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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2020
EDC publishes list of resources for businesses

Resources on the Sarasota EDC page include information for employers and employees.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 7, 2019
School earns national recognition for program

University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee scores well on affordability with its online IT program.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2019
Change in the air at Naples Airport

Naples Airport Authority rebrands Naples Municipal Airport to Naples Airport

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 30, 2016
Ring of new business

Bonita Springs-based Atilus, a digital design and online marketing company, recently added a unique client to its fast-growing business roster.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2012
Cape launches site

Cape Coral creates a web portal for commercial real estate brokers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2008
Elephant in the room

The winter tourism season was looking OK until the financialturmoil became a most unwelcome guest. The Super Bowl in Tampa may help take the edge off.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 13, 2005
Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Events is available free of charge.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 7, 2012
Publix buys two parcels for Longboat store

Publix Super Markets Inc. purchased two parcels adjacent to its Avenue of the Flowers Publix store on Longboat Key for $2.35 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 4, 2020
Grocer’s sales surge by 21% in second quarter

Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets Inc. generated $11.4 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2020.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2018
Grocer opens long-awaited store on college grounds

Lakeland, Florida-based grocer Publix has opened its first-ever store on a college campus, at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 20, 2014
City Mattress of Florida buys land near Super Target to develop second Naples store

Bonita Springs-based City Mattress Inc. purchased land on the southeast corner of Immokalee Road and Interstate 75 for $1.43 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 13, 2021
Airport's passenger traffic in February increases 26% over January

Despite the gains, passenger traffic in February was 69% of the 2020 level.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 29, 2007
Coffee Talk

Businesses fight back: We're not bad: The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce is out to prove that businesses, both big ones and small ones, from developers to diamond sellers, aren't the enemy of the good life on the Gulf Coast.Judge advocates secrecy pact: The Spanish government got another step closer to getting long-awaited details of the estimated $500 million in sunken treasure salvaged by Tampa-based deep-sea explorers thisWestshore projects slow down and stop: South West Shore Boulevard has some of the last large tracts of waterfront land in South Tampa available for redevelopment.Company seeks motivation in new name: An entrepreneur's two-year quest to stop a sales slide and focus on a new direction has led to one of the riskiest decisions a company could make: A name change.ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT

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  • August 28, 2015
New hospital for super-sick ready to go

Stevens Construction has completed the construction of the 50-bed Landmark Hospital of Southwest Florida in Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 24, 2022
Developer to convert Naples hotel to workforce housing

The developer will take a 104-room hotel in Naples and turn it into apartments that are affordable for area workers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 12, 2026
Aldi, Publix open three stores in a week across Tampa region

The grocers opened the local stores in the past week on the heels of Aldi announcing a new South Sarasota location.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 17, 2019
Veteran entrepreneurs to benefit from arrival of national nonprofit

Bunker Labs, a national nonprofit that helps veterans start and operate businesses, will hold a grand opening for its Tampa chapter — the first in Florida — on Sept. 26.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 22, 2025
7 job fairs from Tampa to Fort Myers coming up

From local government to luxury resorts, employers across the region are hiring.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 24, 2014
BB&T Insurance promotes local exec

John Laurie oversees 26 insurance brokers in the Bradenton-Sarasota market.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2010
Fight goes on for Sarasota's Fishman

For the second time in two years, Sarasota entrepreneur Jordan Fishman has won courtroom vindication in a business case that has consumed his life since 2005.

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