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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 7, 2024
First Watch developing 130 new restaurants

“Our pipeline for future growth is stronger than ever,” First Watch CEO and President Chris Tomasso says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 9, 2007
Saving the News

NewsBank is bridging the gap between newspapers and the Internet. It recently signed a deal with Google to give users access to newspaper archives.

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  • July 16, 2009
Rocket Parts

Matt Griffin, 39 Vortex Racing

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • February 18, 2011
The New Cable Guy

Tom Ward's plans as president of Custom Cable Industries include finding new markets for its products, along with expanding current relationships. It starts with interrogation, which he knows a little about.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2019
Homebuilder courts longshot economic development prize

Carlos Beruff takes another shot at wooing Amazon to Manatee County.

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  • August 7, 2012
Political forum draws candidate fest in Lee

Who says there's political apathy?

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 1, 2022
Tampa man sentenced to 5 years for counterfeit credit cards, unemployment insurance fraud

The 30-year-old man made credit cards using stolen information and committed fraud to obtain unemployment benefits.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2011
All in the Family

It wasn't patronage that landed Ed Kobel at the head of DeBartolo Development LLC, one the Tampa Bay area's largest family-owned companies; it was fate, success and hard work. But his genes sure didn't hurt.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 26, 2024
Longboat Key condo sells for $21 million

The 11,000-square-foot combined waterfront unit is the largest condominium sale in Sarasota County history.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 24, 2013
You be the publisher

Publisher Tony Spano lets Realtors sell ads in their own custom magazines. Circulation is growing.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 17, 2006
The Case Against Hedge Funds

A long-time executive in the mutual fund industry gives a lengthy indictment of what he derides as "the investment du jour."

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2009
The Tampa Theatre Inc. buys lobby, office, flower shop

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  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • January 14, 2010
Naples investor Carlisle buys Wilson Plaza

Naples Greg Carlisle purchased the 36,000-square-foot Wilson Plaza shopping center on Wilson Boulevard in Golden Gate Estates for $6.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 14, 2010
Wal-Mart buys portion of Centre at University

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. purchased a three-acre piece of The Centre at University Parkway, a 128,708-square-foot neighborhood shopping center at the northwest corner of University Parkway and Lockwood Ridge Road, for $7.5 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • January 29, 2010
Tampa gets 'distress relief'

The trend of investment groups buying and managing large numbers of distressed, single-family homes, which has been documented extensively in the Review, continues in Tampa.

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  • December 23, 2009
Pet Supermarket buys Rex A.V. store

Sunrise-based pet-supply retailer Pet Supermarket Inc. purchased a 12,040-square-foot former Rex Audio Video and Appliances store on U.S. 41 for $1.3 million.

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  • November 6, 2009
Port Dolphin Energy buys interconnection station land

Port Dolphin Energy LLC purchased about four acres on the Northside of Buckeye Road, about 1.5 miles east of U.S. 41 for $438,100.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2009
Alpha-Omega buys 72 units in Reserve at Naples

Naples-based Alpha-Omega Cos. Inc. purchased 72 units in the 300-unit The Reserve at Naples condominium development near Pine Ridge Road for $3.2 million. The purchase price equated to $44,444 per unit.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 3, 2009
European, investor buys CVS drug store

Swiss investor Federico Hurth purchased an 11,200-square-foot CVS drug store on Tamiami Trail near Laurel Oak Drive for $5 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 3, 2009
Highwoods Properties buys Westshore offices

Raleigh, N.C.-based Highwoods Properties purchased a 219,815-square-foot, 10-story office building in Westshore for $22.25 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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