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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • October 25, 2024
Tampa Bay foster care nonprofit launches next phase of $8M campaign

The funds will build A Kid’s Place of Tampa Bay a new center and expand other services.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 23, 2021
Longtime entrepreneurs dive headfirst into business idea amid pandemic — now it's valued at $12 million

The founders of Bushwacker Spirits were told repeatedly to put off starting the company until after the pandemic had run its course for a year. Good thing they didn't listen.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 3, 2024
Broker gets creative to sell $295 million Naples compound

Dawn McKenna says selling trophy properties, like the Naples estate and the "Home Alone" house, is a happy mix of art and science.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 23, 2015
Stores of love

It takes discipline to manage growth. Chef Norman Love won't add stores until he's sure the quality remains superior.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 15, 2020
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Stratum/Tidewell Hospice, Director of Transformation and Integration

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 7, 2022
Sarasota County's new headquarters projected to cost at least $72 million

The new building next to Celery Fields will be 50,000 square feet smaller than the current downtown administration building.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2021
Equity firms acquire pair of homegrown Sarasota tech companies

One company started as a subsidiary of the other business.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 2, 2022
Train horn maker embarks on aggressive expansion plan

HornBlasters Inc. has introduced a highly anticipated new product, acquired the assets of a former supplier and moved its headquarters.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 10, 2025
Southwest Florida housing permits down 13%

Collier County was the only one among the three Southwest Florida counties to post a year-over-year increase.

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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 9, 2009
Educated Acceptance

It took Novusolutions four years to start building a client base in the education industry. Now, this green-tinted technology company is taking on the other 95% of their market.

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  • March 21, 2008
Preservation Rotation

A small group of money managers are trying to make big gains by combining market-timing skills with market-weary risk ideals.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 16, 2024
Legendary Fort Myers Beach restaurant property sells for $3.65M

In the week's top commercial real estate news, an Estero Ford dealership grows its service department and an investor borrows $82 million to buy a pair of Lutz apartment communities and a local construction company buys a Sarasota warehouse and office space.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 15, 2023
1,300-home master-planned community coming to Punta Gorda

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a popular bike shop sells its building in Fort Myers, a boat company buys a warehouse near St. Pete, and an office building is for sale in Sarasota County.

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  • November 16, 2012
North American Development Group buys troubled Seminole Mall

The price equated to $34 per square foot.

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  • March 5, 2012
Longboat tennis resort sold

RVA purchased Cedars Tennis Resort and Barrier Island Realty Inc.

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  • March 11, 2021
Digital media firm announces new president

Sadie Ludwig joined MediaBrains in 2016.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 28, 2018
Cleaning services giant sweeps into Florida

Kansas City-based SG360 sought more market share in Florida and Virginia.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2018
Coworking spaces spring up in Tampa

Co-working space continues growth spurt.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 12, 2016
Region's hotels embrace wellness

In a bid to attract millennial travelers and baby boomers alike, major hotel chains throughout the Gulf Coast are turning to health and wellness concepts to gain an edge.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 17, 2015
Retail bidder takes TIA to court

A $1.3 billion concessions deal Tampa International Airport operators struck with 11 different business groups is headed to court.

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