past the chatter.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2003
Street Sales

Admobile of Tampa Bay tries a new twist on an old concept. But its moving billboards may not be able to stay in one place for very long.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 2, 2017
All about the experience

Retail isn't dead, contrary to popular belief. But changing consumer tastes means the shopping experience itself is as critical as the goods sold.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Denise Federer |
  • October 3, 2024
In business conflict, separate the person from the problem

Interpersonal disagreements in the workplace can escalate quickly, a situation compounded in a family business. One key to remember: Words matter.

  • Advice
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 7, 2023
Six months after Ian, furniture store destroyed in storm reopens

The floods and devastation left by Ian pushed the partners, and some employees, of Badcock Home Furniture & more to the brink. But a sense of normalcy is creeping back.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 14, 2005
Bull and Bear

Forbes Inc. CEO Steve Forbes says the U.S. economy is better than the way people feel - if only the Fed could get it right and the tax code trashed.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 7, 2012
A Welcome Return

Nearly half the community banks on the Gulf Coast have a positive quarterly return on assets, more than double the 2009 tally. Bankers hope the turn has staying power.

  • Finance
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  • By Alicia Ceccarelli |
  • July 14, 2017
Wear and Share

Sam Lewis, founder of a philanthropic-minded screen-printing apparel business, is local in sales. But he's global in mission.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 2, 2024
City of Sarasota, developers to deliver 600 affordable housing units

With several projects in the pipeline, the city has earned a Local Action Award from the Florida League of Cities for its attainable housing density bonus program.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2018
Three cities in one county make fastest-growing list

Among 515 cities in Wallethub study, Fort Myers was ranked No. 1, with Lehigh Acres placing seventh and Cape Coral ranked No. 24

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 29, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

Resistance is futile: Maybe community bankers should just give up now.Can't get enough Freedom: Another of those pesky community banks is almost up and running.Wells Fargo takes two hits: An advocacy group for low-income families picked an interesting time to go after Wells Fargo & Co. for its lending practices, including those in the Tampa Bay area.Reflecting Actualities: For years, Fowler White Boggs Banker PA recruited heavily at the law schools for its summer associates program, which served primarily as a springboard into a full-time job as an associate lawyer.First to the blocks: Belinda Noah has taken the lead among all candidates who want to topple U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, R-Florida.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 30, 2024
Landlords left unpaid, with empty storefronts as bankruptcies rise

Commercial bankruptcies jumped 40% last year, leaving many landlords to deal with the consequences of a complicated process.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • January 6, 2011
No Slowdown

Entrepreneur/philanthropist John Sykes remains active in Tampa years after retiring from his namesake company. His latest projects are restoring ethics to financial services and strengthening faith among college students.

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  • By Denise Federer |
  • April 24, 2020
Challenges, opportunities and change in the time of coronavirus

FInd ways to come out of the pandemic a better business leader.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 28, 2018
Apartments dominate, but resorts rise

This year's top commercial real estate sales differed from recent years past in that resorts topped the list in each of the three Gulf Coast submarkets

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 1, 2013
Sweet Symphony

A pair of executives bring their history of business success to an IT services firm. Their goal is to help clients do it all.

  • Strategies
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