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  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • April 30, 2025
Longboat Key fine dining institution Euphemia Haye closed

Euphemia Haye and The Haye Loft closed abruptly last week with little notice or detail.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 17, 2024
MarineMax founder retires from board, executive chairman role

MarineMax founder and longtime boat industry entrepreneur Bill McGill Jr. has retired from his role as board director and executive chairman.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 7, 2025
National real estate firm names new leadership for Sarasota office

Andrew Greenwell is the managing broker for Douglas Elliman Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 12, 2024
Bankrupt Clearwater marketing firm secures $122M in financing

The digital advertising firm has filed for bankruptcy protection and has agreed to be bought by its creditors.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 28, 2025
Famed Tampa waterfront restaurant to be replaced by apartment tower

The site of the Rusty Pelican, a gathering spot since 1978, will be redeveloped as a 21-story building starting in 2027.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 21, 2025
Lakewood Ranch tech company plans $800M software firm acquisition

Roper Technologies expects the deal with Subsplash to close by the end of July.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 29, 2026
Nonprofit to buy building for Sarasota apprenticeship academy

Suncoast Apprenticeship Academy has launched a $7.8 million fundraising campaign as it plans to purchase and renovate property on Fruitville Road.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 8, 2021
OPINION: Ivermectin II: Cons and pros

Readers chastised us, saying we were promoting a COVID-19 drug that’s dangerous and unproven. Dr. Pierre Kory addresses those concerns.

  • Opinion
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 31, 2020
Reinventing the steel: New leadership revives metal-making firm

Tampa Steel & Supply, with new owner Troy Underwood at the helm, has grown significantly and expanded its technical capabilities.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 1, 2022
Firm opens new HQ on day it announces quarterly revenue of nearly $450M

Kforce opens Tampa HQ focused on hybrid work “empowered by trust and technology.”

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2006
Out of the Purse

Kristy Sobel sells more than handbags at her startup, LaNeige Purse. 'I want LaNeige to become a life link to other people ... We're all given that one opportunity to save others."

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2008
TO WATCH (Tampa Bay): Bob Johnston

Bob Johnston's best decision as an entrepreneur is one he admits he would never recommend to his children.The decision: At 21, dropping out of college, marrying his wife and moving from Tallahassee to Tampa to help run a little fondue restaurant business called The Melting Pot in 1985.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2003
Every Property Scrutinized

Given the litigious climate of the day, every site considered for expansion must undergo rigorous inspections.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 19, 2010
Drive Time

The talk is all cars at a bi-monthly gathering of Gulf Coast car devotees. Still, there is business to be had amid the chatter.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2011
Borrowed Time

The $3.6 billion deficit in the state budget is a pittance compared to the insurance disaster taxpayers will face when a major hurricane strikes. Eli Lehrer of the James Madison Institutes outlines steps lawmakers should take this session to avoid a crisis that could be worse than a hurricane.

  • News
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 17, 2013
Ghost buster

The son of Cuban immigrants, Carlos Beruff overcame a poor childhood to find long-term success in homebuilding. Annual sales, near $60 million, are at an all-time high.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 19, 2019
Market Comparison

Lee County and Southwest Florida have experienced significant gains in their industrial real estate markets over the past three years, with improvements in vacancy, absorption, leasing rates and other metrics

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 21, 2016
Big swing

There's a subtle but powerful business lesson in the early days of a nonprofit's bold plan to bring a national museum to the region.

  • Strategies
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  • By Thomas Sowell |
  • December 23, 2016
Moral fraud

Empirical evidence convincingly shows the 'do-gooder' policies to help ex-cons get jobs haven't helped at all.

  • Strategies
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  • By Pam Schuneman |
  • October 7, 2016
Maximize your deductions

If you are considering a major renovation, make sure you are aware of the ability to write off part of your asset. Missing this deduction could take years to remedy.

  • Finance
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