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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 5, 2018
Property sells for $5.3M, new owner plans $60M hotel development

The proposed development includes an eight-story, 251-room Sheraton Hotel and a second 126-room freestanding hotel.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2018
Bean streak: Publix joins forces with local coffee brand

Shoppers at 130 Publix stores across the U.S. southeast will soon be able to enjoy the offerings of Kahwa Coffee, a rapidly growing St. Petersburg-based coffee company.

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  • April 12, 2022
Active adult homebuilder plans 900-home community in Fort Myers

Del Webb is one of the pioneers in building homes for the senior set.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 7, 2014
Patient firm gets cooking

Executives at MenuPad have been unusually patient for the last three years.

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  • October 14, 2016
Progressive company looks upward

When one private equity firm bought Manatee County-based Progressive Employer Management Co. from another private equity firm late last year, executives promised a deep investment in finding and executing on growth opportunities.

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  • May 26, 2025
Report: Home and condo prices keep falling across the region

April median home sale prices from Tampa Bay to Naples again decreased year over year.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • March 11, 2025
USF establishes new college with record-breaking $40M donation

The gift comes from a Tampa investor with a storied tech background.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 13, 2024
Nine new spec homes in Naples listed for at least $17M each

More than 180 homes in Naples are on the market for more than $10 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 30, 2022
Prominent Italian restaurant site in Sarasota sold for $2.2 million

The two-parcel sale included a two-bedroom house.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 14, 2010
M. Saunders & Co. Q1 sales up

The Sarasota-based real estate agency sold $342.1 million in properties.

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  • October 1, 2013
Lee home prices jump 27%

The median price of a single-family home in Lee County was $165,000 in August.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2019
Homebuilder posts sellout in gated community

Neal Communities closes sales in 112-home Coastal Key in Fort Myers

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • September 26, 2017
Grocery chain buys $2.9M site, plans expansion

The Palmetto Detwiler's Farm Market will be the company's fourth location.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2017
Multiple bids in $4M apartment complex sale

Marcus & Millichap's Tampa office handled the sale of Bay Park Villas.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 21, 2014
Lee executives bullish on economy

A quarterly survey of business executives in Lee County finds more than half plan to boost employment if they can find qualified employees.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • September 2, 2016
Large land firms reel in recognition

Two firms are designated “America's Best Brokerages.”

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 20, 2016
POWER BROKERS: Colliers International Tampa Bay

Colliers International's regional operation had six Power Brokers in all for 2015, in addition to being listed among the region's top sales and leasing operations.

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  • March 14, 2016
University launches entrepreneur workshops

Florida Gulf Coast University will offer workshops for entrepreneurs of small- and medium-sized business to help them with sales and marketing.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2014
Business trio shows strength in small numbers

Three Gulf Coast-based companies made Forbes magazine's list of the top 100 publicly traded companies with annual sales less than $1 billion.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 13, 2015
Manufacture a fix to tax issue

With the Florida legislative session set to kick off less than two weeks after Christmas, lobbyists statewide are in their busy season.

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