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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 27, 2023
$19.8 million price drop for 5,500-acre Collier property

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a manufacturing facility is being built in Tampa, a Fort Myers supplier sells its property and moves, and a Bradenton office building sells.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 7, 2012
Corporate Report: September 7

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 9, 2021
Amazon continues to expand its footprint locally and statewide

Amazon continues ever-growing expansion in Florida, with plans for a new Tampa delivery station. It's a multimillion-dollar effort.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 28, 2024
Disruptive apartment-like hospitality brand targets St. Pete

In the space between a hotel room and an apartment building lies a new brand: Mint House. Florida is a sizable growth opportunity, says its CEO.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 25, 2024
Builder planning 255 homes pays $6.5M for 265 acres in Pasco

In the week's top commercial real estate news, another Fort Myers Beach property hits the market, a Polk County Chipotle is sold, and a Palmetto apartment community brings $55 million.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 12, 2025
Work is underway at Pasco County development with 2,100 residences

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a pair of lots are sold in Venice, a mall property is sold in Fort Myers, and a shopping center in Tampa is included in a major finance package.

  • Florida
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 21, 2020
Wild frontiers: Zoo, aquarium leaders discuss reopening strategy

The CEOs of The Florida Aquarium and ZooTampa at Lowry Park, two of Tampa's top tourist attractions, discuss their plan for welcoming back visitors.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 5, 2018
Pushing the building envelope

With a small army of experts in a tightly formed executive circle, BCB Homes' approach to a competitive market is to surround it with proficiency and know-how.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2007
Cut Taxes, Build Wealth

Who doesn't want to hold on to hard-earned dollars? Financial experts, from Naples to Tampa, offer tips to reduce taxes and protect wealth.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 12, 2009
Software Beach

In the shadows of condos, golf courses and hotels, there's always been a core group of successful technology companies in Naples. Don Innis can often be found among them and now he's launched another venture.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 30, 2022
Foundation CFO sets retirement date — with replacement at the ready

Good succession planning isn’t just for family businesses. A well-defined plan to have a leader in waiting, at any C-level post, can help eliminate transition headaches.

  • Leadership
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2021
University board chooses former Florida House Speaker as vice chair

Former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and Weatherford Capital Managing Partner Will Weatherford will serve a two-year term in the university position.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 28, 2020
Baby talk: Business leaders say state's future workforce is at risk

A group of Florida business leaders calling themselves Bosses for Babies are championing the need for additional support for the state’s young children and their parents and caregivers.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2020
Brady brew: Three games in, signal-caller already has a namesake beer

To celebrate the Tom Brady era in Tampa Bay, 3 Daughters Brewing in St. Petersburg has released Former New England IPA.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2014
Hydro-Dyne Engineering buys, relocating to Pinellas Park building

Hydro-Dyne Engineering Inc. purchased a 107,500-square-foot industrial building for $5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2013
Check this: Burger biz hits Walmart

Tampa-based fast-food chain Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, known for double drive-thru locations with no interior seats, is expanding without a core piece of its business model, not to mention its name.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • January 21, 2011
Still Signing

Insurance agencies that measure their history in decades are expanding services and doing whatever is necessary to stay in business. More competition among carriers would help.

  • Industries
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 7, 2026
Development exec behind 7 multimillion-dollar projects 'bullish' on region

While keeping costs down remains a core challenge, Kolter Urban says the market for its offerings on the west coast of Florida is in good shape. At stake: hundreds of units for millions of dollars.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 30, 2012
Corporate Report: November 30

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 31, 2023
Beekeeper’s secrets turn into essential leadership lessons

A new leadership fable tells what feels like a real-life tale of a CEO grappling with a rapid growth conundrum. The answers, it turns out, start in the center of a beehive.

  • Leadership
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