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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 19, 2011
Zen Bears

Deb Canham's hobby-focused business is down more than 50%, courtesy of the recession. Her story of career transformation, and now, business survival, is nonetheless stirring.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 16, 2021
$430 million healthcare nonprofit names new CEO

Rick Carlisle had been CEO of CAN Community Health since April 2015.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 25, 2018
Shannon Kirsten Couch, 33

Owner and artist, Shannon Kirsten Studio

  • Class of 2018
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 22, 2016
Trade up

The hunt for top employees at a renowned resort is in full blast in January. Will $2.4 million in salary increases push it to the top?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • July 31, 2015
'Everything's Possible'

Hands-on meets high-tech at a startup that created a unique kids building kit. The next goal: big-time sales and chain stores.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 20, 2024
The Waffle Stop, Sarasota 'Elvis Ate Here' restaurant, to close by end of 2024

A Sarasota institution, The Waffle Stop, is closing after 74 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 31, 2004
Tourism to Pick Up

Tourism officials expect the new year to be a good one for visitors to the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 26, 2014
Shifting market

The best deals on the Gulf Coast may be in Lee County, the last office-space market in the region to recover from the bust.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 7, 2014
Get a Dell, dude

A Gulf Coast technology hardware firm is on a five-year growth surge. It's a long way from selling computer servers out of a backyard shed.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2013
Tampa No. 6 on list of Canadians' favorite spots

A study of flights last winter by FlightNetwork.com found the city capture 2.12% of all bookings.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 30, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

SunVest Boosts Portfolio with $35 Million DealMiami's Beach Hill buys apartments for $26 millionOsprey SA affiliates purchase Hidden River office buildingsTampa attorney acquiresapartments for $20 millionHialeah investor acquires St. Petersburg apartments

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • January 16, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for Jan. 10-16 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Lee County grocery store sale, for $26 million, paces this week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2004
Legal Briefs (Tampa edition)

This week's items: College shares divorce program with British judiciaryLongtime area lawyers honored for serviceTallahassee lawyer becomes Florida Bar's 56th presidentAbbey Adams hires Headley as associate

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2019
Rare wines available for public online auction

Coveted Screaming Eagle wine vertical is the featured attraction at the 19th annual Naples Winter Wine Festival.

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  • January 4, 2008
Coffee Talk

Most CFOs to maintain staffing levels: About 5% of chief financial officers in the Tampa Bay area plan to add accounting and finance staff during the first quarter of 2008, while 5% anticipate reductions in personnel, according to the most recent Robert Half International Financial Hiring Index.Taking Big Blue to court Watch out, Goliath.: T3 Technologies Inc. of Tampa has filed an anti-trust claim against IBM in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging anti-trust violations and unfair competition.CarBiz plans 'superstore' in Houston: Sarasota-based CarBiz Inc. has announced plans to open its first "Superstore" in Houston next month.Search for industrial land continues: And while residential slows down, industrial demand heats up. Businesses need warehouses. But there is little available land on which to build. Even on Interstate 75.New online community emerging: Tampa-based Web Piston just released a Web application, Frupee, that allows people to build their own online communities.Evos knows college students: Healthy food and college students? Not always a match.Port likely to spend $1 billion: The Tampa Port Authority and maritime businesses can expect to pump more than $1 billion into facilities at Tampa's port during the next 20 years, a consultant developing the port's master plan said.

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  • August 31, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Miami family buys Seville ApartmentsInvestment group plans Gridley Medical BuildingDeveloper begins work on Lehigh mixed-use projectTennessee hoteliers overhauling Sleep InnDiablo Performance moving to Rosemary DistrictCity of Sarasota mulls over downtown parking garageLaramar Group buys Clearwater's Bay ParkMiami Beach apartment owners acquire Sun Pointe PlacePebb Enterprises buys Citrus Park outparcel

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: The Downtown Partnerhsip of Saraosta has issued a 10-step program for affordable housingHow to appeal to venture capitalistsBradentonis redevelopment edge

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • March 23, 2026
Downtown Sarasota ponders hotel/condo trend in aim to avoid 'luxury ghost town'

Two projects working through the city approval process would combine condominium and hotel uses, signaling a possible shift in the condo market and more year-round activity.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 21, 2007
Prepare for War?

More than 1 million square feet of new office space will come on line in Tampa's Westshore market in the next18 months, which may trigger a rate war.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 16, 2022
Bolts ticket prices soar as team chases third-straight Cup

The Tampa Bay Lightning lost Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals, but ticket sellers on the secondary market have seen big gains.

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