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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2014
Corporate Report: March 14

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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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 |
  • January 12, 2023
Lakewood Ranch named best-selling for fifth year in a row

The multigenerational, master-planned community received the honor despite have sold fewer new homes in 2022 compared to 2021.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 2, 2021
Community developer adds two team members as demand continues to rise

The two were welcome additions to the land development team.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2022
Port Manatee rebrands after record year

The name change and new logo were unveiled at last month's meeting.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 4, 2022
Logistics startup raises $50M in equity capital from New York firm

Tampa-based Red Rover Moving and Storage has received a total of $65 million from New York financial services firm Oppenheimer & Co.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2018
Hear them roar

Tiger 21 high-wealth membership organization begins Naples chapter

  • News
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 6, 2019
Elvis has left the building

Daniel Peek, who while at HFF negotiated some of the largest hotel sales in area history, has left the firm amid its merger with JLL to join Hodges Ward Elliott, a New York brokerage, where he will be president of its hospitality division.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 1, 2019
Fawcett Memorial buys land for Estero hospital

Fawcett Memorial Hospital has purchased nearly 100 acres in Estero for $52.5 million for a new hospital in Lee County, after the state granted parent company HCA Healthcare permission to build one last year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 22, 2018
Manufacturing forecast for Sunshine State: gloomy

a new national study from the Ball State Center for Business and Economic Research and Conexus Indiana on manufacturing and logistics. The Sunshine State scored a D in manufacturing industry health, one of nine states to barely pass.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2015
Sarasota's incredible shrinking space

Buried deep in a new Sarasota County Business Competitiveness survey that asked 74 local companies to rate the health of the region's business climate and macro conditions was a troubling finding: Space is at a premium.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 20, 2025
Child care franchise planned for Lakewood Ranch

The owners of a Discovery Point Child Development Center in Bradenton are opening a second location.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • March 7, 2022
Transactions: Feb. 28 to March 7

Charlotte County shopping center acquisition for $26 million among the week's top deals.

  • Transactions
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 6, 2018
In Memoriam: Stu Gregory, 1934-2018

Stu Gregory owned Bradenton insurance agency Des Champs & Gregory and was active in the community.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • May 2, 2022
Transactions: April 26 to May 2

A $121 million multifamily deal leads the way in this week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 30, 2014
Skin in the Game

Naples dermatologist Srdjan Prodanovich created an electronic medical health program that helps doctors manage patient records more efficiently. So far, it cost $3 million to develop.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 10, 2019
Entrepreneur and TV pitchman uses contacts, focus on sales to grow new venture

Craig Rapihana is building up FlipFork by harnessing lessons learned.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 23, 2019
Large lab firm, behind $25M project, looks to get larger

A stalwart Fort Myers company — with a nod to enthusiastic investors — targets major advances.

  • Health Care
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 1, 2009
Next Up

A coveted Gulf Coast waterfront property has stymied past developers. The latest group to give it a shot hopes they have the answers — and the timing.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Denise Federer |
  • August 13, 2025
Want to help your business thrive? Quit resisting the change.

Change is inevitable in life and in business. Here's how to make it happen.

  • Advice
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