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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2015
Sarasota marina buys Siesta Key location

Bob and Suzann Soran, who own downtown Sarasota's Marina Jack, purchased the Turtle Bach Marina and Pub on Siesta Key for a total of $3.08 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2015
Developer buys Fort Myers storage, completing project

Massachusetts developer Richard Kohn purchased the Treasure Chest Storage Condominiums property just east of Interstate 75 for $3.85 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2015
Brightwork Real Estate buys ranch land for Wawa

Brightwork Real Estate Inc. purchased 2.14 acres at the intersection of State Road 70 and Lorraine Road for $1.2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 13, 2015
Phillips Edison REIT buys Oakhurst Plaza

Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II Inc. purchased the 51,502-square-foot retail real estate of Oakhurst Plaza for $6.18 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 5, 2025
Kentucky Ford dealer buys Lee waterfront lot for $6.1M

The nearly 1-acre parcel is on the east side of Captiva.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 8, 2025
Tampa company buys office building

The five-story, 60,000-square-foot building is the city's Westshore commercial district.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2008
Winning Time

The timing has never been better for Jeffrey Neil Fox and his family, who run a retail business that caters to fans of the Rays, Bucs, Bulls and Lightning.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 26, 2014
King of content

Companies like Netflix and Amazon need content to provide video-on-demand services. ITZ Media Group is making a big push to create new television shows and films to satisfy the growing demand.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 13, 2005
Judicial Independence

There was passion in Wally Pope's words. He had the honor of bestowing the first George W. Greer Judicial Independence Award at the Clearwater Bar Association's 44th annual Law Day luncheon.

  • Law
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 2, 2013
Entrepreneurial booster

Fusion Pointe plans to help young startups through the valley of death.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 29, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Naples investors develop Holiday InnWolf & Pravato moves, acquires Colonial locationNaples' Classroom Plus moves to GoodletteSt. Louis hotelier buys Fort Myers hotelSMG buys Lemon, Lime apartmentsPalmetto Real Estate firm buys Bradenton flex buildingSarasota investors buy up Cove CleanersJES Properties buys Ashley Glen landSeminole developers buy Hudson storage facilityAdult business owner buys Holiday building

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Allison Flood, 28

Director of operations, sterile processing, LeeSar

  • Class of 2016
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Dennis Murphy, 37

Executive vice president, senior lending officer, Gateway Bank of Southwest Florida

  • Class of 2016
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 25, 2010
Way off Broadway

Small theaters in out-of-the-way towns are incubators for Broadway hits. One theater in Naples hopes to cash in on an original production.

  • Strategies
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 26, 2018
Ryan Benson, 37

Co-owner, A. Vernon Allen Builder

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • 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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  • By Randi Donahue |
  • October 21, 2016
Interactive tech

Millennial makes a play to bridge the social connection gap in the alternate reality gaming world.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 22, 2025
Tampa synagogue, developer revamp plans for waterfront residential tower

Congregation Rodeph Shalom has agreed to cut the size of the a proposed condominium development in the hopes of swaying city leaders.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2012
Corporate Report: December 7

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 28, 2022
Gulf Coast city among nation's friendliest to food trucks

Tampa ranks highly in a list of U.S. cities that are best for the mobile restaurants.

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