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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 29, 2009
Mission Re-Ignition

The car business was drowning in 2008 and so was George Manian's high-end dealership. Manian found an airway through a massive company overhaul.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 24, 2012
Rocket Man

Charlie Green successfully managed the foreclosure crisis with the rocket docket and shined the light on excessive county spending. He retires in January.

  • Florida
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 23, 2019
With innovative home plans, builder caters to evolution of 'single-family' housing

The Chicago firm has capitalized on a burgeoning trend in the region: multigenerational housing. New challenges await, including a battle for land.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 21, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Developer plans Charlotte resortMassachusetts hotel owner buys Marco buildingFifth Third Bank plans 22nd Lee County branchStrathmore Development buys Center of Bonita SpringsLongboat Key Club buys Longboat Key MooringsLapensee Plumbing buys Re/Max officeSarasota's K2M buys, markets bank officeUCH develops Pasco care centerTwo Australian firmsPraedium Groupbuys Palm Island Club

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Automotive Management buys 15 acres on Pine RidgeSouth Dakota's Summit Group plans Fort Myers Hyatt PlaceMonmouth Real Estate buys Charlotte FedEx warehouseTA Associates fund acquires 210 WatermarkChanges in Latitude buys Siesta Key StorageCorona family invests in Peridia office buildingSea Crest Apartments sells for $8.2 millionGentile Group buys 11 Wyndham propertiesTwo partners buy Port Richey Comfort Inn

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Medi-Weightloss Clinics buys new headquartersApartment investor Mallahbuys Oceanside ApartmentsLutgert Cos. renovatingVillage on Venetian BayCoral Gables bankerbuys St. Pete warehousesInvestment group buysOld Dixie Highway RV ParkCanberra Investments addsto White Lake park holdingsPennsylvania anesthesiologistsbuy Marco Island buildingArlington Garden getsrehab, new ownershipLowe's buys Sarasota land,for Palmer Ranch storeRKM Development buysland for Venice Walgreens

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

JKL Design Group relocates to 61stKauffman, partners plan to start Ringling PointeSarasota County, Swiftmud buy landFort Properties Inc. buys Shaw Aero facilityTerra Del Prado buys Merchant centerForge Capital, DeBartolo buy Sunshine PlazaEquity, NRI buy land, prep for startColorado investors buy assisted living propertiesForesight Holdings Inc. acquires Largo Bazaar

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 25, 2025
Prominent Sarasota civic leader, lumber entrepreneur dies at 95

Charlie Stottlemyer was known as being easy-going, all-around friendly and the "epitome of a pillar of the community."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 12, 2022
Developer addresses Pinellas housing demand by buying two hotels — and a lake

A Miami developer purchased two Pinellas Park hotels and is turning them into nearly 200 apartments with the city's help.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 25, 2007
WCI Battles Icahn

A lesson in corporate self-defense: How the board of directors and management of WCI Communities jousted with billionaire investor Carl IcaAhn. So far, the company has held its ground.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2008
Network control

TruWave Networks is building a fiber-optic network in Southwest Florida that could improve telecommunication services for business. It's an expensive proposition, but CEO Frank Mambuca has been through it before on a massive scale.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2008
Corporate Report

Barron Colliers, Lutgerts buy into TIBTaylor Morrison using AT&T networkMiva pay-click divisiontargets mobile viewers

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2008
A Second Act

The multi-level marketing, mail-order vitamin business doesn't have the most stellar reputation. But for one desperate, riches-to rags entrepreneurial couple, it was the million-dollar answer.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Next Nine Golf & Grill owners buy North Port propertySchroeder-Manatee Ranch buys 2,900 acres, announces WindsorRingling School of Art plans new student life buildingBrenda, Milt May buy Anna Maria Island Beach Resort

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 31, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Developer gears up for Alinari start Stokes & Griffith buys 270 acres in Parrish National Constructors breaks ground on new park Sarasota County buys railroad for rec trail Boca Raton resident buys Lloydis Trailer

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 13, 2009
Tijuana Time

Stephen Martin is touting a funky-themed Tex-Mex restaurant chain as his way of beating back the recession. And get this: he's even growing sales and opening new stores.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 15, 2010
Fading Greens

For decades, selling homes on the golf course was a winning formula. But developers and builders say that golf may not command a premium when the economy recovers. That may benefit creative entrepreneurs, developers and builders.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 28, 2010
Mold a Winner

Investment banker Jim Westman recently made one of his gutsiest calls: In the throes of the recession he bought a manufacturing company he could call his own.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 19, 2009
Orion's Fallen Star

Jerry Williams grew Orion Bank into one of the largest lenders in Florida during the real estate boom, only to be shut down by regulators in the bust. A last-ditch gamble to raise capital backfired.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2010
Corporate Report: Oct. 29 - Nov. 4

The latest news from Whitney Bank, Masonite Inc., Syniverse, and more.

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