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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 23, 2018
Death and refunds

Florida filers get average refund of $2,877.

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  • March 2, 2018
Location, location, location

Need to keep track of where you've been year-round? There's an app for that.

  • News
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 3, 2017
Maryland firm buys Lee site for apartments

One of the Baltimore area's best-known development firms has acquired a 37.6-acre tract in Fort Myers, where it plans an “upscale” apartment community.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2017
Developer buys 268-acre site for $7M

Site is in fast-growing northeast Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 9, 2017
Denholtz office renovations paying dividends in Tampa, St. Petersburg

Taylor Media Corp. moves into St. Petersburg building

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2014
Manatee online court access model goes statewide

The Florida Supreme Court order praises Manatee County's program.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 24, 2015
And pigs (and profits) will fly

Canada sends a lot to Florida, starting with thousands of winter tourists and snowbirds.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2015
Entrepreneurial group seeks growth

The area chapter of Entrepreneurs' Organization, recently named one of a dozen organizations entrepreneurs need to join by Entrepreneur magazine, has dream-large plans for the Gulf Coast in 2012.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2015
Sarasota stalwart moves operations north

GeniusCentral hopes to pick up more than $500,000 in incentives, taking over warehouse location in St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • July 26, 2024
Tampa apartment complex obtains nearly $80M refinancing loan

Bellwether Enterprise, a national commercial mortgage banking company, handled a $78.6 million refinancing loan on the Mav, a mid-rise apartment complex in Tampa owned by Daniel Corp.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 1, 2024
Hoffmann's Midwest buying spree continues with cruise company purchase

The Naples business conglomerate has bought a Michigan cruise business with two ships.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 11, 2024
Packaging manufacturer hiring 500 for new Pasco County plant

Garyline, a New York packaging manufacturer, is hiring more than 500 people at its new Spring Hill facility and will hold its first job fair Saturday.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 2, 2024
Global insurance firm buys Fort Myers brokerage, affiliate

Global insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Fort Myers-based Specialty Risk Management Services LLC and its affiliate, Private Client Insurance Services.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 1, 2024
Former Dairy Queen exec named CEO of area commercial cleaning firm

Office Pride Commercial Cleaning Services, a Palm Harbor company with nearly 150 franchises in 25 states, has named former Budget Blinds president Doug Phillip its new CEO.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 22, 2025
Ferry service between Bradenton, Anna Maria continues after pier damage

The Gulf Islands Ferry is operational between the Riverwalk Pier in Bradenton and Historic Bridge Street Pier on Anna Maria Island.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • February 17, 2025
Carrabba's names new division president

Kelia Bazile has a lengthy history in fast and casual dining establishments.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 12, 2025
St. Pete home insurer, behind $30M in capital, starts selling policies

The recently approved insurer with an A rating and $30 million in capital has begun selling policies in the state.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 13, 2025
Largest-ever partner joins Lee economic development nonprofit

The Lee County Industrial Development Authority is now an Innovator Investor with the Horizon Foundation.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 23, 2025
Sarasota medical office building sees value jump more than 600%

The 2,467-square-foot medical office building across from Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota sold for $3.6 million — 634% more than the its previous owner paid for it 19 years ago.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 15, 2024
Florida Walgreens stores face potential closure as 1,200 locations to shutter

The drug store chain announced Tuesday that it plans to close 1,200 stores as it looks to cut costs and improve cash flow.

  • Florida
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