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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 3, 2022
Yes, plants and trees are economic development, argues horticulturalist

Investing in green spaces improves lives and property values

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2018
Growing community breaks ground on new Publix

Publix will anchor a 105,000-square-foot retail plaza scheduled to open in fall 2019.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 11, 2019
Pasco office complex sells via online auction

Woodside Capital Partners has acquired the eight-building Counsel Square office complex in New Port Richey for $9.1 million, in a deal brokered by Transwestern Commercial Services. But what made the transaction unusual was that it sold through the online

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 1, 2019
In residential real estate, the home is now a tech sector

Tampa Bay, Florida, homebuilders are responding to the rising popularity of “smart home” automation services by prewiring new residences for future-proof high-tech compatibility. Another shift: designing homes with zero Wi-Fi dead zones.

  • Development
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 18, 2019
Major brokerage transfers ownership of rental division

Gulf Coast Property Management, a Lakewood Ranch based firm with some 1,000 rental properties in its portfolio, has assumed ownership of the rental leasing and management division of Michael Saunders & Co.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 12, 2018
New principal named to take over area architecture office

Carlson Studio Architecture founder and President Michael Carlson will focus on growing the firm's Seattle office.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 24, 2018
McKibbon Hospitality ramping up hotel development

McKibbon Hospitality hires industry veteran Rod Radcliff as vice president of development to finish Hotel Arras project in North Carolina and to beef up the company's third-party development services division, spun off in January.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2016
Jobs galore

The Florida jobs market, by several different angles, has built up some serious momentum.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 9, 2016
IN MEMORIAM | David Stone 1942-2016

NorthStar Bank Chairman Jim Cantonis recently had a fleeting and rare told-you-so moment with his friend of 40 years, David Stone. The victory: Cantonis rightly said the Fed would hold interest rates, while Stone predicted an increase.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • 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
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2014
Second guilty plea in $28M Medicare scam

Another former Southwest Florida resident admits to his role in the conspiracy.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 19, 2016
Lending firm looks for leg up

Shares of Tampa-based mortgage origination and servicing firm Walter Investment Management Corp., hovering around its 52-week low in early August, scored a bump in the middle of the month.

  • News
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 31, 2015
Commercial real estate

Tampa office market tightens further; CineBistro opening delayed

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2015
Sarasota's incredible shrinking space

Buried deep in a new Sarasota County Business Competitiveness survey that asked 74 local companies to rate the health of the region's business climate and macro conditions was a troubling finding: Space is at a premium.

  • News
  • By Jim Stinson |
  • February 26, 2024
TPA adds Aeromexico nonstop flight to Mexico City

Tampa International Airport will add new partner Aeromexico as a daily nonstop service to Mexico City beginning this summer.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 19, 2024
Naples charity wine fest invests a record $33.2M in nonprofits

The Naples Children & Education Foundation has invested a record $33.2 million in more than 50 nonprofits that support underprivileged and at-risk children in Collier County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 9, 2023
Sarasota nonprofit medical agency for underserved names C-suite execs

CenterPlace Health, which provides health care for at-risk, vulnerable, underserved and uninsured clients, has named a new COO and a new chief strategy and growth officer.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 5, 2025
Mental health text service extends reach in Charlotte, Pasco schools

Cope Notes works through micro-interventions

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Jim Stinson |
  • February 14, 2024
Tampa marketing company merges with Orlando video production firm

Roger West Creative and Code, a Tampa-based marketing agency, has merged with Digital Brew, an Orlando-based Emmy award-winning video production firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 1, 2024
Frontier to offer new nonstop flight at SRQ

The airline known for its low fares is offering nonstop service between Chicago and Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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