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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 13, 2024
Former Trump official has big plans for Florida's largest bank group

Kathy Kraninger ran a controversial financial industry oversight agency under President Trump. Now in Florida, her role revolves around highlighting and promoting a strong banking industry.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2014
All Children's Hospital Inc. buys Palm Harbor outpatient center

All Children's Hospital Inc. purchased a 26,070-square-foot outpatient center for $3.9 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 24, 2015
Apartment living in Tampa is hot, hot, hot

Construction cranes are all over the downtown Tampa area, nearly all working to add thousands of residential apartment units to an area that once was a ghost town after-hours.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 2, 2006
Condo Craze: Sara/Mana Top 10

The Southwest Florida construction industry keeps on motoring. Condos aredriving the growth.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 10, 2020
Chart a course: Boat show operator adapts to new reality

Informa Markets, despite the pandemic, has decided to stage the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show in late October, followed by the 43rd annual St. Petersburg Power and Sailboat Show in mid-January.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 9, 2024
50-acre Gasworx project outside downtown Tampa starts to take shape

While it is still in the early stages, the plans for and the work on the Gasworx project shows how the development may transform Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • June 16, 2025
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

Two shopping center deals for nearly $50M in Hillsborough lead the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • April 1, 2020
Pizzeria owner adapts to changing conditions in the face of the coronavirus — toilet paper included

In a true sign of the times, Solorzano’s Pizzerias is giving away a free roll of toilet paper to customers who place an order over $30.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2018
Battle between banks and credit unions heats up

At stake is hundreds of millions in potential taxes.

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 1, 2025
St. Pete bank posts $19M loss, but execs confident in restructuring

BayFirst National Bank believes selling its SBA loan portfolio, where it was previously a national leader, will help get it back to profitability.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 25, 2016
An antidote to help Trump on trade

When you hear Donald Trump launch into one of his rants against the Chi-nese, Japanese and Mexicans for “killing us” on trade and how he's going to pound them with 45% tariffs, you can imagine so many Americans cheering him on.

  • Opinion
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • March 23, 2018
Lightning CEO reworks leadership style, business soars

There was a time when few people wanted to make a career working for the Tampa Bay Lightning. But with a CEO who reworked his leadership style, the business side has soared. Can he maintain the success?

  • Leadership
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 23, 2005
Legal Briefs (Tampa)

Attorney general reaches settlement with companiesNew circuit judges named by Gov. BushGrayRobinson attorneys to speak in St. AugustineBricklemyer Smolker & Bolves adds lawyerLabor professional spoke at Tampa HR expoTampa Bay attorneys named to Best Lawyers list

  • Law
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 27, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Phantom's chances vanishing: Sarasota's Infinium Labs faced a barrage of negative press coverage over its proposed Phantom gaming system and related network service, but given the company's questionable decision to attempt a rollout toward the end of the year, it's hard to foresee anything but a sad outcome.Tech tag team: Don't worry; Sarasota is not the home base for a new pop music boy band. Nicer things to say: Banking analyst Richard X. Bove is toning down his recent criticism of SunTrust Banks Inc.

  • News
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 14, 2025
Captiva's South Seas moves forward as fight with neighbors continues

The resort's owners are readying to open a new beach front restaurant as it goes before Lee County to win approval for a plan opposed by some locals.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 7, 2020
Officials, task force members weigh multi-county road project

Some powerful Florida officials back a massive road project that could redefine how people get from Polk to Collier counties. Others wonder: Does Florida really need another big thoroughfare?

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 28, 2005
Finalist: Med X Change Inc.

Advances in digital-recording technology over the past five years have changed the way health-care professionals do their jobs. It also changed how Craig Scherer ran his business. Four years ago, Scherer, president and CEO of Bradenton-based Med X Change Inc., developed an online web casting system that captured live video of customer-service departments working with hospitals.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • November 1, 2018
Amendments advice: Where does it fall on the freedom scale?

There are exceptions, of course. This is why it helps to know some of the background and nuances of the questions. As we know, legislators and others sometimes create confusing questions that, on the surface, sound reasonable, but in practice are meant to

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 2, 2004
Class Builders

Willis A. Smith Construction Inc. has grown from a small company in 1988 with about $3 million in revenue to one of the larger general contractors in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • December 10, 2010
Black in White

Four black men in key local government positions in white Sarasota County represent the changing times. They will have much to say about the economic future.

  • Florida
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