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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 8, 2019
Penny Hoarder leader says students need better money management skills

Kyle Taylor, the mastermind behind St. Petersburg, Florida-based The Penny Hoarder financial advice website, is backing a bill that, if passed, would require Florida high school students to complete a financial literacy course.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 8, 2019
Prominent restaurant chain appoints new CEO

Tampa, Florida-based Bloomin’ Brands has a new CEO, David Deno.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 15, 2018
Tampa Renaissance Hotel trades for $68 million

Clearview and Oaktree Capital team up to acquire Tampa Renaissance Hotel from Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. for $68 million, in keeping with the Dallas company's strategy to focus on upsclae lodging

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 22, 2018
Foundation sells large Venice tract for roughly $18 million

Neal Land Ventures buy former Bridges property in North Venice from Gulf Coast Community Foundation for roughly $18 million, 13 years after affordable housing plan launched

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 29, 2018
WCI completes second Westhore Marina District land purchase

WCI Communities spends a total of $15 million to buy land to develop more than 140 luxury townhomes within the 52-acre Westshore Marina District that BTI Partners is developing in Tampa

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2018
A new castle for aviation support company relocation

Newcastle Aviation begins construction on new headquarters in Fort Myers

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 17, 2018
Priam Capital buys eight buildings in Tampa for $52 million

Priam Capital expands its geographic reach with the purchase of an eight-building office portfolio in Tampa's Sabal Park from IP Capital Partners in a deal brokered by Cushman & Wakefield

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 24, 2018
Pair of Fort Myers, Estero apartments fetch $100 million in sales

A pair of Lee County apartment complexes trade for $100 million, a further sign that investor demand for multifamily rental projects in Fort Myers and Estero remain in demand

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2018
Union job

Veteran mortgage executive makes the move from banking career to Lake Michigan Credit Union.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2018
Apartment complex trades for $110.5 million

A Jupiter-based firm's acquisition of a Bradenton apartment community is the largest sale of a multifamily rental complex in the Sarasota or Bradenton markets in the past decade.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 24, 2022
Travel insurance company rewards customers who stuck by firm in pandemic

Squaremouth took a deep look at one of its darkest days.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 24, 2017
A clean business opportunity

A research and development project two years and at least $100,000 in the making at Naples Soap Co. is about to get a major publicity upgrade.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 31, 2017
Lay of the land

'We're in a new bull market,' economist says.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 16, 2018
Equus buys Reserve apartments in St. Pete

Fueled by sustained job and population growth in the Tampa Bay area that has outpaced much of the nation, investors are continuing to flock to multifamily rental investments regionwide, property records show.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2013
Marty Bielecki, 38

President, Southwest Direct

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2013
Discovery Senior Living, Kayne Anderson buy out GE's interest in Aston Gardens

The price equated to $145,237 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2014
Hydro-Dyne Engineering buys, relocating to Pinellas Park building

Hydro-Dyne Engineering Inc. purchased a 107,500-square-foot industrial building for $5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2014
Realco Capital Partners buys College Court, Campus Club

Realco Capital Partners LLC has entered the University of South Florida student housing market. The Stamford, Conn.-based investment and development firm purchased the 92-unit College Court for $11.8 million and the 64-unit Campus Club for $10.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 20, 2014
Incentives keep firms bouncing

The often-warped logic of economic incentives to lure businesses to town is front and center yet again.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 31, 2014
Fresh Look

Louies Modern is one of the newer entries in the downtown Sarasota eating scene.

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