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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • December 27, 2019
National homebuilder makes big gains in area in past year

One upcoming challenge for M/I Homes in Sarasota and Manatee counties: keep finding land to grow even more.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 9, 2019
Continental Realty Corp. is expansion minded in Southwest Florida

Continental Realty Corp., a 60-year-old Baltimore real estate firm, is opening an office in Naples to manage its existing Southwest Florida portfolio and to position itself for future acquisitions in the region.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 29, 2018
Entrepreneur builds up property improvement company — with plans for more growth

John Smyth moved stateside to start a new dream — buying and building up a company focused on property improvements.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 23, 2018
Entrepreneur promotes travel through video segments

Tammy Levent promotes destinations worldwide through a new TV and web-based travel segment. Now, partially behind a powerful partner, she aims for increased exposure.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 6, 2018
Leader behind $800M business shares success secrets

From the importance of profit sharing to not bothering employees on weekends, retired Southwest Florida executive Glenn Hasse has learned lots of business lessons.

  • Leadership
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 4, 2016
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROFILE | Roger Thomas

Roger Thomas leads Workspace Property Trust, which last month completed a $969 million acquisition of a portfolio of office properties from Liberty Property Trust, including numerous properties in the Tampa area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 20, 2017
Capital intensive

Consider 1997 the year Florida's banking industry witnessed the equivalent of a gust of wind on a dandelion. That's the year NationsBank announced it would buy Barnett Banks, Florida's largest homegrown banking institution for $15.5 billion.

  • Finance
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 10, 2017
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROFILE | Christopher Shucart

Christopher Shucart and his father, James, have been investing in Collier County commercial properties since 1997.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 11, 2017
St. Pete Smitten

Third Lake Capital is heavy invested in St. Petersburg, and it likes it that way.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 2, 2017
Studio BCC

Sarasota firm ready to rock the status quo

  • Strategies
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 30, 2017
A Cut Above

In 1967, Stan McGowan started The Butcher's Block. Now his son, Scott McGowan, runs the business — battling grocery chains and building customer loyalty.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 15, 2017
Rubber Soul

Rent-to-own industry veteran Larry Sutton found success with an innovative approach to selling tires. Will his 'rent and roll' philosophy boost his company to national prominence?

  • Strategies
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  • By Denise Federer |
  • July 4, 2014
Look before you leap

What parents should know before asking their children to join the family business.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 24, 2014
Life without wires

Steve Kawasmy is developing his Aio Wireless territory at breakneck speed. His firm, One Cellular Stop Inc., hopes to have 37 open stores in February.

  • Strategies
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • November 8, 2013
Buying brokers

Brokerage giant Hub International recently acquired Connelly, Carlisle, Fields & Nichols from USAmeriBank. The move opens a new frontier in Florida for the insurance firm.

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 6, 2013
Shirt Success

A traveling sales couple spends half the year on the road, where it's more grind than glamour. They always pack their sense of humor.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 6, 2013
Retirement consultants

It could take months for someone to decide whether to move into a retirement community. Patience is the key.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 15, 2016
Commercial Real Estate Q&A: Lee Arnold

Continuing a trend toward corporate consolidation in the region's commercial real estate industry, Colliers International Tampa Bay, Central & Southwest Florida — a firm whose roots trace back to 1974, when CEO Lee Arnold founded his first brokerage operation — announced earlier this month that it has been acquired by Colliers International Group Inc., a publicly held company with more than 500 offices worldwide.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2015
The four S's of superior sales performance

Before you send your sales team out to represent your company, make sure it has all the tools needed to succeed.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 3, 2015
Corporate report

Service King buys Oldsmar's Creative Body Works; C1 Bank chief operating officer elected bank association chairwoman; Dunn&Co.'s Lightning billboard ads win CLIO; Dais Analytic deploys Chinese water-purifying demo unit; Allegiant expanding flights between Punta Gorda, New Hampshire; Tampa Bay executive elected to state post; SynDaver Labs visits Europe, looking to expand

  • Strategies
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