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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 15, 2013
Rack attack could be on the way

Speculation is high that the Sarasota-Manatee market could be the next target for Nordstrom Rack.

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 2, 2021
Sarasota 55-plus living project gets financing

Trez Capital financing for Alloro at University Groves is the company’s second high-profile debt placement in the past month along the Gulf Coast

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 24, 2019
Cortland refinances Tampa projects with $106 million loan

Cortland Partners refinances Tampa-area apartment projects and reconfigures ownership

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • October 3, 2025
USF Credit Union expands outside Tampa Bay for first time

USF Credit Union is expanding to Winter Park, with an expected opening date in spring 2026.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • December 11, 2025
Tampa eye care nonprofit to break ground on $16M Ybor City project

The Lions World Vision Institute will break ground Friday on its new Vision Health Center adjacent to its Ybor City headquarters.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 31, 2003
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Builders contest impact fees How SMH is stopping the bleedingLongboat company disputes claim

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2008
Shades of Green

A onetime designer of $4,000 suits and his partner, abeachfront homes Realtor, are turning green for a new business venture. They hope to turn some greenbacks, too.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: Dec. 24 - Dec. 30

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 18, 2022
Boston hospitality company shuttering Tampa hotel and laying off all employees

The company will close the Westshore district hotel near Tampa International Airport on Dec. 19, six days before Christmas.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2015
Scientists face 20 years in prison

Mahmoud Aldissi and Anastassia Bogomolova were found guilty of wire fraud, identity theft and falsifying records.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2018
Apartment complex trades for $110.5 million

A Jupiter-based firm's acquisition of a Bradenton apartment community is the largest sale of a multifamily rental complex in the Sarasota or Bradenton markets in the past decade.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2018
Shattered ceiling

Chico's FAS leads the way on female executives.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 13, 2026
Sarasota cybersecurity firm raises $20M, plans to scale

Nucleus Security recently closed its Series C funding round.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • December 18, 2023
St. Pete hotel addition delayed 9 months, but owner remains optimistic

A colorful hotelier in St. Petersburg looks to build a hospitality company that focuses equally on people — employees and guests — and profits.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 24, 2013
New I-4 connector helps sell industrial center

Meridian Development Group bought a 200,000-square-foot industrial center near the upcoming I-4/Selmon Expressway connector.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 9, 2021
Premier Sotheby's hires Newell for new role

Kristine Newell, a new senior vice president at Premier Sotheby's International Realty, will oversee Southwest Florida brokerage company’s Tampa Bay operation, along with those in Central Florida and North Carolina.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2020
Community maintains momentum, marks 800 home sales

Babcock Ranch also recently made a top 50 list of sales in master-planned communities.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 5, 2018
Property sells for $5.3M, new owner plans $60M hotel development

The proposed development includes an eight-story, 251-room Sheraton Hotel and a second 126-room freestanding hotel.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2016
Investors flip over home sales

Gulf Coast cities led the nation in the second quarter in home flips, according to a new report from Attom Data Solutions, the new parent company of real estate researcher RealtyTrac.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 6, 2024
Clearwater McDonald’s property sells for $3 million

The property was sold as a ground lease sale to a New York investor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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