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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2015
New shopping center for Naples

Barron Collier Cos. has started construction on a shopping center in North Naples as the economic outlook brightens.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2008
A Sales Culture

Be aware, independent insurance firms: Brown & Brown Insurance plans to continue to acquire other insurance brokerages which fit its culture.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 20, 2025
Palmetto parcels primed for commercial development up for sale

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a retailer returns in Tampa, a retailer is making its Florida debut in Sarasota, and a Fort Myers real estate firm has a good week.

  • Florida
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 17, 2006
Coffee Talk

HMA: Bond sale? What bond sale?: Just two days after Naples-based Health Management Associates said it would sell $400 million worth of bonds, the hospital company abruptly canceled the sale.Film fest puts on a profitable show: Sarasota residents love movies, and they spent the cash to prove it the last few weeks.Boston developer scouts for deals from Tampa to Naples: Evidence of Southwest Florida's growth has popped up on the radar of The Davis Cos., a longtime Boston development company that has developed more than $1 billion worth of real estate in 30-plus years.Demand goes up, rents rise: The Tampa Bay area's office market moved up to fourth place in 2006 on the Marcus & Millichap ranking of the country's major commercial real estate markets, thanks to a strong local economy spurred by company expansion and corporate relocation.In memoriam: Coffee Talk was saddened to hear about the death of Brent Craven, the former CEO of a Tampa online education company and one-time St. Petersburg resident.

  • News
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 26, 2026
Tampa CRA spends $4 million to convert workforce apartments

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a finance firm re-ups and expands, and an industrial portfolio sells to a shopping center developer.

  • Florida
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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 Grier Ferguson |
  • September 20, 2019
By tapping into potential of puzzling product, area company gains new clients, pursues more

Aaron Watkins is selling promotional BB puzzles through Carab Enterprises.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2014
Corporate Report: March 21

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2013
Starwood, SMR form venture to develop 475 acres

Lakewood Ranch's developer and a real estate investment firm will partner to develop more than 600 lots.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 2, 2011
Sawgrass Cove apartments sell for $23.2M

New York City-based based Atlas Real Estate Partners and Boca-Raton based Andover Real Estate Partners purchased the 336-unit Sawgrass Cove Apartments for $23.2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2018
Senior living firm names two new executives

Jack McCarthy and Jamie Holiefield will be based in St. Petersburg with Solvere Living.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 13, 2018
Medical device maker changes name, stock listing

Bovie Medical Corp., a Clearwater, Florida-based maker of medical supplies and devices for cosmetic surgery practices, has changed its name to Apyx Medical Corp. and plans to move its stock to the NASDAQ exchange.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 21, 2016
Piece of the Puzzle

Michael Saunders & Co.'s recent move into more than 16,000 square feet in the 13-story Ellis Building in downtown Sarasota marked a new chapter in the 40-year history of the region's largest locally based residential real estate brokerage firm.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 1, 2016
New community's $7M clubhouse nears completion

The lakefront Island Club is the focal point of Naples Reserve.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2016
Investors buy Sarasota apartment complex for $70.5M

This is the second acquisition in the area for New York-based TGM Associates since 2014.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2017
The buzz is on

And it's really good news for the city of North Port.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 5, 2017
Global manufacturer goes internal for next CFO

Haresh Shah joined Welbilt last June.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 16, 2018
DataSnapshot: What's in a name?

Apparently, more than we could imagine.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2015
New York City's W.P. Carey fund buys, rebranding Fibber McGee's Closet

CPA: 18 Limited Partnership, an investment fund managed by W.P. Carey Inc., purchased the 179,791-square-foot Fibber McGee's Closet property for $16.43 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 21, 2024
IMG Academy announces new chief operating officer

Mike Milliron is the new chief operating officer for IMG Academy in Bradenton.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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