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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2011
Grab this

One Naples-based company is giving new meaning to grab bars.

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  • March 12, 2004
Dealing with NIMBYs

Debra Garrett's efforts to win approval for a Publix in east Sarasota County show the new reality for developers. Before you file for anything, be aggressive getting out the facts and be willing to make a lot of concessions.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2013
VC money in Fla. bioscience surpasses $100M

The amount of startups in the sector is up 13.5% since early 2012.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2013
Retirees like it hot on the Gulf Coast

The Gulf Coast is a scorcher when it comes to hot real estate markets for retirees, according to a new RealtyTrac report.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2015
Sarasota means business (friendliness)

Sarasota has turned around its reputation for being a tough place to do business, at least according to one new report.

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  • October 14, 2016
Anthony DiTinno, 38

Vice president, commercial lending, NorthStar Bank

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • September 28, 2018
Businessman ramps up focus on sustainable housing

Marshall Gobuty's latest sustainable housing project — Hunters Point Resort and Marina — is getting its start in Manatee County, drawing interest from as far away as Russia.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • July 1, 2020
Boat, RV dealers ride sales surge

Travel trepidation, coupled with shutdown of schools, camps and sports, has area boat and RV dealers riding high. Supply issues could crush the wave.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 2, 2022
St. Petersburg receives four bids to redevelop Tropicana Field site

The Tampa Bay Rays have signaled renewed interest in the property by submitting their own proposal, in partnership with Hines, a Houston, Texas-based developer.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 21, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Apprentice runner-up frontlines seminar: There are a lot of businesspeople with energy and drive, but very few attract the interest of Donald Trump.Thanks, Kelo: Some Florida legislators held a private property meeting on Tuesday in Tallahassee.H2O or champagne: Harry Owen, owner of H2O Marine, has reason to party.Cheers to Chris-Craft: After spending eight years at a place where everybody knew his name, John Ratzenberger last week visited Sarasota-based Chris-Craft Corp., one of the most recognizable names in the boat-building industry.

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 8, 2009
Review & Comment

Health-care future: Just look at USPS,

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 22, 2019
Convergent Capital Partners focuses on what's next

Covergent Capital Partners, of Tampa, has discovered a new way to profit from the current robust commercial real estate market, even as the distressed asset deals it specialized in are today few and far between.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2004
William Carey Finalist

At 29, William Carey moved to Poland for two months in 1990 to run his father's agricultural exports company. A graduate of the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in economics, he had failed to make it as a golf pro.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 23, 2018
Entrepreneur promotes travel through video segments

Tammy Levent promotes destinations worldwide through a new TV and web-based travel segment. Now, partially behind a powerful partner, she aims for increased exposure.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 15, 2010
In it Together

Even companies that aren't in a struggle to survive the recession could use a makeover now and then. A Gulf Coast accountant has taken hold of that philosophy.

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  • January 4, 2023
Nonprofit commits $1 million to Boys & Girls Club rebuild

The club in North Port was devastated by Hurricane Ian.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 2, 2011
New leaders emerge in Tampa

The Tampa Bay Partnership named its CEO Direct class members for 2011.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 25, 2018
Colliers International hires Danny Rice as managing director

Commercial real estate brokerage firm Collliers International taps Danny Rice to lead area from Tampa to Naples

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • September 5, 2024
Report: FL industries where women make more than men have some surprises

Car dealerships and crop production are among the spots where women outdo men in salaries.

  • Florida
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 19, 2017
Best dressed

The fickle fashion industry can be tough on startups. Yet Camilyn Beth Leavitt has persevered — and prospered. 'Sales are your oxygen,' she says.

  • Entrepreneurs
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