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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 11, 2024
Bradenton bar raided for illegal gambling

Pour Decisions Saloon was operating slot machines without a license, according to the Bradenton Police Department.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 9, 2025
$410K project to repair Venice pier begins

The "T" structure at the Venice Municipal Fishing Pier is being repaired by a Hillsborough County company.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 28, 2025
Tampa's Naked Farmer restaurant chain moving HQ to Water Street

The local farm-to-table chain is taking nearly 2,000 square feet of space in the 20-story Thousand & One building later this year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 10, 2024
St. Pete manufacturer to add 5,000 jobs — in India

Jabil is expanding its presence in India with a new $238 million facility in the country’s souther city of Tiruchirappalli.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 1, 2025
Naples restaurant sells for $500,000

Pelican Larry’s on Immokalee Road has sold to Tipsy Corner Inc., an entity made up of the same people who own New York Pizza & Pasta in Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 15, 2025
Venice company acquires Sarasota lighting business

Commercial Residential Aluminum purchased American Lightscapes.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 18, 2025
Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa hotel operator partner on $84M project

The plan is to build a 200-room property with a full-service restaurant to serve patients, families and others coming to Moffitt.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • April 10, 2025
Tampa banker pleads guilty in embezzlement case, agrees to $122K

The charges could add up to 30 years in federal prison.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • July 19, 2024
Pair of COVID-19 loan fraud arrests made in Tampa Bay

Two busts are the latest attempts at reclaiming millions in relief funds.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 19, 2026
Clearwater insurance firm shutting office, laying off 103

Clarifying has informed the state that it is closing its corporate office and laying off the employees in April.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Sturdivent Foods buys three buildingsMetro Parkway Realty buys Metro strip centerMiami builders plan Marco Island officeBrooks & Freund begins PaseoFinergy closes on Nokomis hotel siteSarasota Ophthalmology moves to Tamiami TrailRingling buys nine homes, one commercial buildingKeller Williams buys Channelside building for new officeAdvanced Developmentbuys Dixon Legal for condosGulfshore Bank headquarters planned

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 7, 2007
TECO Classic

TECO Energy, the parent company of Tampa Electric, has shed non-core assets and stepped-up employee training to return to its past successful formula.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 22, 2006
Commercial RE Briefs

California apartment owner buys Twelve Oaks PlazaBank subsidiary buys SteeplechaseSarasota entrepreneur buys Stickney Point centerBuskirk, Summers & Gravely plan Synovus branch Barron Collier buys 4,200-acre SerenoaSand Castles Group expects headquarters start next year Land Solutions, Development Solutions buying new HQPhiladelphia real estate fund acquires five North Reo buildingsInvestment group buys, repositions Buccaneer PlazaPulte Homes breaks ground for largest new community

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2004
From Farmer to Developer

Manatee Fruit Co., one of the area's larger landowners, changes with the times.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 22, 2005
Ruben's Back

After a year out of development with a bad back, Wayne Ruben is running full force again - this time with his own firm and his son. With partner Roger Holland, a Pennsylvania contractor, Wayne Ruben has five developments slated for construction in 2006 and 2007.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2008
Coffee Talk

+ Divorcee housing;supply meets demandSpouse kicked you out of the house? Forget hotels.+ Attention art lovers:Share your passion and winWhen Susie Harris and her two siblings decided it was time to get out of the art gallery and custom picture framing business earlier this year, they had one major problem: A dearth of interested buyers for their small but popular store in Bradenton, Art Decor International.+ Debt collectors beware,lawsuits are risingIf you're going after someone who owes you money - and in this economy, there is a lot more of that for Gulf Coast businesses - better know the rules. Florida's business climateshines again nationallyFlorida is back in the good graces of C-Suite executives seeking states that have the most pro-business attitudes in the country.+ Bradenton bank rescuedby outside capital - for nowFreedom Bank, one of a few Bradenton-based banks facing corrosive loan problems, has been thrown a $5 million lifeline.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2008
Rooms Service

John McKibbon continues a family tradition of building and managing hotels, expanding the company throughout the Southeast.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 10, 2025
Sunshine Ace Hardware goes big on brick-and-mortar strategy

The Naples hardware store chain's chase for customers revolves around removing obstacles for customers and the action inside the store, not in a web browser or app. The strategy is working.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 4, 2022
Sarasota center for trauma recovery debuts to big interest

A centralized — and soothing — place to help people overcome trauma in their lives is quickly gaining traction in the region.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 12, 2009
Software Beach

In the shadows of condos, golf courses and hotels, there's always been a core group of successful technology companies in Naples. Don Innis can often be found among them and now he's launched another venture.

  • Strategies
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