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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 31, 2017
M/I Homes targets massive south Sarasota project

M/I Homes is the latest builder to embrace the West Villages.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • February 28, 2014
Welcome home

Michael Plummer Jr. plunged into the role of president sooner than expected. Without a formal transition plan in place, he's managed to grow his company to more than $7 million in revenue.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 6, 2022
FleetForce Truck Driving School, Winter Haven

Winter Haven trucking school addresses supply-chain crisis with innovative driver recruitment program.

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 16, 2021
Entrepreneur chases demand: he helps people be kickass husbands

Matt Hoffman comes to his new business from personal experience.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 12, 2006
Work Perks

Employers have become more creative with employee benefits as the jobless rate in Southwest Florida falls below a microscopic 3%.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Ted Carter |
  • February 10, 2017
How to... Do business in Cuba

Jason Woody, head of a Tampa nonprofit specializing in cornea transplants, has worked hard in recent years to get a foothold in Cuba.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 8, 2005
Room-Rate Recovery

The high cost of construction and the conversion of old hotels to condos are boosting the values and cash flows of existing hotels. It's a good time to be in the business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 15, 2013
Neal bests 100 sales, twice

Busy homebuilder sells homes quickly in a pair of new communities.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 17, 2012
Neal's Woodbrook sells 32

Since November, the developer has sold 32 of 213 homes in its new community.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2015
Airport posts best October ever

The airport's passenger traffic is up 33% for the year

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • November 16, 2023
ZooTampa's $125M in projects sets up 2024 as the year of more

ZooTampa plans manatee visiting rooms, stingray feeding areas and even human weddings among the mammals.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 28, 2018
Entrepreneurial family takes big shot in alcohol-based ready-to-drink market

family, Jell-O, Ashley Zalkin, Kevin Harrington, Celsius, Khloé Kardashian, Shark Tank, TV,

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 25, 2010
Build the Relationship

Billions of dollars of reconstruction funds will be raining down on Haiti in the next few years. Where are Florida's construction firms?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2022
Report: Retail sector powers past the pandemic, with gains in several areas

Discount stores are proving the power of resiliency.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 15, 2023
Sarasota architecture firm adds new office in Tampa Bay region

Sweet Sparkman opened the new studio in St. Petersburg after working on several projects in the area.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 29, 2006
Coffee Talk

Scouring for tips: Fresh from its high-profile battle to boost the value of the struggling newspaper stocks in its portfolio, Naples-based Private Capital Management has added new companies to its investment holdings this year.Another I-75 hotel: Update: Michael Lepore's MPL Properties expects to be moving forward on the Radisson Hotels & Resorts planned for the Fruitville Road/Interstate 75 intersection in Sarasota (see the Review, Nov. 11, 2005).Five bankers resign: Joseph Catti resigned recently as president of Northern Trust in Fort Myers, taking four other bankers with him.Collier shares wealth: The Collier family is well known in Southwest Florida. Nearly 100 years ago, Barron Gift Collier, who made millions with streetcar advertising, bought 1.3 million acres in what later became known as Collier and Hendry counties.Miva insiders buy stock: It's always a good sign when management eats its own cooking.TAXATION: How Florida ranks

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 17, 2005
Executive Session with Scott Merritt

The Gulf Coast Business Review sat down with the new division president of U.S. Trust.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2007
Water Watcher

Inventor and entrepreneur Ron Sargent explains how his newest invention is coming to life. His advice helps creative people make financial sense of their ideas.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 18, 2011
Kentucky investor buys hotels for $5 million

An investment group led by majority shareholder Phil Greer of Lexington, Ky., purchased two adjacent Port Charlotte select services hotels for $5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2022
Law firm’s fast-growing lobbying arm names new chief of staff

Gino Casanova, a former legislative aide in Tallahassee, has joined lobbying firm Shumaker Advisors Florida as chief of staff.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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