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  • June 7, 2013
Corporate Report: June 7

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • September 2, 2011
Corporate Report: Sept. 2

The latest news from HealthPlan Holdings, Sykes Enterprises, and other Gulf Coast companies.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 7, 2021
Ryan Boland, 39

Chief Business Officer, Mercola

  • Class of 2021
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 4, 2021
Climate First Bank, new branch

Eco-friendly project pushes solar power technology to the limit.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 30, 2021
Hunger game: Upstart pet food maker's appetite for growth is strong

Upstart specialty pet food maker Better Choice Co., based in Tampa, Florida, made big moves in 2021 as it looks to shake up a crowded marketplace.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 20, 2019
New Commerce

Online shopping is changing the industrial real estate sector in Southwest Florida, and new projects are delivering.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 31, 2020
Brennan Investment properties turn super sized

Brennan Investment Group's new speculative distribution facility in Lakeland will measure 1 million square feet. Experts believe that size will become commonplace in the years to come amid technological changes and consumer demands.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 19, 2020
Net gain: Amid crisis, boutique investment firm lands an ace

The COVID-19 crisis hasn’t stopped Naples-based Fifth Avenue Family Office from executing its strategy. That includes hiring a savvy — yet untested — college athlete to run a new angel fund.

  • Finance
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 1, 2019
Freezer space is catching fire

With new grocery chaIns, restaurants and other users in the market, refrigerated and freezer space is poised to gain momentum along the Gulf Coast as never before.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 10, 2017
Q&A | Ron Wheeler

Ron Wheeler is the chief executive officer of Sembler Co., a firm that over the course of its more than 50-year history has developed more than 325 projects containing more than 27 million square feet of mostly retail real estate throughout the southeastern U.S. and Puerto Rico.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • October 31, 2014
Full steam ahead

The group behind Greenlight Pinellas has rallied funds and influential business owners to support the initiative. We show who's on which side of the tracks.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 30, 2015
Up to par

Coral Hospitality is leading investors who see opportunity to turnaround underperforming golf courses. They plan to spend $150 million between Tampa and Naples.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • February 3, 2024
$700 million worth of development projects take shape in Sarasota

Project leaders updated the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce on the expected cultural and economic impacts of Mote, The Bay and more.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 20, 2025
Midwest scratch-kitchen restaurant brand to make Florida debut at UTC

Ohio-based Kitchen Social offers a range of craveable cuisine, according to its founder.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 21, 2025
Citrus, land firm dishes on the transition to becoming a developer

The CEO of Alico Inc. told luncheon audience that the Fort Myers company began looking at changing its approach to business long before shuttering its citrus operations this year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 19, 2022
Industry insiders, consumers hope for best but prep for worst as legislators tackle for property insurance crisis

The special session on property insurance is meant to bring a solution to a long-standing problem before it's too late. Will politicians act?

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • November 29, 2019
Well-respected real estate firm refreshes brand to prepare for years ahead, enhance current edge

Sarasota-based Michael Saunders & Co. honed in on the company’s key attributes and added more vibrant colors and patterns to the firm’s look.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 26, 2019
Stealth run: Realtors reveal inner workings of a secret mansion sale

In January, two Clearwater, Florida, realtors celebrated one of the priciest residential real estate sales in the history of the Tampa Bay market — a $16.5 million deal that saw a Belleair Shores mansion belonging to former Philadelphia Phillies superstar

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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • March 10, 2026
St. Pete entrepreneur aims to outsmart AI algorithms with startup

Jon Mest, winner of a spARK Labs by Ark Invest’s Innovation Showcase, is choosing to bootstrap his way with his startup ChatRank.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2008
Corporate Report

Equity firm seeks to invest in Freedom BankEntel PCS picks Syniversefor mobile roaming processPeoples Gas, Tampa Electricask for rate increasesSage Software Healthcarehires new COOArmy expands contract withGeneral Dynamics OrdnanceShells Seafood Restaurantsfiles for Chapter 11 Ethos Investigative Services buys Global Risk ServicesChico's sales down, concludes deal with Phelps' motherWellCare Health Planshires its first COORoper Industries buysGeorgia software makerAerosonic hires new COO,exec VP/CFO to resignWellSpring Pharmaceutical buys several McNeil drugsIntertape Polymer Groupsigns deal with PellikoTampa Busch Gardens exec to manage new Dubai parksNaples Wild Oaks closing,new Whole Foods Market to openT.O.P.S. Staffing mergeswith Ad-Vance ScreeningSky Angel inks on-demand deal with Exploration FilmsMinSURG Corp. launches international division Rosetta Technologies offersRicoh SP 3300D printersVenice's XCPT hiresDesign Marketing GroupAmerican Strategic Insurance offers new policies in LouisianaTarpon Springs Institute offersnew cataract lens implantAerosonic Corp. awarded$1.4-million Boeing orderTampa Super Bowl tie-in bid deadline is Sept. 15HomeBanc opens two new branch locations in TampaOklahoma Sheriff's officeto purchase Stinger S-200sValpak, Food Net serve up Grill It! sweepstakesPGT Industries introducesthree commercial products

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