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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2012
Community Bank opens branch

The Lakewood Ranch lender plans to open its sixth location in Pinellas.

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  • February 6, 2014
New call center coming to Ave Maria

Advantage Direct Communication plans to hire 30 to 40 people at its new location in Ave Maria Town Center.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 8, 2013
Community links expansion to 221 new homes

Rosedale Golf & Country Club will add the new home sites in The Links.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2016
Homebuilder posts 21% monthly sales increase

The builder sold more than 100 new homes in February.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2014
Wealth management firm plans move to Lutz

Appius Wealth Management plans to build a new headquarters in Lutz.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2015
Tampa biotech firm opens headquarters

Xcelience now has more than 200 employees

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • November 19, 2015
Firm to start headquarters construction

Construction firm EHC will begin infrastructure work building the new headquarters for Somero Enterprises in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2015
Mortgage giant appoints new board member

Daniel Beltzman is a cofounder of Birch Run Capital Advisors.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2015
Tampa firm hires new culture, people officer

WilsonHCG appoints former Healthesystems executive to a new leadership post.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 1, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

PIE in the sky: It's not easy being Noah Lagos.Analyst: BB&T not for sale: BB&T Corp. is bringing its annual meeting to St. Petersburg. Will the North Carolina bank be booking the honeymoon suite at the Vinoy?One hot ticket: Don't wait too long or you just might not be able to buy a ticket to the annual George E. Edgecomb Bar Association's 22nd annual scholarship banquet. Last year, Tampa's association for black lawyers filled every seat in the large conference room at Tampa's Hyatt Hotel.Walbolt re-elected chair: For the seventh consecutive year, the shareholders at Carlton Fields PA have elected Sylvia Walbolt as chair of the firm's board of directors.

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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • March 3, 2026
Tampa Bay Water breaks ground on $181M plant expansion

The regional water utility is expanding its Surface Water Treatment Plant to meet projected water needs through 2033.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • August 24, 2012
Capitol Chatter: August 24

The weekly roundup of what's happening in government and how it affects business.

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  • January 6, 2020
Retail entrepreneur, philanthropist, dies at 70

Bill Robinson had a business career in three acts.

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  • August 11, 2017
Power to the Patient

Competition among hospitals in the region is hot. One facility hopes a push for more privacy will drive patient satisfaction, and in turn, growth.

  • Health Care
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  • October 16, 2015
Jonathan Romine, 35

Principal, director of landscape architecture, EnSite

  • Class of 2015
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  • July 13, 2010
George Steinbrenner dies

The owner of the New York Yankees died from a massive heart attack.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • January 11, 2008
Cancer detection breakthrough

GeoPharma is hoping a new ovarian cancer detection device will propel its growth.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 25, 2020
Industrial Juggernaut

In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic — or perhaps even because of it — distribution space in along the Interstate 4 corridor is flourishing

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2006
Coffee Talk

What's the future for Source Interlink? Sarasota County is considering nearly tripling its impact-fee assessments on new developments, despite the sluggish housing market.MarineMax, left out of Boating Industry magazine's annual top 100 listCoffee Talk realizes, obviously, that no one who reads the Review can be categorized as a bad boss. Still, the results of a Florida State University study on the employee-employer relationship are telling, in terms of what it means for employee performance and retention.Here's another indication that Florida's growth is pushing inland: Naples-based TIB Financial is opening a TIB Bank branch in Sebring. Gary Hoyle expected to be busy when he announced plans earlier this year to take the Peach's Rise and Dine breakfast/lunch concept national on a franchising basis.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2003
Golf Under Siege

Gulf Coast counties are implementing golf course design standards, ostensibly to maximize environmental protection. Opponents say it's a thinly veiled attempt to prevent growth.

  • Entrepreneurs
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