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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 23, 2025
983-square-foot Captiva building sold for $1.5 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Fort Myers apartment complex sells, a Pasco hotel owner gets a $14 million loan, and a Naples contractor is hired to usher through a major Sarasota condo project.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2019
District dreams: Design community looking to stand out from the rest

Neighborhood seeing growth in new businesses and new executive board seeks to steer pedestrians toward them.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 14, 2023
North Port updates website for first time since 2010

Last year, the city's site had 2.5 million unique page views.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 7, 2023
Report: Florida is No. 1 in the nation in new home listings

The report found that states in the South and West are hot for new listings. Not so much for the Northeast and Midwest.

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 28, 2020
Migone tops SVN brokers in Florida in 2019

Veteran agent completed $42 million worth of deals last year

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 26, 2025
Fort Myers airport adds Phoenix flight for holidays

American Airlines is adding service between RSW and PHX from November to January.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 20, 2024
Tampa apartment tower could change downtown dynamic for renters

The AER building in the heart of Tampa's art district allows renters to get a piece of the city at the same level as million-dollar condo buyers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 22, 2006
Coffee Talk

Florida foreclosure numbers show big gainDon Ackerman will step down as chairman of WCI Communities at the company's next annual meeting, a sure sign that significant changes are in store for the struggling Bonita Springs-based homebuilder. Going into December, shares of PGT, the Venice-based impact-resistant window and door manufacturer, had been hovering in the $11-per-share range, and what's more, overall, the stock had decreased 15% since its June IPO and 33% since its all-time high of $18.84 Aug. 3.That was until SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst Keith Hughes upgraded his rating on the stock to buy from neutral.Coffee Talk is always a little weary when it hears about new products that come with a "change the entire dynamic" tag, be it small business banking or the latest stock craze. A little dose of skepticism can go a long way.But we perked up after talking to a few bankers about remote deposit capture, a federally approved system that equates digital check images with paper checks. It allows banks to provide a way for clients to scan paper checks and deposit them electronically. Coffee Talk usually takes the color-blind approach to judging businesses - or more to the point, if there's any color to be judged, the one with the most cache would be green. Hence, lists breaking down entrepreneurs by racial or gender categories are usually little more than window dressing.

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  • October 14, 2016
Rogan Donelly, 31

President, Tervis

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  • October 16, 2015
Jackie Zumba, 28

Owner, Jackie Z Style Co.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2004
Meet the Candidates

Judicial and clerk's office hopefuls stress their legal experience, community involvement.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2014
Tampa takes two of three in affordability

The Tampa Bay Rays didn't make the Major League baseball playoffs this year, but the team did win a crown in one category: The most affordable baseball team for fans to attend games.

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  • October 10, 2022
Parrish web design, SEO agency forms partnership with market leader

The program provides more accessible websites for clients.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2004
Legal Calendar

The legal calendar is provided free of charge.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 17, 2015
Montreal real estate investor pays $26 million for two apartments

Groupe Mach Inc. purchased the 200-unit Royal Breeze Apartments in Clearwater and the 168-unit Lenox Place Apartments in Tampa. The Montreal-based firm, owned by Vincent Chiara, bought the Royal Breeze Apartments for $17.2 million and paid $8.8 million for the Lenox Place Apartments.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 24, 2025
Italian restaurant in Sarasota closing until new spot opens in 2026

Caragiulos will be moving locations downtown from Palm Avenue to Ringling Boulevard.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 11, 2019
BTI Partners starts work on Westshore Marina District condos

BTI Partners has begun work on Marina Pointe, the first of three planned condo towers within its 52-acre Westshore Marina District mixed-use-project between Tampa and St. Petersburg.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Developers unsure about effect of zoning changesProblems with buisness owners moving cty-owned tree for drivewaySurvey says small business worry about health insurancea and economy

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 23, 2019
Top Entrepreneurs: A life's passion doesn't come without sacrifices

Being an entrepreneur, to these rockstars, is a calling like no other.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2018
Final opportunity to be in the Business Observer Top 500

It's the last chance for area companies to be included in the Business Observer's ranking of the largest 500 companies by revenue.

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