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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 23, 2024
Microsoft, Disney execs to speak at rebranded PR conference in Tampa

The Florida Public Relations Association has rebranded its annual conference — with a goal of making the event a go-to professional development spot for PR and related professions statewide.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 17, 2012
New Connections

A group of young techies escaped Cuba to realize their dream of becoming American entrepreneurs. Getting to the U.S. was the hardest part.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 28, 2023
Cancer center creates nonprofits to oversee construction of 775-acre campus

The new nonprofit corporations will handle the development of the land and land holdings for Moffitt Cancer Center's massive new campus under construction in Pasco County.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 27, 2010
Foreclosure capital gets noticed

Is Lee County ever going to relinquish its title as the foreclosure capital of the country?

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 20, 2015
Follow the rooftops

If you want to know where the Gulf Coast's economy is headed in 2016, follow the homebuilders and residential land developers.

  • Strategies
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • October 26, 2018
Jason Bartz, 38

Vice president of development, NDC Asset Management and The Riverside Real Estate Co.

  • Class of 2018
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 17, 2022
Bravo TV star, yacht captain muses on leadership principles at sea

Lee Rosbach whittles down good leadership to being a person of high honor and integrity. Without that, he says, you're sunk.

  • Leadership
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • December 19, 2024
Clearwater boy scout, troop break national popcorn sale records

After rigorous goal setting and sales, Troop 313 has popped to the top.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2004
Bar Honors Retired General

Retired U.S. Army Gen. Tommy Franksspoke was awarded the Liberty Bell award from the Hillsborough County Bar Association. at a luncheon on Nov. 3.

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 26, 2012
A River Runs Through It: Boating aims for rebound

The maligned boating industry has trudged its way through the recession, though some industry executives say a comeback is under way.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2011
Fort Myers home prices up 3%

Area home prices increased 3% in September relative to a year prior.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 17, 2023
Bank of Tampa expands Manatee County presence with Lakewood Ranch office

Bryan Boudreaux, who has been with the bank since 2018, will oversee the new branch in Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2018
New face and new name for Fifth Avenue Advisors

Fifth Avenue Advisors changes name to Fifth Avenue Family Office, hires Marianna Zuk as general counsel

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2008
Retail is Alive (Really!)

Reports of the death of Florida retail aregreatly exaggerated. For now, an objective look at commercial real estate vacancies and rents doesn't show widespread distress.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 15, 2023
Texas-based cafe opens location in Sarasota

The new Toasted Yolk is the first in Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • June 11, 2010
Lean Manufacturing

Clearwater's Boyd Industries has quietly made a name for itself in orthodontic circles, making chairs and related furnishings for more than a half-century. Sales have stabilized during the recession, but the company itself isn't reclining.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 3, 2018
Margaritaville Holdings planning a pair of Gulf Coast hotels

Margaritaville Holdings unveils plans for new hotels in Fort Myers and Anna Maria Sound with TPI Hospitality and Floridays Development Co. as part of a major brand expansion nationwide.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 11, 2022
$1.5 billion firm’s new HQ is 80% smaller than its old space

Kforce, embracing and leading the way on the hybrid work, opens new Tampa HQ “empowered by trust and technology." It turns out that requires a lot less space

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 3, 2018
Entrepreneur finds new life in handbag manufacturing startup

Former Philadelphia interior designer Gretchen Bauer recently embarked on an unusual mission: to manufacture high-end handbags. She's running the startup business in Sarasota.

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 13, 2013
Startup Power

Women rank woefully behind men in receiving startup capital to fund a new company or idea. A Gulf Coast entrepreneur seeks to sack that dynamic.

  • Entrepreneurs
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