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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2015
Mortgage giant appoints new board member

Daniel Beltzman is a cofounder of Birch Run Capital Advisors.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2015
Tampa firm hires new culture, people officer

WilsonHCG appoints former Healthesystems executive to a new leadership post.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2006
Coffee Talk

What's the future for Source Interlink? Sarasota County is considering nearly tripling its impact-fee assessments on new developments, despite the sluggish housing market.MarineMax, left out of Boating Industry magazine's annual top 100 listCoffee Talk realizes, obviously, that no one who reads the Review can be categorized as a bad boss. Still, the results of a Florida State University study on the employee-employer relationship are telling, in terms of what it means for employee performance and retention.Here's another indication that Florida's growth is pushing inland: Naples-based TIB Financial is opening a TIB Bank branch in Sebring. Gary Hoyle expected to be busy when he announced plans earlier this year to take the Peach's Rise and Dine breakfast/lunch concept national on a franchising basis.

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  • January 11, 2008
Cancer detection breakthrough

GeoPharma is hoping a new ovarian cancer detection device will propel its growth.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 25, 2020
Industrial Juggernaut

In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic — or perhaps even because of it — distribution space in along the Interstate 4 corridor is flourishing

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • March 14, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

New York group develops airport parcelGreat Dane Developers buys Grand ApartmentsNaples developer buys Hickory nook and marinaSix L's Packing buys Tomato ManPreshers Tool & Fastenergrows, adds warehouseCanadian group plans eastern villageCanadian investors buy Rolling WavesHap's Honda Cycle Sales plans growth, new facilityLakewood Ranch arena closer to foreclosureFlagler buys Bridgeport CenterGrubb & Ellis REIT buys medical plazaGoodman, Forest City buy more Wiregrass landIkea buys land, site work continues

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  • September 11, 2003
Golf Under Siege

Gulf Coast counties are implementing golf course design standards, ostensibly to maximize environmental protection. Opponents say it's a thinly veiled attempt to prevent growth.

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  • July 13, 2010
George Steinbrenner dies

The owner of the New York Yankees died from a massive heart attack.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Shoot Straight plans Fort Myers gun shopLee County Port Authority buys 285 acres for airport connector Shaw-owned company buys two Winkler office buildingsWood Street owners explore third building CC Properties buys Prudential, Watch Connection buildingPort Manatee park owners sell land to development districtJackson Transformer buys warehouseBrandon Eye Associates move to Medical Oaks DriveTurbine Diagnostic Services buys Odessa warehouseBlackhawk Realty Advisors buy Sun Lake Apartments

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • October 1, 2004
Calendar of events

The calendar of business events in Sarasota and Manatee counties is available free of charge.

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  • November 6, 2020
Busch Gardens parent company reports $79M loss in third quarter

SeaWorld Entertainment Inc., the Orlando, Florida-based parent company of Busch Gardens Tampa, reported a net loss of $79.2 million in the third quarter of 2020.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • August 24, 2018
State OKs greenbacks to fight red tide

Florida Gulf Coast businesses affected by the red tide outbreak can apply for short-term bridge loans as Gov. Rick Scott declares a state of emergency in seven counties.

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  • August 5, 2016
Pin interest

Virginia Haley's politics these days revolve around encouraging people to visit Sarasota. Her office tells a bigger story.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 16, 2024
$14.6M sets monthly bed tax record for St. Pete-Clearwater

Tourism development taxes soared in March in Pinellas County, according to Visit St. Pete-Clearwater.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 11, 2024
Lifetime TV movie 'Roommate Regret' filmed in St. Pete makes its debut

A made-for-TV movie filmed almost entirely in downtown St. Petersburg is scheduled to make its debut Thursday night on the Lifetime Movie Network.

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  • January 23, 2015
Corporate report

BayCare reaches agreement to use Clarifire technology; Clarke Advertising, Public Relations renames itself C•Suite Communications; BluePearl Veterinary Partners plans $1 million headquarters expansion; First Watch Restaurants opens new Largo location; Florida Agency Network hires new CFO; Neal Communities' 2014 breaks sales records

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 22, 2016
Sembler expands its portfolio

Sembler expanding its portfolio; Tampa's GE bid short-circuited; Validus Senior Living adding projects; Power brokers change firms to start 2016

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • March 2, 2007
Corporate Report

Raymond Building Supply buys Contractor's Choice SupplyAve Maria board plans law school move to Collier CountyHealth Management Associates Inc. reports objectivesStinger fires back at Taser over lawsuitPEO Gevity buys HRAmerica for software, personnel expertisePersystent Tech, IBM sign deal to share, market softwareXCPT planned for University of Pennsylvania

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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 |
  • August 4, 2009
The key language: No geek speak

Yvonne Graber, 56, was a successful garment district executive who went back to school and made a late career change to computer tech support.

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