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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • October 8, 2010
High-Tech Hammer Down

Tampa-based Pegasus TransTech makes it easier for truckers to process their paperwork. With 800 scanners in the U.S. and Canadian expansion under way, the road is wide open.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 1, 2016
Brunch lunch chain bites into Carolinas

First Watch plans to open a dozen locations in North Carolina and South Carolina in the next five years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • August 20, 2010
Driving the Bus

Valerie Harwell, a former insurance manager, has taken on new duties as president and CEO of The Omnia Group. It's a company she has been familiar with from the start.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2021
Roofing company gets recognition with 120-year legacy

The award was given to Sutter Roofing for its commitment and support to the communities it serves.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2011
Isram Realty Group buys Pinebrook Commons

Hollandale-based Isram Realty Group purchased the 33,341-square-foot Pinebrook Commons on Cortez Road and 51st Street for $1.13 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 5, 2022
Prominent Sarasota law firm finds new downtown HQ, leaving offices it's been at for nearly 45 years

Williams Parker will move out of its current offices on Orange Avenue into the Plaza at Five Points.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 7, 2018
Inc.'d up: Super-fast growth sets record

Tampa, Florida-based printing and promotional products firm Proforma has seen 26 of its franchisees, who collectively own and operate 12 businesses, make the Inc. 5000 list of the country's fastest-growing companies.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 6, 2013
Resident Techie: Chromecast: Good, but needs some polish

Last night I had a magical moment from one of the most seemingly mundane pieces of modern technology. Google's Chromecast isn't the first media streamer and, at the moment, it likely isn't even the best. But there's something special there and it goes way beyond the obvious.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 21, 2020
Despite 90% monthly drop in sales, travel tech firm soldiers on

Squaremouth, a St. Petersburg, Florida, company that operates a travel insurance comparison website, has, for the eighth consecutive year, been named to the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing companies.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2012
Talk to the farmer

Lipman, which bills itself as North America's largest field-tomato grower, has launched a website for consumers.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2016
Tech entrepreneur buys ABA basketball team

Tryouts for the Sarasota Manatees will be held Aug. 19 and Aug. 20.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2022
Apartment rent rate increases wildly outpace many other parts of the country

The Naples, Fort Myers and Sarasota-Bradenton regions remain national leaders in multifamily rent increases, as demand continues to soar.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2011
Ex-mayor keynotes 'super region' event

Former Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy will be the keynote speaker for the Super Regional Leadership Conference, set for April 28-29 at the Tampa Convention Center.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 8, 2015
Movie magic returns to south Hillsborough

After years of being overshadowed by newer and bigger movie theaters in other parts of the Gulf Coast, the Brandon and Riverview area of Hillsborough County is once again becoming a cinematic star.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2011
Triad drops Digital, adds Retail

Tampa's Triad Digital Media changed its name to Triad Retail Media.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2014
$26.25 million - Lakewood Walk

Lakeland-based grocer Publix Super Markets purchased the 90,000-square-foot Lakewood Walk shopping center for $26.25 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 4, 2020
Eastwind developing multifamily project in Posner Park

Siena Pointe, a 55-plus community from Eastwind Development,, becomes latest component to $500 million, mixed-use development in Polk County.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 2, 2011
Peak 10's Curtiss starting new venture

Debra Curtiss, who helped build the Tampa office of Peak 10 into a local data storage power, has left the firm to re-launch her own company.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 4, 2016
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROFILE | Roger Thomas

Roger Thomas leads Workspace Property Trust, which last month completed a $969 million acquisition of a portfolio of office properties from Liberty Property Trust, including numerous properties in the Tampa area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 22, 2013
Score some business advice

Manasota Score, a mentoring organization for businesses with a stable of retired executives in consulting roles, has hit on two new ways to reach out to entrepreneurs.

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