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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2018
Entrepreneur wants to offer a head start to startups

Dunedin entrepreneur David Ponraj left Nielsen to launch Startup Space, a company that specializes in helping other startups.

  • News
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 17, 2025
IMG Academy adds wrestling to sports lineup in 2026

The Bradenton boarding school will offer on-campus programs for 11 sports.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 13, 2024
Coca-Cola to close Pinellas County plant, lay off 200 people

The soft drink company is the third manufacturer since Feb. 5 to announce it is closing a local plant and cutting jobs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 16, 2026
Two Lakeland Harveys to become Winn-Dixie stores

The Jacksonville grocer says the local changes are part of a larger companywide transformation.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 17, 2006
Back from the Bust

Groups devoted to supporting the tech industry had growth problems of their own during the industry's slide. Being more active in the community and reaching out to untapped markets has helped them come back.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2013
Corporate Report: February 22

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 22, 2016
Horizontal skyscraper

Majestic Realty's two-building e-commerce fulfillment center for Wal-Mart in Polk County is massive — and then some.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • March 4, 2025
Manatee County reconsiders buying shuttered fruit farm appraised at $16M

The property could become a county complex that includes a library, park and community center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 26, 2024
Venice aviation-repair firm expands, will buy $1M X-ray machine

Turbine Weld Industries has outgrown its space and plans to make significant investments in its growth. "We've never seen this amount of volume," the company president says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 19, 2025
Miami developer gets $121 million loan for St. Petersburg project

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a New York banks stays in Tampa, an industrial site is up for sale in Sarasota, and a famed barrier island inn is being rebuilt.

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 17, 2017
New beginning

Former Lakewood Ranch and Babcock Ranch executive is creating a new niche at Ian Black Real Estate in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2008
e-savings Evolves

The founders of Sarasota-based eCouponsFlorida.com began meeting about their other business interests, but quickly realized they wanted to be partners and formed a new kind of online coupon company.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2019
Officials from area distilleries share how to get word out about products

The Central West Coast Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association held an event about how to create buzz in a crowded marketplace.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 4, 2016
Project generates controversy

Collier County commissioners, against vocal opposition, recently approved a large expansion project for medial device manufacturer Arthrex, one of the largest companies and employers in Naples.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2014
In Memoriam: Bill Halfacre 1925-2014

Construction executive Bill Halfacre was more than ready back in the 1970s when he heard a few Sarasota officials wanted to impose a building moratorium.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • November 6, 2023
Proposed Ybor business curfew at 1 a.m. criticized but remains in play

Ybor City has been the victim of violence, and the business community has concerns.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • October 9, 2023
ZooTampa scores record-setting attendance year

ZooTampa releases attendance numbers and plans for 2024

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • November 16, 2023
Burger chain plucks former Bloomin' Brands execs for leadership posts

Tampa-based Checkers and Rally's says they have made two new executive hires, and both of them have experience at Bloomin' Brands.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 30, 2024
$1B terminal expansion to start at Fort Myers airport

Southwest Florida International Airport is adding a brand-new concourse to meet a projected increase in passengers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Alex Gutierrez builds spec Euro-Tech facilityKeenan Development buys land for Keiser building twin City commission approvesThirteen Fifty MainBrooke Chase Associates relocates to Second Street

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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