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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2012
Lee approves Twins deal

Lee County commissioners approve plan to retain Minnesota Twins baseball team.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2012
Sarasota EDC: 1,125 jobs in '11

A year-end report details the job creation facilitated by the local EDC.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2020
Specialty grocer to hire 110 workers — virtually — for new store

Sprouts Farmers Market will open a new store in Seminole, Florida, on July 15.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2020
Specialty grocery store chain set to expand again in region

Phoenix-based specialty grocer Sprouts Farmers Market says its New Tampa, Florida, location will welcome shoppers in August.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2017
Airport adds new seasonal route

Allegiant Air will offer a nonstop route to Omaha, Neb., from Punta Gorda Airport.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2017
Marketing and software firms move into new office

Fort Myers-based Vectra Digital and Stickboy Creative relocated to a 1,500-square-foot office.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2015
Logistics firm opens new HQ, plans 50 jobs

Logistics company Allyn International opened a new headquarters in Fort Myers with room for 50 new jobs.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 5, 2015
Large tax hike doesn't deter homebuilders

Homebuilders in Lee County pulled more permits in April than they did the same month one year ago despite a recent tax hike on new construction.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2008
The New Checkers

With value pricing, new menu items and new restaurant designs, Rick Silvais trying to make Checkers the top choice in quick-serve restaurants.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 5, 2023
Luxury SWFL builder moves into new HQ, adds roofing division

Tri-Town was founded in 2006.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2019
Club completes $18.5 million improvement project

Project includes a new 33,000-square-foot Sports Center & Spa.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 16, 2024
Music school consolidates, adds recording studio in Sarasota

Music Compound is combining its Sarasota and Manatee county operations into one new state-of-the-art facility.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 3, 2023
New College of Florida names president after six-month search

The current interim beat out two other finalists for the official title.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 20, 2023
30,000-square-foot home to be built on site of Derek Jeter’s Tampa mansion

Ellison Construction will build the new house on the Davis Island property where the baseball legend — and Tom Brady — once called home.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 15, 2024
St. Pete property management firm merges with Arizona company, rebrands

Weller Management grows more than doubles its portfolio and expands to 11 states after combining to create new firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 10, 2024
Trendy St. Pete restaurant strip to get new eatery, cocktail lounge

Beach Drive in downtown St. Pete, the city’s unofficial restaurant row, is getting two new potential hot spots: a New American Coastal cuisine concept and a cocktail lounge.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 27, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

39-Development LLC buys Cornerstone Cancer CenterBay Villas to undergo condo conversionIllinois group buys Sunset Trail ApartmentsDevelopers buy condos as part of the resort projectHospital rehab center sold to 1839 Building LLC Dillard's to open at The Shops at WiregrassTampa Bay builders donate $15,000 to children's charity

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2008
Lost Edge

A 30-year-old Gulf Coast knife company is fighting to avoid its demise. It hopes some big risks will result in a big payoff.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 17, 2016
It's a small world

The number of community banks on the Gulf Coast has dropped by nearly two-thirds in the last 10 years. Some think the bank-creation cycle will start again.

  • Finance
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 9, 2006
Don't need an IT guy?

An intimate gathering of small business owners hears why consultants might be better than the old hope-for-the best theory when it comes to computers.

  • Entrepreneurs
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