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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 11, 2019
Recently elected mayor settles in — and overcomes naysayers

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor shares thoughts about leadership, goals and more.

  • Leadership
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 17, 2019
Matthew Plummer, 37

Managing partner, Blalock Walters

  • Class of 2019
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 17, 2019
Genevieve Casagrande, 26

President and chief operating officer, SeaSucker

  • Class of 2019
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Samantha Hernandez, 39

Executive director of human resources, Pro-Link Global

  • Class of 2016
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 26, 2017
First look

Want to find and retain top talent? Look for one factor above all else, says a top HR executive: true grit.

  • Strategies
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • September 12, 2014
Oil Legacy

J.H. Williams Oil Co. has grown through three generations of the Williams family. Now the $394 million Tampa company is leveraging the fourth generation to stay on top.

  • Strategies
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • May 16, 2014
Banking's New Color

Trevor Burgess has led C1 Bank to $1.4 billion in assets, with $418 million in loans in a little more than four years. Countering industry traditions is his secret sauce.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • November 7, 2014
Review and comment

Paradox of politics: Business success makes you a pariah

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • October 10, 2024
Ryan Patel, 26

40 Under 40 winner Ryan Patel is chief of staff at Kyra Solutions Inc.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 11, 2006
Corporate Report

Non-Beall named CEO of Bradenton retailerTexas public company buys Fireline RestorationRegus Group opens in Courthouse CentreBeasley Broadcast Group buys Las Vegas' KDWN-AMCay Clubs Resorts purchases Phoenix Law PartnersChamber leader wins statewide awardHealth Management sells psychiatric hospitalsTampa company unveils real estate forecasting siteFirst Advantage Corp. buys Single Source ServicesSWFI ranked in top 10 among small airportsRadiation Therapy Services acquires Bel Air centerVerizon opens FiOS to more areas of PascoTollgrade reduces costs, closes Sarasota office

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 17, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Sun Vista Buys South Pasadena ApartmentsMercury Advisors negotiates $119 million financing dealSteinbrenners sell Radisson to Wacksman-Wallace groupAdam's Mark Hotel fetches $31.5 millionTreasure Island B&B sells 220% above prior sale price

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Developers start second phase at Academy Park VillasBlackburn Point Marina Village underwayDevelopers start second phase at Academy Park VillasBullseye Properties plans Clark Road retail center

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 10, 2018
Casto Southeast Realty Services in a sweet spot with plethora of projects

Casto Southeast Realty Services has differentiated itself through mixed-use commercial real estate projects that require expertise in places like Tampa, Lakewood Ranch, Sarasota, Daytona, Clemson, South Carolina and Raleigh, North Carolina

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2008
Gulf Coast Week

Superintendent vs. County: In a debate watched by construction and related industries, Hillsborough County's proposal to use money earmarked for school construction to build new roads is a bad idea and probably illegalOfficials fight tax cut: With early voting started and the primary election nearing, government officials are stepping up the campaign to defeat a constitutional amendment to cut property taxes.City denies condo extension: Another downtown Sarasota condo project has fallen on tough times, although this one, known as the Atrium on 1750 Ringling Blvd., is struggling long before the first brick was ever laid.Port lands big one: A South American shipping company has chosen Port Manatee, one of the largest deepwater seaports in Florida, as the location to expand its weekly Gulf of Mexico trips.Enviros raises $20 million: The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, an environmental group in Naples that works closely with developers, has raised $20 million and is seeking an additional $5 million in donations.Naples continue to drop: The Naples Area Board of Realtors recently reported 134 single-family homes sold in December, a 9% drop from the same month a year ago$1.4 million land consultant: Lee County commissioners approved paying Coral Gables-based Dover, Kohl & Partners $1.4 million to conduct a study of 83,000 acres in Southeast Lee County on which they recently placed a moratorium for new development.

  • Finance
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 5, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

Bank holds out for nice price: It was not six months ago that Glen W. Fausset, president of 1st National Bank & Trust, was stamping out speculation that the 19-year-old Bradenton bank would be sold.Well represented: It appears the local real estate industry, for the most part, applauds the recent appointment of Pinellas County Commissioner Bob Stewart to the Florida Impact Fee Review Task Force. McEwen gets official OK: As expected, Catherine Peek McEwen has received the official approval of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to become Tampa's next bankruptcy judge.All's well?: Talking about Tampa bankruptcy court: It might be one of the busiest in the nation, but business has been slowing down there over the past couple years.New bank on schedule: The first bank based in south Hillsborough County in almost a decade is on track to begin business next month.'Real-Time Enterprise': Are you ready for extreme competition as the "great 21st century business reformation" takes place? Look no further than the "Titans of Technology."

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 7, 2020
Officials, task force members weigh multi-county road project

Some powerful Florida officials back a massive road project that could redefine how people get from Polk to Collier counties. Others wonder: Does Florida really need another big thoroughfare?

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 8, 2022
Property insurance market crisis looms over Florida

High litigation fees are public enemy No. 1 in the complex marketplace, say multiple industry leaders and officials.

  • Insurance
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 27, 2015
Second wind

A new wave of downtown development is coming to downtown Fort Myers, where investors may spend as much as $500 million on new condos, shops and offices.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 9, 2024
$120 million hospital project to officially break ground in east Manatee

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Pinellas County shopping center sells for $7.5 million, a Sarasota condo project sees double and Lee County keeps fighting for discount.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 15, 2006
Coffee Talk

Coffee Talk: Southwest may add Fort Myers flightsThe real estate market may be in the dumps, but at least one segment of the advertising industry that caters to it - billboards - is booming. Sarasota employers are not an optimistic bunch, according to Manpower Inc.'s most recent employment outlook survey.Coral Gables-based Cornerstone Group is touting its new all-concrete town home community as the cure to homeowners' insurance woes.If the residential real estate market is in a slump, you wouldn't know it based on investors' appetites.Morgan Stanley executives say they've raised $1.75 billion for Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund V U.S., the institutional fund that recently bought Babcock Ranch in partnership with West Palm Beach developer Syd Kitson. Tampa-based Suncoast Roofers Supply (profiled in the May 12 Review) has opened its 15th location, this one in Gainesville, home of the University of Florida Gators.When the public sector borrows from the business world, it tends to raise eyebrows and lower costs. In Sarasota County, that lesson is coming home in the Office of Financial Planning.Pulte Homes and its DiVosta subsidiary are two of the best homebuilders on the Gulf Coast for customer satisfaction, according to J.D. Power and Associates. Yet another Palm Avenue development RFPThere's an anti-development fight in St. Pete Beach, a south Pinellas County coastal community of 10,000, and Wa

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