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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 24, 2025
Two Sarasota properties sold for redevelopment see 600%, 700% price increases

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Southwest Florida builder is busy, a Tampa Starbucks sells, and a Fort Myers parcel to be redeveloped.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 27, 2025
Sarasota water bottle company wins over social media influencer

WellHouse will work with RossCreations in 2026. The startup also now has a distribution deal with Gold Coast Eagle Distributing.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2020
Shopping district signs sponsorship with luxury car brand

Porsche Naples will be co-branded in all Fifth Avenue South marketing.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 25, 2020
Late loan payments soar in May

Hotel, retail properties push late commercial mortgage-backed securities loan payments to highest month-over-month increase since 2009.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 9, 2017
Bank acquisition hits snag

Unsolicited all-cash proposals could sidetrack Flagship Community's offer.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 29, 2025
Sarasota golf course acquired, new management company hired

Serenoa Golf Club marks the entry into Florida for golf course management company Pinnacle Golf Properties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2008
Borrowed Guidance

Companies that are growing too fast - or sometimes, too slow - can find solace in rentable chief financial officers.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 12, 2005
Cheap and Easy?

Competition and prices in South Florida have spurred developers and investors northward. To them, the Tampa Bay area is inviting.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 15, 2020
A how-to guide for returning to the workplace

Cushman & Wakefield's "Recovery Readiness" report outlines steps landlords and tenants should take as businesses return to employment centers

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 25, 2018
Commercial Question of the Week

Ari Ravi, Adam Palmer, Ryan Sampson, Wayne Ruben and Doug Dieck weigh in on what they believe will be the top performing commercial real estate asset for the rest of 2018

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 29, 2017
Calculated risk

Central Florida Development took a chance developing spec in the Interstate 4 corridor before many others. The bet has paid off in a big way.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 22, 2016
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROFILE: Larry Feldman

Larry Feldman is president and CEO of Feldman Equities LLC, an investment and development firm headquartered in Tampa with offices in St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Cheryl O'Neill |
  • June 22, 2015
How you can inspire others

Motivating and inspiring others around you doesn't cost a thing, but it sure can boost your bottom line.

  • Strategies
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • January 8, 2026
Leadership coach embraces new challenge with improv

Darcy Eikenberg relishes the idea of not being the expert in pushing herself to learn a new skill.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2010
Real estate will lead us out

With all the talk about economic diversification, it's not politically correct to suggest that real estate will be the leading economic driver when the recovery takes hold on the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 7, 2011
Florida's mortgage debt: $723B

Nearly half of Florida mortgage borrowers owe more than their home's worth.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 15, 2012
Real estate survey turns positive

The outlook for occupancies and rents for all real estate property types increased in the fourth quarter.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 17, 2014
Supply of new homes shrinks

That's all the supply of finished but vacant new homes in Lee and Collier's master-planned communities based on current sales pace, according to market tracker Metrostudy.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 9, 2016
Get the scoop on Top 500

Want to know more about the top companies in nine counties on the Gulf Coast of Florida? Look no further than the annual edition of the Business Observer's Gulf Coast 500.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 6, 2012
Bud is back

Bud Nocera led Florida's tourism efforts in the 2000s. Now, he's returned to Lee County where his career began.

  • Industries
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