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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 16, 2015
Restaurant chain promotes exec to president

Chris Tomasso was previously chief marketing officer of First Watch.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 29, 2015
Window firm's shares reach new heights

Shares of Venice-based PGT Inc. close in on $12.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 28, 2023
Plant City apartments sell to NJ buyer for $31.6 million

A medical company sells its HQ, a new downtown high rise in the works, and a real estate firm gets into CRE top the week's commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 23, 2016
Fallow no more

Plans to revamp an important downtown Fort Myers tract imploded during the recession, leaving it derelict. That's about to change.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2012
Naples courts Big Apple

Naples officials talk to JetBlue about nonstop flights from New York-area airports.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 1, 2024
As Lee residents face 25% flood insurance increase, county tries to shift blame

Lee County officials, despite FEMA letters, say they were blindsided by rating downgrade.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 5, 2014
Frontier Communities buys Bay Point Villas

Silver Spring, Md.-based Frontier Communities purchased the 136-unit Bay Point Villas Apartments, formerly known as the Pinellas Point Apartments, for $4.8 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 18, 2025
Amazon executive offers peek at company's site selection process

The global online retailer depends on a vast network of distribution facilites to deliver its wares, but few know what it looks for when picking a site.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2010
Kitson & Partners buys Bay Pines site

Kitson & Partners purchased 60 acres in Pinellas County for $7.65 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 18, 2016
Benderson sticking by Stickney Point plan

Despite the area's economic revival — now five years in the making — the 25-acre property at U.S. 41 and Stickney Point Road in Sarasota County has remained fallow.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 1, 2013
Warm Up

The pitfalls of government owning a tourist destination are front and center in south Sarasota County. Now the future of a multimillion-dollar site is in jeopardy.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 23, 2013
Cardinal Point Management, Halstatt buy Carillon Park's Echelon Pointe

The price equated to $172 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 19, 2026
Fort Myers Beach cottages being rebuilt, will start at $2.6M

Construction has begun on the site of the Cottages of Paradise Point. The new homes will meet new resiliency standards and will be sold rather than rented.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2012
Hulk Hogan, wrestler ... and restaurateur?

It isn't easy keeping a secret when it involves an entrepreneur as flamboyant as the wrestler Hulk Hogan.

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  • February 4, 2013
Aussie engineering firm launches Sarasota office

Company with a specialty in environmental site work seeks U.S. growth.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 25, 2016
Raymond James Stadium misses out on Super Bowl

The Buccaneers home stadium was one of the finalists to host the Super Bowl in 2020.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King and Mark Gordon |
  • March 6, 2026
Waves Boat & Social Club recharts course with Stickney sale pending

Sarasota County officials call the Stickney Point property they intend to buy for $18 million a gem of an opportunity for all residents. Current tenants see the deal as disruptive chaos.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth Morrisey |
  • March 3, 2017
Play ball

Baseball teams have been swapping spring training cites with greater frequency across Florida in recent years. But not in Lakeland.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 26, 2019
Developer buys parcels, plots potential 2,100-acre project

Plans for Verdana Village are under review by Lee County officials.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 23, 2024
North Port business growth sparks entrepreneurship events

Networking takes off in North Port, which is seeing an influx of new businesses.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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