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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Law firms come throughAll in the familyCritic says job picture betterSecond time is a charmBlue sky for bankersJudicial nominees

  • News
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 25, 2020
Full-court press: Stymied entrepreneurs continue to pursue redevelopment project

After a several iterations, a plan for a revamped Sarasota Bath and Racquet Fitness Club remains in limbo. The property owners are giving it one more go.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 30, 2018
Developer builds centers of attention

Retail center developer S.J. Collins seeks to enhance communities with purposeful design and mix of tenants. Daniels Marketplace in Fort Myers is its latest example.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 19, 2019
Banker, nearing 80, forges ahead with tech startup

CapTec is a matchmaking entity of sorts to connect small businesses nationwide with community banks for loan opportunities, using proprietary data algorithms.

  • Finance
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 29, 2025
Sarasota golf course acquired, new management company hired

Serenoa Golf Club marks the entry into Florida for golf course management company Pinnacle Golf Properties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 4, 2023
Prominent Venice manufacturer rebrands

The rebranding at PGT Innovations included a new logo and slogan.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • November 2, 2022
Inaugural flight brings in over 90 passengers to Sarasota

Breeze Airways, which debuted at SRQ earlier this year, celebrated the new flight from New York with a Champagne christening and water cannon salute.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 8, 2020
College president announces retirement

New College will create a search committee to help select O’Shea’s replacement and hire a search firm to lead the recruiting process.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 13, 2022
Tampa General partners with medical group on new psychiatric hospital

The partnership with Kindred on the new hospital is the medical group's second.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 3, 2015
Letter to the editor

New code costs deserved in-depth look

  • News
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 13, 2025
$1.1 billion project breaks ground at Fort Myers airport

The addition of Concourse E comes amid an increasing number of passengers at RSW.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 4, 2024
Trust company triples space on Main Street in Sarasota

Canandaigua National Trust Company of Florida is expanding as its book of business grows.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 10, 2016
Familiar twist

Purchased from Kraft Foods in 2012, Back to Nature has grown from a granola company to one with 117 products and more than $100 million in sales.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 16, 2009
Government Digest

A Look at state and local government

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 22, 2013
Surround Sound

A corporate executive turned entrepreneur once thought success was all about fast growth. But he discovered that's not always true.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 8, 2013
Right Place

Timing has been a key ally in Sean McHale's banking career going back to 2002, when he took over a wealth management division in the boom. He now runs a division of SunTrust Bank on the Gulf Coast.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 7, 2012
A New Flag

PNC Bank is the latest entry into Gulf Coast regional banking. The Pittsburgh-based firm still has big plans for Florida.

  • Finance
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 28, 2021
Developer raises offer for county building to $25M, sale negotiations underway

As leading bidder bumps offer, Sarasota County Commissioners allow administrator to continue negotiating sale of admin building

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 18, 2022
Survey says: 93% of architects optimistic about development economy

Architects upbeat about the construction industry in 2022.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 22, 2017
Match Maker

An executive who lives by the motto 'if you're not failing, you're not trying' zeroes in on a potentially transformative project for his latest major donation.

  • Entrepreneurs
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