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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 24, 2014
Lowry Park Zoo receives tax-free loan to build animal care complex

The Lowry Park Zoological Society plans to develop a new animal-care complex.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 28, 2014
Ocean Properties Ltd. closes on Lido's Sandcastle Hotel

The price equated to $154,802 unit.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2014
Investment group buys Cleveland office building

An investment group led by Robert Manuel Tomas, manager of the Texas company U Connect Medical LLC, purchased a 25,370-square-foot office building for $2.2 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 17, 2014
Earn a digital-media degree

Hodges University will launch a digital-media baccalaureate program this fall and named Andrea Fortin as chair.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 20, 2014
The Ferber Co. developing Wawa on Fowler Street, Colonial Boulevard site

Ponte Vedra Beach developer The Ferber Co. purchased 3.45 acres of commercial land for $2.15 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 8, 2016
Not so lazy

Lazydays, the Seffner-based recreational vehicle giant, is adding a new brand of RVs to its fleet to help the firm make a push into a new market.

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  • September 11, 2015
High Street Realty buys Tampa Distribution Center

Boston-based real estate investment firm High Street Realty Co. LLC purchased the 955,000-square-foot Tampa Distribution Center from MetLife Real Estate Investors for $43.38 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 8, 2015
RV company expanding to Colorado

Seffner-based Lazydays is buying RV America and its three Colorado dealerships.

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  • February 20, 2015
Cadillac dealer gets remodel

Stevens Construction has completed the 16-month renovation of DeVoe Cadillac in Naples, building a new two-story showroom and additional service bays.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • April 14, 2025
Pinellas roofing company expands business to include metal fabrication

Ozark Roofing and Construction is aiming to streamline its services.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 8, 2025
30-acre Pasco property sold for $12.75M for build-to-rent community

South Carolina-based Maymont Homes bought the parcel in the Bexley master-planned community.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 18, 2025
Sarasota industrial site on the market

The nearly 45,000-square-foot space is listed at $11.42 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 13, 2025
Investor picks up St. Petersburg retail properties

Dallas-based The Dallas firm bought three mixed-use retail properties on Central Avenue in downtown St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Matt Walsh and Joel Schleicher |
  • March 22, 2020
Plea to Gov. DeSantis: Give the state economic hope

This is now a two-front war. Unless there is decisive action, Florida’s economy is facing an epic catastrophe.

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  • September 5, 2024
Tervis files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The 78-year-old manufacturer believes the setback, stemming from multiple factors, will allow the business to come back stronger and better.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • September 19, 2003
15 Newsmakers (9/19/03)

AccountingKathleen Hargreaves, CPA, a shareholder with Sarasota's Kerkering, Barberio & Co. PA recently published "Physician Asset Protection Planning: A New Urgency" in CPA Today, a Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants magazine. The arti

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  • June 4, 2010
Government Digest: June 4 - June 10

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 4, 2020
SPP taps Cushman for Water Street offices

Brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield will lease and manage 1001 Water St. and the planned 400 Channelside Drive in the Water Street Tampa development.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Kevin Greenwell, 37

Agency principal, East & Greenwell Insurance

  • Class of 2016
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 17, 2015
Like a bolt

Growing into a mature business can be complicated for even the starriest startup. Some successes lead to more challenges.

  • Entrepreneurs
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