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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 10, 2018
Casto Southeast Realty Services in a sweet spot with plethora of projects

Casto Southeast Realty Services has differentiated itself through mixed-use commercial real estate projects that require expertise in places like Tampa, Lakewood Ranch, Sarasota, Daytona, Clemson, South Carolina and Raleigh, North Carolina

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2007
Software Spartans

With fresh capital in place, Persystent Technologies, a Tampa-based business software company, unveils its latest product that relentlessly battles PC problems.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Law firms come throughAll in the familyCritic says job picture betterSecond time is a charmBlue sky for bankersJudicial nominees

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 25, 2020
Full-court press: Stymied entrepreneurs continue to pursue redevelopment project

After a several iterations, a plan for a revamped Sarasota Bath and Racquet Fitness Club remains in limbo. The property owners are giving it one more go.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 30, 2018
Developer builds centers of attention

Retail center developer S.J. Collins seeks to enhance communities with purposeful design and mix of tenants. Daniels Marketplace in Fort Myers is its latest example.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 19, 2019
Banker, nearing 80, forges ahead with tech startup

CapTec is a matchmaking entity of sorts to connect small businesses nationwide with community banks for loan opportunities, using proprietary data algorithms.

  • Finance
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 29, 2025
Sarasota golf course acquired, new management company hired

Serenoa Golf Club marks the entry into Florida for golf course management company Pinnacle Golf Properties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2013
Corporate Report: January 4

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • April 16, 2009
Government Digest

A Look at state and local government

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 22, 2013
Surround Sound

A corporate executive turned entrepreneur once thought success was all about fast growth. But he discovered that's not always true.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 8, 2013
Right Place

Timing has been a key ally in Sean McHale's banking career going back to 2002, when he took over a wealth management division in the boom. He now runs a division of SunTrust Bank on the Gulf Coast.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 7, 2012
A New Flag

PNC Bank is the latest entry into Gulf Coast regional banking. The Pittsburgh-based firm still has big plans for Florida.

  • Finance
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 28, 2021
Developer raises offer for county building to $25M, sale negotiations underway

As leading bidder bumps offer, Sarasota County Commissioners allow administrator to continue negotiating sale of admin building

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 18, 2022
Survey says: 93% of architects optimistic about development economy

Architects upbeat about the construction industry in 2022.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 22, 2017
Match Maker

An executive who lives by the motto 'if you're not failing, you're not trying' zeroes in on a potentially transformative project for his latest major donation.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 19, 2018
All Related

Miami-based Related Group is diversifying in multiple ways, to the benefit of St. Petersburg and Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • June 5, 2014
Designing Doom

Jay Kamhi works with a famous toy designer to bring their cute and creepy baby dolls to market. With a potential movie or television deal, the duo believes Vamplets will make it big.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 18, 2015
Identity crisis

A new institute at Hodges University plans to help businesses protect themselves from the growing problem of identity theft.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 16, 2025
Florida Chamber says property insurance market shows improvements

The organization credits legislative reforms for helping bring down property insurance costs and lessening the burden on state-run Citizens.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 19, 2013
Texas roofing company covers Gulf Coast

Dallas-based Roofing Supply Group will serve four local counties.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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