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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 27, 2019
Multifamily firm builds on Florida momentum

NRP Group has been in the state for nearly a decade.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 24, 2017
Long division

Consumers, merchants, developers and investors alike are differentiating between quality retail properties and marginal ones.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 23, 2007
A stiff upper lip

Morrison Homes, part of a British homebuilding company, is moving into the Southwest Florida market in the midst of the downturn. Here's how it plans to build for the rebound.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 26, 2021
International hotelier has big plans for lot with a long history of big plans

Long-vacant lot in Tampa to become site of luxury hotel and condominium development.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 28, 2005
No Limits

Why the judge rejected term limits.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 14, 2005
Code Breakers Make It Big

From the living room of a Queens apartment to a 110,000-square-foot Class A office building in Pinellas, SCC Soft Computer is moving up. Revenue may exceed $60 million this year.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2004
No Sale

A recent SEC filing explains why F.N.B. Corp. decided it had to split in two.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: VenVest hooks up with Mister SparkyEast County perspective on the Far EastMunroes sell mainstay, plan new concept

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 17, 2017
Niche player

Marcus & Millichap believes specialization, training and collaboration set it apart from other commercial real estate brokerages.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • December 26, 2023
2023 in transactions: Top commercial real estate deals nine counties in the region

Eight deals surpassed $100 million, while two were over $200 million, in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota counties.

  • Transactions
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 3, 2024
Boar's Head faces more lawsuits over listeria-recalled meat

The deli meat company headquartered in Sarasota is being sued for personal injury, wrongful death and other causes after selling meat contaminated with listeria.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 5, 2021
At summit, entrepreneur shares lessons from launching business, appearing on "Shark Tank"

Pitching a company in front of celebrity millionaires and billionaires can be unnerving. How did one entrepreneur handle the stress? Intense preparation. (Hint: Spreadsheets were involved.)

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 22, 2009
Fighting legal battles and fishing

Chris Moody, once one of the rising stars of Sarasota's money-management community, has taken on a much lower profile since his onetime business partner, Arthur Nadel, was arrested on charges that he allegedly bilked hundreds of investors out of more than $300 million.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 15, 2020
Mixed-use Bradenton tract comes to market

Sarasota-based Oneco Associates LLC is selling a 51.5-acre tract in Bradenton for $8.05 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2019
Homebuilder moves forward on $4 million headquarters project

Lee Wetherington Homes broke ground on a new headquarters on Fruitville Road.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 29, 2019
Former CBRE Tampa head lands at Fore

Chase Pattillo, who until late last year led commercial real estate brokerage firm CBRE's Tampa operations, has been hired by Fore Property Co. to oversee apartment development from a new Tampa office

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 14, 2025
Sarasota Orchestra picks up $10M gift

Funds will go toward the organization's new Music Center project.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 1, 2023
Sarasota County breaks ground on $74M administration center

Staff is expected to vacate the current downtown headquarters and occupy the new building in late 2025.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 9, 2014
Served in the Cloud

The days of bulky point-of-sale machines in restaurants may be numbered as eateries turn to mobile cloud-based systems like the one being designed by Benseron Information Technology in Naples.

  • Industries
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 13, 2024
Pasco brewery takes over, reinvents Big Storm Brewing space

Editor's note: This week's News & Notes column is shorter than normal due to Hurricane Milton.

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