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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2015
Execs sought to pitch ideas for $25K prize

Time is running out for what is probably best described as a local version of the TV reality competition show “Shark Tank.”

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2008
Coffee Talk

For Sale: Fort Myers City Hall: City Hall is for saleBroker goes 'green' with incentives: Diane Lawson, a commercial real estate broker and developer with Sarasota-based Abbey Realty & Management, is especially keen on green for St. Patrick's Day this year.Tribridge grows through acquisition: Tampa-based Tribridge started 10 years ago as a firm that helped companies make better use of technologyChico's new blame: Foreclosures in key statesGold Coast taps another beer:One of the Gulf Coast's largest beer distributors has won a small victory in the area's beer battles by buying the rights to sell Rolling Rock beer in Sarasota and Manatee counties from a competitor.Laser brings design into focus: The Tampa office of planning, engineering and surveying firm Wade Trim is betting on the future buy using a high-tech measurement tool that may become an industry norm.Naples attorney defends National Century execs: Naples attorney Brian Dickerson has been spending a lot of time in Ohio. He may be there for a while and it's not because he's snowed in.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2015
Corporate report

Florida Power & Light plans two Gulf Coast regional solar centers; Federal government awards contract to expressway for connected vehicle program; Heritage Insurance board approves $20 million share buyback; Car Lister partners with eLEND integrating financing services; Georgia agency files notice to offer Medicaid contract to WellCare

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2006
Out of space

Collier County has some of the lowest vacancy rates for office space on the Gulf Coast. But don't expect a surge in new construction anytime soon.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 2, 2020
Master-planned community capitalizes on name change, pent-up demand

With a new name and a rebrand, Wellen Park officials, despite the pandemic, are optimistic about the near-term future.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 23, 2022
Clearwater hospice service provider expands Central Florida presence

Hospice of Marion County has agreed to partner with Empath Health.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2010
Bayshore Automotive buys Adamo dealership site

Bayshore Automotive purchased the former Brandon Suzuki dealership real estate for $1.1 million. The price equated to $186 per square foot.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2010
Cheap retirees lead housing recovery

As you waive goodbye to your snowbird friends, hope and pray that more of them will come next year — even if they don't plan to spend that much.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 18, 2012
Storage facilities sell for $25M

Buyer pays more than $110 per square foot for three Tampa Bay self-storage facilities.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 25, 2013
TerraCap Partners' second fund buys Coral Cove Condominiums units

The price equated to $41,497 per unit.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 25, 2013
Lighting firm, once troubled, eyes bright future

Evolucia finalizes partnership with Mexican company to sell LED products

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2013
Butler did it: Cleaning firm polishes $1.6M in sales

Franchise-based business has more than doubled sales since 2010.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 26, 2011
Michigan investors buy Central Avenue building

Two Lansing, Mich., businessmen purchased a 15,122-square-foot mixed-use building in downtown Sarasota's Rosemary District for $1.15 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2011
Chico's CEO: Consumers scared by government

It doesn't help when government ineptitude scares your customers away at a time when boosting business should be front and center of the political agenda.

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  • September 17, 2013
HSN creates new board position for retail veteran

The Home Shopping Network has added a 10th seat to its board for Matthew Rubel.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2012
Oak Creek apartments sell for $8.8 million

The price equated to $47,826 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2012
Three Midwestern investors buy Bonita Springs Homewood Suites

The price equated to $31,905 per room.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2012
Pinellas home sales jump 30%

New residential listings climbed in October, but they remain below 2011 levels.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2012
Venice Pines Shopping Center sells for $10.35 million

The price equated to $106 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2012
Watermark buildings sell for $3.75 million

An investment group led by Tampa physician Dr. Kiran Patel purchased the office buildings for $70 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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