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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2018
Tampa beats back all comers in key business relocation metric

The cost of living in the Tampa metro area in the first quarter of 2018 was nearly 10% lower than the national average, according to data from the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp. With a national average index of 100, Tampa’s COLI is 90.1, ac

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 1, 2022
Medical manufacturer continues layoffs in Lakeland as facility prepares to shut down

Stryker is laying off 88 more people in Lakeland; nearly 500 will lose their jobs in all.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2016
Development project on lockdown

An unusual project to turn empty jail cells in downtown Bradenton into apartments for young professionals could be dead before it ever really gets going.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 30, 2016
Firm finds a branch

What was once one of the largest tree-planting firms in the region, Turner Tree and Landscape, has a new owner after a tumultuous five-year run that included several foreclosures and a bankruptcy filing.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 5, 2017
Naples firm plans 563-acre Charlotte development

In the wake of its $6.5 million purchase of a 563-acre tract in Punta Gorda, Lely Development Corp. intends to start work on a project that could contain as many as 2,400 residents and hundreds of thousands of commercial square feet at completion.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 7, 2016
IN MEMORIAM | Aaron W. Hendry 1936-2016

Aaron Hendry had family connections in the Tampa area maritime and ship repair industry through his dad, Captain F.M. Hendry.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 17, 2015
Commercial real estate

Ritz to undergo renovations; Tampa buildings going 'green'

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 29, 2024
Tampa food brokerage hires Publix dairy, frozen meat executive

After a 24-year career with Publix, Nicki Crespo is staying in the food business in a new executive role with Tampa-based Bay Food Brokerage.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • January 30, 2024
Prominent Tampa restaurant family honored by vision nonprofit

Longtime restaurateur Richard Gonzmart and daughter Andrea Gonzmart Williams will be honored as "people of vision."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 22, 2025
FCCI Insurance expands excess and surplus coverage

A Sarasota-headquartered insurance company with $3.3 billion in assets is offering excess and surplus coverage to all of its regions.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 20, 2023
Food service firm looks to net $7M in variety of property, business deals

Innovative Food Holdings, which caters to professional and home chefs, has made progress on five deals expected to net the company at least $7 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 22, 2023
Work begins at first Ritz-Carlton Residences project in Naples

Construction of the first Ritz-Carlton-branded Residences in Naples is underway.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 9, 2024
Sarasota finance firm acquired by national wealth management company

Atlas Financial of Sarasota has been acquired by Mariner, a national wealth management company headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • March 6, 2026
AdventHealth nearing completion of Pasco medical office building

The new 35,000-square-foot facility is expected to open to the public this fall.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 9, 2008
Merchants of Hope

Providing death with dignity on the Gulf Coast is big business. It requires big-thinking executives.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 11, 2021
At the Apex

Land Advisors Organization Tampa Managing Broker Nancy Surak has developed into one of the top land-focused real estate brokers in the region — and nationally.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • August 5, 2011
Public Charity: Wise or Waste?

Local governments contracting with nonprofits for services spend millions of taxpayers' dollars each year. The strategy has its supporters and detractors.

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 2, 2020
Top Deals 2019: Tampa Bay

Portfolio sales of the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay and an adjacent office building, downtown and Westshore offices and a pair of Brandon properties spur record transactional volume of nearly $837 million in 2019

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2003
Customer Satisfaction

Stephen Garber lives and works in the Sarasota area coaching organizations and individuals in improving high performance behaviors and attitudes. Questions and comments are always welcome at [email protected].

  • Opinion
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 15, 2011
Everywhere Fast

With social networking sites mushrooming on the Internet, tech entrepreneur Aaron Shepherd helps small businesses manage it all from one place.

  • Entrepreneurs
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