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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 9, 2021
Fortune 500 company buys local cybersecurity firm

CDW has purchased locally owned cybersecurity firm Focal Point for undisclosed amount

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2021
Comedy club embraces new style of seating in Wesley Chapel

Tampa's Side Splitters Comedy Club opens new location inside move theater complex in Wesley Chapel

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 30, 2021
Business surges at local port during pandemic

Port Manatee didn't take even a second to breathe in 2020. Instead, the port barreled through the pandemic in a move that paid off with a reported 55% increase in cargo.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 1, 2021
Historic resort sold to trio of companies, two with Florida ties

South Seas Island Resort sold, new owners “plan to elevate the guest experience"

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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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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  • 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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