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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2013
Lee housing inventory remains tight

The supply of existing single-family homes in Lee County remains below six months.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 9, 2013
Chico's fashionable dividend

Fort Myers-based women's retailer Chico's FAS most recent quarterly results weren't exactly rosy, but the company tossed a bone to investors while promising better days ahead.

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  • April 25, 2016
Sarasota, state offer $200K to woo companies

Two firms have committed to create a combined 48 jobs in Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 3, 2016
Hertz: Two-for-one HQ

When Lee County scored an economic development coup three years ago with the global corporate headquarters of Hertz from New Jersey, few could have forecast the region would land two corporate headquarters from the deal.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 3, 2016
Vacation of a lifetime?

Talk about a working vacation: More than half the respondents in a new PNC Bank survey say they would choose either Warren Buffett or Mark Zuckerberg as the top business people to partner up with on a vacation.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 24, 2016
Metro park trades in Fort Myers

Metro Distribution Center, a 19-building industrial project in Fort Myers, has been purchased in one of the largest commercial real estate sales of the year in Lee County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2014
Bringing home the goods

Sarasota-based product design and development firm Robrady recently earned some global recognition for work on a portable fuel cell it did in conjunction with a New York engineering firm.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 29, 2015
Harrod Properties company buys Hillsborough Galleria

An affiliate of Tampa-based Harrod Properties Inc. purchased the 170,242-square-foot Hillsborough Galleria for $6.75 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 20, 2015
SRQ airport lands new airline

A Canadian-based airline will fly from Toronto to Sarasota twice a week.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2015
The US Open comes to Naples

For the first time ever, the US Open will be played in Naples.

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  • February 20, 2015
Foreign investment group buys Palmetto's Oakwood Village

A foreign investor group led by Manuel Rebecchi of Sarasota purchased the 120-unit Oakwood Village apartments for $3 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 31, 2024
Sarasota cardiac monitoring company grows reach with acquisition

The cloud-based company will expand into approximately 1,000 more clinics since acquiring a system based on servers and hardware.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 20, 2023
Popular ice cream shop chooses Bradenton for national franchise debut

The nearly-century old Chicago business is known for its five-flavor ice cream cone named the Rainbow Cone.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 20, 2024
Northtowne Square in Polk County sold for $15.5 million

Local investors bought the 96,000-square-foot retail property using, in part, funds from a credit union loan.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 26, 2026
Bonita Springs 68-acre development lands TJ Maxx, Ulta as tenants

Midtown at Bonita, a mixed-use project just off Interstate 75, is nearing 100,000 square feet of leased retail space.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 11, 2023
Lakewood Ranch homebuilder buys 345 acres in Lee County

A car dealership sells its land, plans for a parking garage are rejected, and a CRE firm is scooped up top the week's commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 8, 2022
Developer changes hotel plan in hopes to avoid lawsuit with city

A Tampa developer going before City Council on Nov. 10 to win approval for a $40 million hotel plan will proceed with a lawsuit if turned down again.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • December 24, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: Dec. 24 - Dec. 30

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 6, 2011
Free Fall

The wild spending ways of the federal government have driven one entrepreneur mad. He hopes for change.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 17, 2011
Make a Match

A married couple with a fervor for romance turned their passion into a business. Now things are getting steamy.

  • Entrepreneurs
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