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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 26, 2024
TV news station in SWFL promotes official to president, GM

Darrel Lieze-Adams has been with the station for nearly 30 years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • September 18, 2025
USF to launch new Center for Executive and Leadership Education

The new center will be based out of the Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance in St. Petersburg and offer courses to business professionals looking to advance in their careers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • May 5, 2023
Sarasota-Manatee market to get new Trader Joe’s

The grocery store will take up residence in The Shoppes at University Town Center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • July 20, 2023
Tampa furniture giant Ashley HomeStore tweaks its name

The Tampa-based retailer has shortened its name.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • July 15, 2023
Sarasota physical therapy franchise business reaches 500-location milestone

Fyzical started the year with 31 new clinics and 48 franchise deals.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 7, 2023
Engineering firm, focusing on resiliency, names new COO

Chris Mitchell has been with J.R. Evans Engineering for eight years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 30, 2022
Airport hotel unveils multimillion-dollar renovation

The Tampa Airport Marriott completely redesigned its meeting and event spaces.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2010
Location gets new shot at life

A landmark Sarasota restaurant location that has gone through several iterations is getting another bite at success.

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  • December 18, 2009
Economic Snapshot: September Building

Naples and Sarasota, two of the most difficult areas to obtain building permits, saw the biggest drops in building investment in the region in September on an annual percentage-change basis.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 8, 2010
Technology firm earns validation

Sarasota-based xG Technology, which is on a decade-long business mission to provide an inexpensive way to make cell phone calls over the Internet, recently made inroads into a new market.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2011
Big growth for Big Frog

A new hire proves that a hip-replacement surgery on Leeward Bean, CEO of Dunedin-based Big Frog T-Shirt Company, has not taken the “hop” out of the young firm's growth hopes.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2011
Columbia Restaurant looks skyward

Tampa International Airport has become a news machine; these days it seems TIA always has something new to announce. One local restaurateur hopes to capitalize.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 26, 2013
Atlas Real Estate Partners buys Huntington Place apartments

The price equated to $86,310 per unit.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2012
Hot Brands expands globally

Canadian firm chooses Manatee County for site of new U.S. headquarters.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 10, 2021
Florida is a national leader in new business creation

The Southeast is a leader in new business starts.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 16, 2021
Staffing firm, in wake of other major changes, updates brand

Tampa, Florida-based Kforce has redesigned its website and refreshed its logo and other brand elements.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 18, 2020
Rooftop bar on new hotel plans early 2021 opening

Sal Y Mar is hiring for full and part-time openings.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2019
Airline adds eight destinations from airport

New destinations from Sarasota include Knoxville, Tenn., St. Louis, Mo., Louisville, Ky., and other Midwestern cities.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2018
Senior living center breaks ground on $20 million project

Sarasota's Sunnyside Village senior living community will construct a new and expanded health, rehabilitation and memory care center, a project that's expected to cost about $20 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 31, 2018
Bank builds presence in region with new office

The Bank of Tampa looked south, to Sarasota, for its 12th full-service branch.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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