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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 4, 2012
Top Salespeople: The Helper

It's easier to buy from a friend than a stranger, so Jim Blevins will be sure you have a friend at the Naples Harley-Davidson dealership.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 10, 2014
Lehigh returns

Builders of moderately priced homes are venturing back into Lehigh Acres as the housing recovery pushes sales higher.

  • Industries
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 24, 2022
Online reputation management firm hasn't stopped growing since its inception

The company is expecting to reach $15 million in annual revenue this year, but it won't be long before it hits a cool $50 million.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 5, 2025
Venice car dealer buys land once slated for pickleball club

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Naples apartment sells to a New York investor, a Fort Myers RV park is sold, and a Tampa brokerage is on a roll.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 18, 2018
Forge Ahead

It takes cunning commitment to make it as an entrepreneur.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 6, 2013
Always running

A small running specialty store in Fort Myers sells the most Newton shoes in the country on a per-square-foot basis.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 6, 2010
Unpopular Accuracy

Developers and builders sometimes don't like to hear what Michael Timmerman has to say, but he's been right more often than not. It pays to listen carefully when he speaks.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 30, 2016
Back home

Gregg Carlson took an unusual path to reach the corner office of a $20 million homebuilder.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2010
Impact Education acquired

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. bought the Fort Myers firm.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 25, 2024
Foot Locker quietly moves ahead with relocating HQ from NY to St. Pete

Several months after Foot Locker announced it was moving its global headquarters to St. Petersburg, the details remain a mystery.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • September 6, 2023
Tampa RV retailer announces two new board members

Resignation of Erika Serow comes with appointment of two new Lazydays directors.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 15, 2022
Tampa storage facility sells for nearly $20 million

The 600-unit building is located just off the interstate, across from a new $500 million mixed-used development.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2009
Brightwork Real Estate leases restaurant to Verizon

Tampa-based Brightwork Real Estate purchased a former Johnny Carino's 6,256-square-foot restaurant building, an outparcel to the Lake Brandon Village shopping center, for $2.3 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 22, 2013
Naples real estate investors buy most of Del Mar Retail Center

The price equated to $74 per square foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 1, 2021
Prominent RV retailer to open third dealership in state

Tampa, Florida-based Lazydays has announced plans to open a new dealership in Fort Pierce in the fourth quarter of 2022.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 27, 2017
Kick down the door

In a move Masonite International executives call a transformation of the company, the Tampa door manufacturer is rebranding its marketing with a tagline of “Open to extraordinary.”

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 7, 2025
Tampa Publix-anchored shopping center included in $260M financing

The local center was part of a 10-property portfolio that sold for nearly $400 million earlier this year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 11, 2025
Publix opens Fort Myers store a year after demolition

The Lakeland grocery chain built a new store on Daniels Parkway, replacing one that had stood in the space since 1990.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 13, 2021
Real estate broker goes from the Hamptons to Sarasota

A luxury real estate broker, building on a tenacious mindset to always get the sale, aims for high success in a new market.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 1, 2019
Solutions for the Future

Commercial real estate brokerage firm Land Solutions Inc. is expanding its services and installing a second-generation leader to carry the 20-year-old firm forward

  • Commercial Real Estate
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