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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 26, 2021
Manufacturers association gets full-time executive director

Rob Harris of the Sarasota-Manatee Area Manufacturers Association has become the full-time executive director of the organization.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 14, 2021
Arkansas man charged in multimillion-dollar area event ticket scam

Federal grand jury has indicted a 52-year-old man for wire fraud after F.B.I. and the U.S. Dept. of Treasury investigation

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 22, 2021
Sale of shuttered mall approved by federal judge

A New York judge has approved the sale Bradenton's DeSoto Square Mall after three-day bankruptcy auction

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2021
Area real estate leader buys art-like mapping firm

Brokerage seeks to aid sales agents with new maps.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2020
Historic global wealth management firm acquires area company

Laidlaw Wealth Management adds offices in Tampa and Naples to its Florida portfolio.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2021
Private equity firm buys area robotics manufacturing firm

Sean Dotson founded RND Automation in 2005.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 3, 2020
California REIT buys Punta Gorda self-storage property

Strategic Storage Trust IV has acquired a Punta Gorda self-storage property that its former owner had converted from a Walmart store in 2018.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 18, 2020
Nuveen buys Lakeland building from Brennan

TIAA affiliate’s $41.2 million purchase marks the latest disposition of spec-developed asset in the Interstate 4 Corridor by Illinois developer

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2020
Community bank buys former SunTrust building for new HQ

Sanibel Captiva Community Bank also sold its current main office.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2020
Homebuilder achieves 1,000 home sales in 2019

Neal Communities plans to open three new affordable home communities in Parrish, Lakewood Ranch and Venice in 2021.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 31, 2020
Area community bank to turn old SunTrust branch into new HQ

Sanibel Captiva Community Bank has more than $460 million in assets.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 7, 2020
New district in town aims to promote business growth

The Limelight District in Sarasota includes Lime Avenue from Fruitville Road to 12th Street.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 2, 2020
Feldman-led partnership buys Sarasota City Center

Tampa-based investor plans multimillion renovation to 13-story building.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2020
Restaurant chain tells area landlords it won’t pay April rent

The Cheesecake Factory has four locations on the west coast of Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 30, 2020
Company buys largest motorhome dealership in Indiana

The announced acquisition of Total Value RV is part of Lazydays’ geographic expansion strategy.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 18, 2022
Want to own a home? Be prepared to save for 10 years

Surging real estate prices in the Tampa Bay region have stretched down-payment saving timelines into new territory.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 9, 2022
Peloton layoffs hit close to home as nearly 60 employees cut in Lakeland

A major restructuring at Peloton Interactive affects Lakeland office with closing and layoffs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2018
'Tis the season to safeguard your data

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and Florida Capital Bank’s information security officer, Ed Bides, has tips for businesses that want to get better at safeguarding their data.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 30, 2018
STAR search: Development opportunity seeks new direction

The future of Pinellas County, Florida's Young & Rainey Science Technology & Research Center has been thrown into doubt again after the county’s economic development agency rejected three bids for the 96-acre light industrial and technology park in Largo,

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2019
Lawsuit: Man bought homes with $70M he misappropriated from oil companies

Edward Brinkmann, a German national living in Naples, is accused of stealing funds via markup scheme as head of procurement.

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