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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Fort Myers physician buys buildingRegent Properties buys land,betting on residential recoveryPort Charlotte buyers acquire Courtyard Retirement CentreGora/McGahey Associatesdesigns Coronado High SchoolIrish group buys Citrus Falls CommonsCapital Realty Investorsbuy Selmon's Plaza in LargoCapital Realty Investorsbuy Selmon's Plaza in LargoW.S. Badcock Corp.buys Ruskin store, franchiseMobile Home Depot owner buys Antique MallBenderson Developmentfiles revised BofA plansAfter reorganization,Patrick regains Tropic IsleMedical Education Technologiesplans Bee Ridge expansionSam Rodgers Homesstart work on 'Gran' clubhouse

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • March 24, 2022
Shareholder brings water infrastructure firm a long way in just eight years

Dalas Lamberson had to make some hard decisions in the early days of taking over his father's business. But with an expected $52 million in annual revenue this year, the changes are starting to pay off.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2008
Fantastic 4

The current state of the economy can put a frown on even the happiest of entrepreneurs. But not every Gulf Coast company is suffering.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 17, 2023
New kind of town is being built and wired on ranchland in SWFL

Babcock Ranch, the so-called city of the future, will swell to 50,000 residents in coming years.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 28, 2024
Manatee County entrepreneur buys 333 rural acres for $2.5M

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a self-storage company is building six facilities, St. Petersburg apartment complex The Drake sold, and a boutique hotel is scheduled to open this fall in Naples.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 19, 2004
The McDonald's of Home Services

Forget the plumber jokes. VenVest sees heating, air conditioning, plumbing and electrical services as a huge market ready for standardization and consolidation.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 14, 2025
New terminal opens at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport

Concourse A is intended to add more capacity to SRQ amid growth in passenger traffic.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 29, 2008
Brokered Loyalty

CLW Real Estate Services Group in Tampa pledges to spend most of its time helping existing clients to grow rather than mining for new ones.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2012
Corporate Report: November 9

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2014
Corporate Report

GTE Financial wins two marketing awards; Small PC launches new display designed for water, vehicles; Doctors Hospital of Sarasota hires new chief operating officer and more corporate news.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2013
Resident Techie: That computer's on fire! Oh No!

It's going to happen. You know it will. But still you put it off and now, disaster has struck. There's no telling what form it'll take. It could be everything from the more obviously sinister burglar or virus to that seemingly innocent (yet dastardly) glass of water. Or it could happen with a whimper, something as simple as a strange clicking noise that means your computer has become a giant paperweight.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2013
Amazon, and sales tax, on its way

USAA Real Estate bought 80 acres in South Shore for a 1.1 million-square-foot fulfillment center.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2011
Corporate Report: Mar. 3

The latest news from Jabil Circuit, Checkers, Quality Distribution, and other Gulf Coast companies.

  • News
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 27, 2022
Publix, Walmart, others closing stores, cutting hours as storm nears

The area’s two largest grocers are closing nearly 330 locations between them as Hurricane Ian gets close to landfall. More closings are likely to follow.

  • News
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 6, 2011
What would Ayn Rand say?

From high-speed rail to Jackson Laboratory and the Boston Red Sox spring training stadium, Florida politicians and bureaucrats keep meddling in the markets, says Yaron Brook. His message: Get out of the way and let entrepreneurs fuel the recovery.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 22, 2021
Iconic Treasure Island resort sells

Thunderbird Beach Resort and an adjacent motel sell for $32.5 million to Hollywood firm, marking an end to decades of family ownership at the iconic beachfront property.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 18, 2019
Strategic Property Partners CEO James Nozar going full speed ahead

Strategic Property Partners CEO sees a busy year ahead for the $3 billion Water Street Tampa project, with roughly a dozen new buildings under construction.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Janelle Makowski |
  • January 2, 2004
Boeing's Strategy: Use Military Ties to Gain Trust

Harry C. Stonecipher left retirement in St. Petersburg to help troubled Boeing. Critics say he's too close to the officials who've stepped down to do the job.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 21, 2018
Area community banks take on upstart tech firms

It’s not just millennials that community banks risk losing. A recent report from global research firm Gartner, for one, pings community banks in particular on fintech: “By 2030, only 20% of heritage financial firms will flourish and win,” states the repor

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2015
Tampa hotel owner expands into Mississippi, Kentucky

Liberty Group snatches three Fairfield Inn & Suites once part of a 26-hotel portfolio owned by Goldman Sachs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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