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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2015
Luxury homes market rising

Last year was a good one for Neal Signature Homes, a semi-custom luxury homebuilder under the Neal Communities brand, but this year could be better.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2015
Housing Trust Group developing Whispering Palms Apartments

Housing Trust Group purchased a 4.4-acre site just east of Seminole Boulevard in Largo for $1.1 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 24, 2015
Polk County: Chicago industrial developer starting Lakeland spec project

Ridge Development purchased a total of 46.5 acres of land, including an existing truck stop, for $2.68 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 8, 2025
Hoffmann Family to develop Estero golf course on site it bought for $14.5M

The company is developing the course Old Corkscrew Golf Club, which it bought in 2022.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 5, 2024
Atlanta developer buys land, takes $45M loan for Tampa apartments

The developer behind Mercedes-Benz Stadium building 330 units in Temple Terrace.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 18, 2026
$481M Lee Health campus hits construction milestone

Swedish construction company Skanska says it has topped off Phase 1 of the massive 53-acre project.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 10, 2023
Tampa synagogue, residential tower plan changed to win city approval

The new plan for a 29-story tower on piece of a local synagogue’s property has been changed to address neighborhood and to mitigate density concerns.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2004
Legal Briefs (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Stetson names Dickerson dean of law schoolPro bono legal work on the rise in FloridaFirm announces new, redesigned Web siteWomen lawyers promote ERAFowler White attorney to chair nursing home litigation seminar

  • Law
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 31, 2009
COVER UPDATE: Think Big

A $10 million biotechnology firm is counting on an ambitious expansion plan to come to fruition in 2010.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 16, 2021
Attorney files 17 lawsuits per day against insurance companies

In Florida, insurance lawsuits are filed with blazing fast frequency.

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  • December 9, 2021
Construction industry officials develop program to attract more workers

The program was designed to educate workers on building skills and construction safety.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 6, 2020
Developer kicks off Longboat Key St. Regis condo sales

New St. Regis Resort & Spa and associated luxury condos will replace the famed former Colony Beach & Tennis Resort on the Sarasota County barrier island.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 14, 2018
DeSota could garner $80 million in sale

The forthcoming sale of the 10-story DeSota apartments in downtown Sarasota could set a record for the market for multifamily deals when it trades, as is anticipated early next year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 9, 2025
Officials OK controversial roads proposal for large east Sarasota County project

Sarasota County Commissioners vote 3-2 to move ahead with Hi Hat Ranch agreement.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 21, 2023
Lee Health signs 10-year naming rights deal with MLB team

One of the largest community nonprofit health care operations in Florida has signed a partnership with the Minnesota Twins, in a deal that renames the team’s Fort Myers facilities the Lee Health Sports Complex.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 4, 2013
The word for America in 2013: Freedom

We have a tradition. Each year on New Year's Eve, we announce at a family gathering our word for the year — the one word that describes how we are going to focus our lives during the New Year.

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 4, 2013
The word for America in 2013: Freedom

The word for 2013 is “freedom.” Economic freedom. Personal freedom. Freedom. We have a tradition. Each year on New Year's Eve, we announce at a family gathering our word for the year — the one word that describes how we are going to focus our lives during the New Year.

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  • April 1, 2010
A Day in the Life

Marco Rubio's campaign has taken him all over Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 3, 2020
College creates program to help businesses reenter the marketplace

Florida Gulf Coast University takes the lead on a big project: helping businesses prove they are ready to reopen.

  • Strategies
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • December 14, 2018
Company, led by veterans, focuses on key, life-saving product

SpecOps' agile approach to product development puts it in a good spot: armed to handle market demand in two price points.

  • Technology
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