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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2012
Ask-Gary founder buys Enterprise building

Dr. Gary Kompothecras purchased the 14,940-square-foot Enterprise Building on State Street for $1.15 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 17, 2020
Meridian sells Concourse Center property in Clearwater

Meridian Development Group has sold its Concource Center property in Clearwater aftfer 13 years of ownership, and is focusing on buying additional properties in the Tampa area.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 15, 2019
Benderson Development makes second St. Armands acquisition

Benderson Development Group has purchased a St. Armands Circle building for the second time in four months. This time the company spent $6.95 million to buy the building housing the Crab & Fin seafood restaurant, Tilden Ross Jewelers and Better Homes & Ga

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 19, 2019
Benefit corporation strikes saucy deal with major grocery chain

Teen-operated Taste of Immokalee awarded space in some 200 Publix stores' 'Buy Local' shelves.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 30, 2018
Data Snashot: Area cities score low on study of popular cities for millennial homebuyers

Certain U.S. cities are attracting more millennials buying homes, a LendingTree study says.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 21, 2016
Fort Myers multifamily complex sells for $95 million

In what is believed to the largest multifamily complex sale along the Gulf Coast in at least the past decade, a 936-unit apartment community in Fort Myers sold for $95.2 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 1, 2016
Package promoters

A successful shipping company seeks a new approach in the fight for repeat customers. It might be on to something.

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  • By Denise Kalette |
  • March 22, 2013
Powering Ahead

St. Petersburg-based Power Design expects its revenue to jump 40% this year. It's summoning electricians from across the country to tackle new projects.

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  • By James R. |
  • July 25, 2014
When and why should you rebrand?

The more you monitor your brand, the easier it is to decide when your message needs some refreshing.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 11, 2020
County selects architectural team to study consolidation of long-time administrative offices

Sarasota County selects architectural team of Sweet Sparkman Architects and DLR Group to study consolidation of long-time administrative offices

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jeff Durosko |
  • April 17, 2023
Win the day with employees — even in a tight labor market

From luncheons to launching a monthly good news newsletter, there are better to ways to engage with a firm's No. 1 asset.

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  • July 27, 2007
Lasday: STREET SMART MARKETING

Short burst of non-traditional actions will be more powerful than dated plans.

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  • November 7, 2003
From Good...To Great (Tampa edition)

Ninety minutes with Tom Snow, president and CEO of Carlton Fields, one of Florida's largest law firms.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2006
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Brookline Development buys strip centerLane Co. buys Watermark 1Atria Senior Living Group assumes Amber Wood facilityBurton-Katzman Development planning Honore office projectNew York investor buys Cortez Village SquareBiggins buys industrial building for $2 millionCedar Bay Marina becomes yacht clubWayside Industrial acquires large Alico Road tractSenior Housing Properties Trust buys Buena Vida

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • August 28, 2023
Florida officials: Some Citgo gasoline tainted with diesel

Some gasoline that came in through Tampa port mixed accidentally with diesel, which is not good for cars' engines.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 27, 2011
Retail Rules

One of the Gulf Coast's largest companies has high hopes for a new executive. It searched wide to find a star.

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  • By Ted Carter |
  • June 16, 2017
Signs are Changing

Mergers are coming fast and furious for Florida community banks. The strategy behind the moves comes down to the latest industry truism: Size matters.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 10, 2022
Lakewood Ranch commercial property sells for more than $2 million

The former bank branch building will become a dentist’s office.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2022
Lakeland charter air-travel service expands Plant City fleet

TRYP Air Charter has added an eight-passenger turbo-prop aircraft.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2011
Largo to be more business friendly

Over the next two months, city officials in Largo will reach out to businesses trying to learn more about their needs and concerns in working with local government.

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