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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 20, 2022
Roper Technologies to sell majority stake in industrial businesses

The deal is expected to generate over $7 billion for future deals.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 22, 2005
Newsmakers (Sara/Mana)

Newsmakers is available free of charge.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2009
Online mall debuts in Tampa Bay

In these tough times for retailers, one Tampa entrepreneur is offering another way to market their products. On May 15, David Phillips launched Caribebay Mall, an online store for local retailers, at www.caribebay.com.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2009
Residential Management Inc. buys Fisherman's Landing

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Residential Management Inc. purchased the 256-unit Fisherman's Landing apartments just north of State Road 582 from Aimco for $14.95 million. The purchase price equated to $53,398 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 20, 2013
Destination Powersports relocating former GMC dealership on U.S. 41

The price equated to $86 per square foot.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2019
Luxury real estate agents join forces with new office

DWELL Real Estate, a Sarasota, Florida-based luxury real estate firm, has expanded to downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, and added Liane Jamason, a leading St. Pete realtor who generated $24 million in sales in 2018, to its roster of agents.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2014
Meritage Homes plans 475-home community

National builder Meritage Homes is moving forward with plans to create a 475-home community in Lakewood Ranch.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 19, 2016
Williams picks JLL to sell 4,470-acre Lakeland tract

Williams Acquisition Holding Co. LLC has hired commercial brokerage firm JLL to sell a 4,470-acre property in Lakeland, one of the largest blocks of land to come to market in Central Florida in recent history.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 27, 2016
Chairman retakes CEO role at fast-growth firm

George Pickhardt has been leader at Sarasota-based Environmental Pest Service for 44 years.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 6, 2016
Forget the east coast

The chamber of commerce couldn't have written it any better: An April 28 Wall Street Journal story, titled “Get More for Your Vacation Home Dollar,” trumpeted Sarasota over Palm Beach.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 29, 2025
Sysco facility opens in Plant City, to create 300 jobs

The food distributor employs more than 5,000 workers in Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 14, 2026
Tampa's Coke Florida named among best-managed companies in US

The locally owned Coca-Cola bottler was recognized after an evaluation of its strategies, execution, culture and governance/financials.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 8, 2008
Tax Act

The rush to beat a tax increase in Lee County distorted the commercial real estate market and will result in a glut of empty space. Meanwhile, the highest taxes in the state on new construction in Collier County keep a lid on new development.

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  • By Denise Kalette |
  • January 17, 2013
Taking charge

PODS are sprouting in driveways across the country. New CEO John Koch tackles the logistics of growth, and may take the company public.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 8, 2021
Grocers look for an edge as competition gets even tighter

To stay competitive in a brutal market, grocers need to find ways to differentiate themselves. A cheaper can of beans no longer cuts it.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • November 25, 2011
Mad Science

Animal Replacement Technologies created synthetic tissue for medical testing. The faux-muscle technology has now grown into full bodies that are doubling the renamed firm's sales.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 8, 2020
Pandemic hasn't slowed insurer's growth path

Clearwater-based insurance company Ensurem continues to hire and grow amid the COVID-19 crisis.

  • Insurance
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  • By Anita Todd |
  • May 6, 2016
Progress not perfection

The success at Lanier Upshaw is predicated on having an elite workforce. Those employees even get to own a bit of the firm.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 24, 2016
Pivot play

A $220 million deal to mostly exit the scorching hot senior living market opened new possibilities for an opportunistic company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 13, 2015
Let's go Metz

A national foodservice giant has its eye on the Gulf Coast. It could be a long glance.

  • Strategies
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