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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 21, 2020
Area entrepreneur creates business with handcrafted bow ties

Travis Ray runs The Dapper Bowtique.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 22, 2021
High hopes for holiday shopping season

Retail groups predict this holiday shopping season will make merchants jolly.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 16, 2024
Benderson spends $70M on acquisitions in Sarasota, Sumter counties

Manatee-based Benderson Development bought a 95,000-square-foot Sarasota shopping center and 3,400 acres in Sumter County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 11, 2019
Hot (and cool) industry attracts private equity cash

The home services industry, behind a demand surge and solid cash flow, has attracted something else besides customers.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 26, 2018
Southwest Florida markets among the most home ownership friendly

Fort Myers, Sarasota markets lead Florda, rank nationally in buy-vs.-rent affordability

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 24, 2025
Study: $1M in Florida buys 753 square feet of luxury housing

Florida is ranked No. 10 in the country for states where $1 million buys the least real estate, according to a study.

  • Florida
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 24, 2020
Entrepreneur seeks to buy, revamp and redevelop part of town

Andre Spivey aims to encourage investors to purchase a portion of Toomsboro, Ga., and adapt its historic buildings to new purposes.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • February 29, 2024
Noted investor Cathie Wood dishes on power of AI, Tesla

St. Pete investor Cathie Wood says if you're interested in artificial intelligence, be very interested in Tesla.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • October 1, 2010
Crowd Control

CrowdSavings.com, a Tampa-based website offering discount vouchers from local businesses, has extended its reach to the West Coast. Its owners see more chances for growth through buyouts of similar firms.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 17, 2020
Homebuilder's sales back to pre-coronavirus levels

Neal Communities also marked five community sales closeouts during the month at Tides End, The Ridge at Crossing Creek, Coconut Cove, Watermark and Cypress Walk.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 22, 2022
New York firm buys 55-plus apartment community in Bonita Springs

Castle Lanterra Properties has bought the four-year-old Diamond Oaks Village.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 6, 2023
Developer pays $7.5M for Sarasota lots, plans mixed-use community

PTM Partners plans to build a major mixed-use project on the property near Payne Park.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 30, 2015
Perfect timing

Steelbridge Capital sold its Tampa Bay office holdings for double-digit returns shortly before the market peaked. Now it's back.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • February 26, 2024
Tampa company shifts directions, invests millions to find and sell bitcoin

LM Funding has invested, and so far made, millions in mining for bitcoin. It has its sights set on much bigger dividends.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Anita Todd |
  • July 31, 2015
Be excellent

Dean Saunders, who has brokered billions in dollars of real estate sales, is constantly in relentless pursuit of improving things around him.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2022
Outback Steakhouse co-founder acquires Glory Days Grill restaurants

Bob Basham, a Glory Days franchisee, buys out the brand’s corporate parent and its 22 company-owned eateries.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 21, 2010
Inland American buys Malibu Lakes

Oak Brook, Ill.-based Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc. purchased the 356-unit Malibu Lakes Apartments west of Tarpon Bay Boulevard and east of Interstate 75 for $31.02 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 15, 2019
With acquisition, law firm expands influence in nation’s capital

GrayRobinson buys Washington, D.C.-based lobbying firm Eris Group LLC.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 24, 2014
Vantage Properties buys land for Gulf Coast Town Center outparcels

The price equated to $200,356 per acre.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Lindsay Downey |
  • July 6, 2012
Visual Victory

Home makeovers have a seen a recession-era lift in popularity. A forward-thinking entrepreneur hopes to capitalize on the trend, with technology leading the way.

  • Entrepreneurs
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