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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 31, 2020
Southwest Florida job seekers: find the places hiring now

CareerSource Southwest Florida offers a virtual recruiter.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2018
CEO-focused group appoints new president

Marina Wolf-Schmidt joins three others in officer positions with the Gulf Coast CEO Forum.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 22, 2018
Man sentenced to three months in jail for loan scheme

Stephen Hummell of Sarasota was also sentenced to 15 years of probation after a guilty plea for an advanced fee loan scam.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 31, 2017
Ronto buys coveted Naples site for $15.1 million

The Ronto Group, one of the most active residential high-rise developers along the Gulf Coast, with projects from downtown Sarasota to Marco Island, has acquired a coveted Naples tract for $15.1 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 6, 2017
Digital firm hires exec, plans national expansion

Jordan Azis is the new director of business development at Atilus.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 28, 2017
Gramercy buys Bristol-Myers' Tampa building

Gramercy Property Trust, a New York-based investment company that owns more than 325 properties nationwide, has acquired a Tampa office building housing Bristol-Myers Squibb's North American Capability Center.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2014
Cape Coral a work in progress

Cape Coral, the city across the river from Fort Myers, was one of the hardest-hit areas in the economic downturn and foreclosure crisis.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 14, 2014
CableOrganizer.com buys EquiCross

The Fort Lauderdale company plans to integrate EquiCross' crowd- and traffic-control equipment into its existing products.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 28, 2014
Cole Real Estate Investments buys Bonita Springs Family Dollar

The price equated to $214 per square foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 28, 2014
Nicholas Financial announces contingency plan

The company has named a successor for its CEO in the event its buyout deal with Prospect Capital Corp. is not completed by his May 31 retirement.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 3, 2013
Women's pain relief firm targets Europe

Sarasota-based Ziivaa made its European debut in late November.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2016
Leave your wallet in San Francisco

It's not just a five-hour flight that separates the bay areas of San Francisco versus the bay areas of Tampa and St. Petersburg.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 18, 2016
MQ planning Fort Myers retail

MQ Development Partners, a Dallas-based firm that specializes in retail projects in Texas and Florida, is planning to add retail offerings to roughly 10 acres at Heritage Gulf Lakes, in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2016
The fix is in

Florida, it turns out, is more than oranges, tourists and condo booms and busts.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2014
PGT feels good vibes from Wall Street

Quarterly earnings rose 19.2% at the impact resistant window and door firm.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2015
Door company opens payroll to 150 Brits

The Tampa door maker buys Performance Doorset Solutions near Manchester for $16 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 23, 2015
Sarasota firm rescues Pasco apartments

Sarasota management company buys two complexes in the middle of foreclosure by a San Antonio nonprofit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 2, 2025
Brandon drug store sells for $5.2 million

A 10,856-square-foot building about a mile east of Interstate 75 and leased to CVS in Brandon has been sold.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • January 22, 2025
Longtime Tampa litigation firm names new COO

Tenille Turner-Trigg has been with Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig for two decades.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 24, 2025
National gym chain signs St. Petersburg, Fort Myers leases

EōS Fitness, which has seven locations along the Gulf Coast, is opening its first SWFL gym next year as part of its expansion statewide.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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