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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 4, 2022
Logistics startup raises $50M in equity capital from New York firm

Tampa-based Red Rover Moving and Storage has received a total of $65 million from New York financial services firm Oppenheimer & Co.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2018
Hear them roar

Tiger 21 high-wealth membership organization begins Naples chapter

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 6, 2019
Elvis has left the building

Daniel Peek, who while at HFF negotiated some of the largest hotel sales in area history, has left the firm amid its merger with JLL to join Hodges Ward Elliott, a New York brokerage, where he will be president of its hospitality division.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 1, 2019
Fawcett Memorial buys land for Estero hospital

Fawcett Memorial Hospital has purchased nearly 100 acres in Estero for $52.5 million for a new hospital in Lee County, after the state granted parent company HCA Healthcare permission to build one last year.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 22, 2018
Manufacturing forecast for Sunshine State: gloomy

a new national study from the Ball State Center for Business and Economic Research and Conexus Indiana on manufacturing and logistics. The Sunshine State scored a D in manufacturing industry health, one of nine states to barely pass.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2015
Sarasota's incredible shrinking space

Buried deep in a new Sarasota County Business Competitiveness survey that asked 74 local companies to rate the health of the region's business climate and macro conditions was a troubling finding: Space is at a premium.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 20, 2025
Child care franchise planned for Lakewood Ranch

The owners of a Discovery Point Child Development Center in Bradenton are opening a second location.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 1, 2009
Next Up

A coveted Gulf Coast waterfront property has stymied past developers. The latest group to give it a shot hopes they have the answers — and the timing.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Denise Federer |
  • August 13, 2025
Want to help your business thrive? Quit resisting the change.

Change is inevitable in life and in business. Here's how to make it happen.

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  • By Kevin Gillen and Brent Suriano – Synovus Bank |
  • November 21, 2025
Passing the Baton: Putting the “Success” in Succession Requires Careful Planning & Strong Collaboration

Succession planning doesn’t have to be a time-consuming task, so long as one starts the process early enough.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 10, 2019
Entrepreneur and TV pitchman uses contacts, focus on sales to grow new venture

Craig Rapihana is building up FlipFork by harnessing lessons learned.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 23, 2019
Large lab firm, behind $25M project, looks to get larger

A stalwart Fort Myers company — with a nod to enthusiastic investors — targets major advances.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 28, 2010
Corporate Report: North and Co. merges with accounting firm

Sarasota-based accounting firm North and Co. has merged with Hill, Barth & King, a larger firm based in Boardman (near Youngstown), Ohio.

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  • January 6, 2012
12 Bold Predictions for 2012

Our writers offer a dozen bold predictions about the Gulf Coast economy for 2012.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • June 17, 2022
A shortened workweek: Can it work?

In the great quest to retain employees, some companies, in Florida and worldwide, are taking a less-is-more approach, by cutting out 20% of the workweek.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 20, 2006
High Tech, High Growth

Radiation Therapy Services' stock price has nearly tripled since going public in 2004. There's good reason: It has $100 million and the highest-tech machines to continue its fast expansion as the largest radiation center operator in the nation.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 2, 2022
Tampa landmark Urban Centre gets an update with modern perks

A $3.5 million renovation at one of Tampa’s premiere office buildings is meant to help tenants retain employees as they try to reimagine office life.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • January 23, 2015
Flashy fresh

Bob Basham and Nick Reader partnered with Bill Kadow, a former VP at Carrabba's, to open their latest fast casual concept. They hope it will follow in the footsteps of its big brother, PDQ.

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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • July 1, 2025
Manatee County purchases two properties for conservation

The properties will expand Rye Preserve and Crane Park.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Dale Hewett, Reach United |
  • December 26, 2025
The Real ROI of Hiring a Digital Marketing Agency in a High-Inflation Economy

There are hidden costs to doing all your Marketing In-House.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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