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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 14, 2005
Stock Keeps Rising

A father-and-son development team from Wisconsin burst into the Naples residential development market with lightning speed in just four years. Now, they're moving into other parts of Florida and beyond.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 28, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Developer Plans Project on North Tamiami TrailAmerican Property's Seidel buys Big Kitchen buildingPrimerica buys SunTrust lot, plans Commons center expansionOur Hands-on clinicexpands nearbyRinker buys land from APACHarry's owners buy FoodmartRoadway, utilityproject to begin soon

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 26, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Tarragon acquires Mainstreet at Bradenton for $38 millionChicago joint venture buys 800 acresBooth Studio buys building, consolidating operationsAA Alexander Fine Jewelers buys St. Armands buildingTwo investors buy portion of retail strip center

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2008
Walsh: Review and Comment

Quit blaming Wall Street; capitalism didn't fail

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2003
Kangaroo Court?

Sarasota's Nuisance Abatement Board puts local property owners on the hook for the actions of their tenants. Ignorance is no excuse.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • November 26, 2010
Truck Stop

The trucking business isn't sexy, admits Gulf Coast entrepreneur Paul Henley. Still, Henley says the fragmented industry could sure use a $250 million national force. He hopes to give it one.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 20, 2011
Anchors Away

A pair of diligent and persistent business partners with diverse backgrounds dips deep into the maritime industry. It's a risky course.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 7, 2020
D.R. Horton, Lennar among most prolific Gulf Coast residential land buyers

DR Horton and Lennar Corp., two of the region's largest and most active homebuilders, have invested hundreds of millions of dollars into buying land over the past five years here.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2007
The New Gringos

Central America is the Next Big Thing for Southwest Florida developers. The key is putting the right team together.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 29, 2007
The Bravest Developer

Building a condo-hotel in Southwest Florida takes, well, fortitude. Robert Hensley's got plenty of it.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2008
Corporate Report

Middle East investment firm buys PODS for $430 millionSyniverse Technologies buys wireless servicesAerosonic subsidiary finds Virginia contaminationBrown & Brown acquires Evergreen Re, Curzi InsuranceProgress Energy Florida buys more Biomass outputQuality Distribution finishes Boasso America buyQRS Music Technologies plans 'The Manhattan' piano

  • Industries
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 23, 2006
From Old to New

Using nuclear-based technology, AnazaoHealth Corp. lives up to its Greek name. It transforms old drugs into new drugs that work more effectively.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 19, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Lee/Collier)

Worthington Communities Sells Arborwood in Lee CountyFreeland buys 16 acres to move Naples NissanOffice condos planned for downtown Fort MyersPrime Homebuilders plantown homes for Lee, CollierUS Home buys Heritage Bay condo tractLennar to build condos in Fort Myers

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 13, 2006
Great to Great

Mutual fund executive Jim Huguet expands his definition of 'great companies.' They don't all reside in the S&P 500 anymore.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 2, 2006
The Piano Man

A Gulf Coast company is giving the shrinking piano industry new life with playback technology. The plan is to make lucrative music.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 29, 2006
Good Business

Small businesses got two big wins during the legislative session. Look for health care insurance reform next year.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 9, 2006
Reduced Risk

Utilizing a niche in the market, a pair of Sarasota money managers has discovered a way to invest without obsessing over the daily Wall Street news barrage.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2003
Profit Comes First

The CEO at Tampa's Global Imaging Systems Inc. learned at two other office-technology distributors that acquisition-aided revenue growth doesn't always boost earnings.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Sand Pebble owners buy Alamanda VillaCED-Concord Management buys land for Rolling Green SouthLepore family plans Blackburn Point Business CenterChamp Products buys larger Bradenton building

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2009
Window on the Future

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is using every available resource, including his teenage son, to ensure that Windows 7 isn't another Vista.

  • Strategies
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