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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2013
Restaurant chain hires in bunches

If Florida Gov. Rick Scott comes through on the 700,000 jobs in seven years pledge he made in 2010, he might want to eat a celebratory burrito.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 15, 2013
Ashton Woods Homes buys first of Rosedale Links lots

The price equated to $86,000 per lot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 7, 2011
Hotel sells reminiscences, not rooms

One of the premier luxury hotels in Sarasota, the Ritz-Carlton, has a new message to attack the recession. It wants to measure a guest's stay in memories, not number of nights booked.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 9, 2011
Bradenton broker, foreign investors buy Charter House Apartments

Bradenton real estate broker Lenny Longo and Swedish investors Eastomo Holdings Limited purchased the 57-unit Charter House Apartments for $2.5 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2013
WCI swings to profitability

WCI Communities says homebuilding sales and average prices rose significantly.

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  • August 2, 2013
Homebuilder Toll Brothers plans 54-acre Spanish Wells community

The price equated to $84,537 per acre.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 7, 2012
Avesta Homes buys 43 apartment units

Tampa-based Avesta Homes LLC purchased a 43-unit portfolio of three adjacent apartment properties for $27,326 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 16, 2012
Micro Control Systems buys Emerson Control buildings

Micro Control Systems Inc. purchased the 39,819-square-foot former Emerson Control Techniques industrial buildings for $1.23 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 31, 2021
Sarasota company names new senior official following acquisition

Jean-Pierre Parent comes with more than 35 years of managerial experience.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2019
Builder launches new lakefront gated community

Edgewater in Babcock Ranch will have 166 single-family homes with premium lake and preserve views.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 28, 2019
Restaurant company to open new concept at area mall

Tampa, Florida-based Bloomin’ Brands Inc. plans to bring Aussie Grill by Outback, a new fast-casual restaurant concept, to Tampa’s International Plaza shopping mall in late April.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 11, 2017
Sarasota tries to outdo Manatee, others in quest to woo firm

Under the codename Project Panther, Sarasota County commissioners will consider $60,000 in incentives for an IT company to relocate from New Jersey.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 8, 2017
Sarasota hotel boom continues unabated

Sarasota County has added more than 500 hotel rooms in the past 18 months, and another 720 rooms are under construction — more than replacing the keys lost to condominium development a decade ago.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 28, 2014
Downtowner Car Wash owners buy The Towers office building

The price equated to $62 per square foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 20, 2014
City Mattress of Florida buys land near Super Target to develop second Naples store

Bonita Springs-based City Mattress Inc. purchased land on the southeast corner of Immokalee Road and Interstate 75 for $1.43 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • August 26, 2016
Virginia firm spends nearly $100M on apartments

ColnF LLC, an affiliate of ICAFS Inc., bought two complexes in the Brandon area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • July 17, 2024
Tampa sign company appoints new CFO

The banner appointment is official this week

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • September 4, 2008
Corporate Report

Dermazone Solutions gainsprescription-drug permitProgress Energy Floridato cut jobs, restructureHealth Management Associatesfinishes Little Rock hospital sale

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 18, 2021
After months of work, commissioners OK sale of building in just minutes

Sarasota County Commissioners approve the $25 million sale of admin building and adjoining properties in quick vote

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  • October 1, 2020
Skip town: Owner of iconic local music venue decides to cash out

Skipper’s Smokehouse, a beloved eatery and music venue in Tampa, has been put up for sale for $1.5 million.

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