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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2013
Fast-growing Sarasota auto biz motors top 10 list

Dealers United now has 5,700 members in its buying group.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 7, 2020
Officials, task force members weigh multi-county road project

Some powerful Florida officials back a massive road project that could redefine how people get from Polk to Collier counties. Others wonder: Does Florida really need another big thoroughfare?

  • Development
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 4, 2014
Outsourced laboratory

Celeste Dockery sought an edge when she re-entered the employee leasing industry. She discovered one in a place few peers have dared to try.

  • Strategies
  • By Lindsey Nickel-de |
  • March 4, 2013
StartupBus Day 1: The Race Begins

With her team of four, the author's task is to create a business in less than 72 hours as she rides from Tampa to Austin, Texas.

  • News
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • December 29, 2017
Where to Prepare

Survive Anything — which thrives on preparing for the worst — expanded its physical and digital presence in 2017.

  • Strategies
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 24, 2022
47-year-old Sarasota apartment complex sells for more than $260,000 per unit

A local investor has bought Parkside East and will give it “numerous updates and enhancements.”

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 1, 2019
New York firm buys Highwoods Preserve building in Tampa

Strategic Office Partners' purchase of the Highwoods Preserve I building in Tampa from Highwoods Realty is anchored by Syniverse Technologies.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 6, 2018
Real estate website ranks top housing market to watch

A recent report highlights the North Port area as a housing market to watch.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2016
Computer bugs proliferate

Tampa can claim a No. 1 ranking that won't come up in a chamber of commerce press release: Most malware infection rates among the 150 largest cities in the country.

  • News
  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • October 4, 2013
Guru of defense

Military veteran Dan Vanderheyden was sick of seeing defense contractors who only cared about profits, so he and his friends decided to set out on their own.

  • Strategies
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • April 15, 2023
Real estate tech firm sees big potential in deep data dives

Cape Coral-based My Undercover Agent serves as Realtors’ hyperlocal expert and lets them focus on helping customers buy and sell.

  • Residential Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 24, 2012
Share the fare

The Lee County Visitor and Convention Bureau recently launched a Facebook application.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2019
Texas pet waste disposal business expands to area

McKinney, Texas-based Scoop Soldiers has arrived in Tampa, Florida, to do the dirty work of picking up after pets.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2015
Farming for leads takes big turn

What began as a cold-call LinkedIn conversation has become a major boost for EraserFarm, a Tampa-based branding and advertising agency.

  • News
  • By Laura Lyon |
  • January 15, 2025
$850M St. Pete Bank shifts leadership with promotion within

The new appointment has been with the firm since its founding.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Jim Stinson |
  • December 14, 2023
Fort Myers man pleads guilty to $1.3M COVID-19 loan fraud

A Southwest Florida man used more than $1 million for credit cards and real estate.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2010
Celebrity Apprentice likes Clockwork

Sarasota executive Jim Abrams will be one nervous TV watcher May 2.

  • News
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 10, 2025
With nearly $1B tech budget, Raymond James names AI strategy leader

David Solganik will play a key role with the St. Petersburg bank as it "augments the human touch, rather than replaces it."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2008
Clear vision

Drs. James and Pit Gills work to find the right balance of surgery and non-surgical services to treat their international roster of patients.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 28, 2012
SRQ Airport asks locals to stop the leakage

Local officials at the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport are feeling, well, a little overlooked these days.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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