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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 1, 2018
School's quest to attract students for new program takes simple, straightforward approach

Sarasota's Ringling College of Art and Design will introduce a new major — virtual reality development — this fall. The communications team is marketing it with simple, straightforward approach.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 27, 2019
Grove at Wesley Chapel to expand

MGold Properties and Mishorim Investments, which in September acquired the Grove at Wesley Chapel retail center for $62.7 million, plan to invest another $150 million to nearly triple the size of the existing center with new offerings.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 6, 2025
Boston restaurant chain opens Parrish location

Kelly’s Roast Beef opened a new restaurant in Creekside Commons in Manatee County, the sixth for the chain in Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2017
Study: Visitors pump $6B into economy

Visit Tampa Bay study says visitors helped support nearly 50,000 jobs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2017
Bed tax collections up 7% in August

Visit St. Pete/Clearwater reports 42% increase from 2011 to 2016

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2007
Coffee Talk

JBM Realty Advisors goes California dreamin' : Another Tampa company, JBM Realty Advisors, one of the nation's premier institutional multifamily brokerage firms, recently connected with a large out-of-state business, Sperry Van Ness.Sarasota Chamber looks to tomorrow with optimism: Sarasota Tomorrow, the capital campaign designed to prove businesses aren't just a necessary evil, kicked of its donation season with a big announcement: It has already raised $1.22 million - 60% of its $2 million goal.Condo project goes retro, sells most units: The following sentence wasn't lifted out of a 2005 Coffee Talk item: A Sarasota condo developer has been selling units at about the rate of one a week for three months, with the majority going to the contract stage Sarasota money manager dies from stroke: Gary Wood, founder of a Sarasota-based money management firm bearing his name, died Nov. 29, a few weeks after suffering a stroke. He was 68.HMA highlights chairman's stock sales: It's usually a routine affair when top executives sell stock of the company they manage.Foreign tourism slips, security issues blamed: Security concerns are making it more difficult for the Tampa Bay area to attract foreign visitors, a key component of the area's important tourism industry.Commercial brokers seek access to TICs: If the National Association of Realtors has its way with federal regulators, some commercial real estate brokers will have another way of m

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  • September 17, 2010
Corporate Report: Sept. 17 - Sept. 23

The latest news from Cryo-Cell, World Wide Security, and others.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • November 1, 2019
Storied property moves forward on multimillion-dollar project

A big challenge at the revamped Shangri-La Springs? Finding staff to meet the demand.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 18, 2016
Home run

A Sarasota firm recently more than doubled its money with a Tampa office project. Not bad for less than three years of ownership.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 7, 2025
L.L. Bean opens 17K-square-foot store at UTC, first in Florida

The retailer specializing in outdoor gear is making its entry into the Southeast with its new store.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • November 26, 2025
Construction underway on $505M, 26-mile South Hillsborough Pipeline

The new pipeline will deliver clean drinking water throughout the region, from Brandon to Lithia and the Wimauma/Balm area, once completed in 2028.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2003
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Richard K. "Dick" Armey, the former U.S. House majority leader laments loss of Tony DungyThe Florida Council on Economic Education has released the names of the next five inductees into the Tampa Bay Business Hall of Fame.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 7, 2007
Mortgage Vacuum

Mortgage brokers are closing their doors as the credit crunch claims more victims. Banks may reclaim their status as residential lenders.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2008
Senior Market

Allen McMurtry sells senior housing developments across the country and says demographic changes favor this industry.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 6, 2006
Rebuilding Momentum

Hillsboro Printing Co. CEO Dick Lange plans to triple revenue to $30 million in two years in the competitive, changing printing industry, looking for tuck-in''acquisitions.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 26, 2013
Glenview Capital tries to oust HMA board

The hedge fund urges shareholders of the hospital operator to elect a new board.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2011
New blog tracks Ponzi schemes across U.S.

Seems like there are blogs for everything these days. But Tampa attorney Jordan Maglich was surprised to learn no one, far as he could tell, monitored Ponzi schemes nationwide.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2014
Willner Realty & Development buys Lincoln Shores apartments

Willner Realty & Development Co. purchased the real estate, furnishings and business operations of the 631-unit Lincoln Shores apartments for $53 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 9, 2024
Liz Dimmitt drives museum, auto dealership forward with continual change

“We had to decide ‘This too shall pass.’ That was a scary time, but we had faith that sooner or later the world would have to open back up.” –Liz Dimmitt, Dimmitt Chevrolet/Fairgrounds St. Pete

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 18, 2005
Legal Briefs (Tampa)

Mechanik Nuccio trial team wins $1.2 million jury verdictJury awards $1.1 million to employee-leasing firmStetson establishes center for higher education law

  • Law
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