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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 14, 2018
Billion-dollar credit union buys a bank - again

Achieva Credit Union will have 26 branches and $1.6 billion in total assets.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 11, 2024
North Port poised to put borrowing, debt to referendum

The city seeks to be able to borrow up to $15 million in some cases without voter approval.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 16, 2023
High-end SWFL movie theater to close

Speculation of a replacement for Silverspot focuses on a Texas chain.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2012
Cup company wraps up year with extra-large sales success

Momentum continues to overflow at Tervis Tumbler, the Venice-based insulated drinkware manufacturer.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2012
Aviation firm plans 26 hires

Radiant Power, in Manatee County, will also expand its manufacturing facility.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 21, 2014
Naples home prices jump

The median price of existing single-family homes in Naples rose 26% in March as inventory continued to drop.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 23, 2015
Naples condo prices jump 26%

Existing-home prices rose in January in Naples, with condos leading the way with a 26% increase in the median price compared with the same month in 2014.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2017
Recovery map

Sarasota County's EDC sets up one-stop webpage for help after Irma.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2014
Sarasota web firm changes destiny, and its name

Destiny Group moves into a new office and adds employees.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 8, 2012
Utility top exec to retire

Vincent Dolan, with Progress Energy for 26 years, will leave by 2013.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 15, 2025
$132M Sarasota aquarium sets early October opening date

Members get first views on Oct. 6-7 and public on Oct. 8 at the Mote SEA, located near University and Interstate 75 in Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 14, 2018
Canadian company buys Westshore Embassy Suites hotel

Westmont Hospitality Group, a Canadian company with offices in Houston, has acquired the 243-room Embassy Suites hotel in the Westshore section of Tampa for nearly $43 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 18, 2014
Web Printer

A printer makes a big push into the online world and scores a contract for a high profile economic development website to promote the Southwest Florida region.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 11, 2024
$20M Fort Myers Beach portfolio, including restaurant, listed for sale

Bonita Bill's Waterfront Café is part of a multi-property collection of properties that has been put on the market and a sign of the imminent change coming to the community.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 1, 2025
Sarasota-based physical therapy franchise names new CEO

Fyzical Therapy & Balance Centers appointed a new leader for its next phase of growth.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 19, 2014
Review and Comment: Alternative to more Medicaid

Two weeks ago in this space, we presented counter-arguments to the politicians and others who say Florida should take billions of borrowed federal tax dollars to expand the state's Medicaid health system to uninsured Floridians.This week, we're focusing on an alternative.

  • Opinion
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • September 9, 2016
Trash into treasure

Tony Selvaggio started his business as a scrap metal recycling company. Now it's a thriving do-good venture.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 27, 2022
The David and Jerri Hoffmann story: From no hot water to 2,000 employees

Couple were keynote speakers at 2022 NextGen Speaker Series kickoff event.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 11, 2024
Tampa science museum and three USF campuses work to get reopened

The Sarasota, St. Petersburg and Tampa campuses and the nearby museum are closed due to the continued

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 13, 2015
Famous Tate grabs Pinellas

A longtime Pinellas County mainstay will shut off its lights for the final time as Apsco Appliance & TV Centers Inc. becomes the property of long-time regional competitor Famous Tate of Florida.

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