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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2012
Fla. incentive programs rank 14

State's economic development programs rank in the top half of the U.S.

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  • May 4, 2012
Economic data shows improvement

An institute at FGCU in Fort Meyers shows a notable improvement in the economy so far this year in Charlotte, Lee and Collier counties.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2017
Chicago-area real estate star takes on Naples

Longtime Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage agent Dawn McKenna expands beyond Chicago suburbs.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 7, 2014
Sarasota real estate investor buys 16-unit apartment

The price equated to $67,188 per unit.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 13, 2014
Lee hotel rates cross $200

Revenues at lodgings in Lee County jumped as the average daily rate pushed over $200 in March compared with the same month last year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 13, 2013
Celebrate diamonds and chocolate

Jeweler Mark Loren and pastry chef Norman Love will be inducted into the Lee County Business Hall of Fame.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 20, 2013
Hialeah real estate investor buys Palm River Amscot building

The price equated to $356 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 8, 2016
New Tervis president boosts lifetime guarantee

The updates took effect on July 1.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2016
Foreclosure rate continues to drop

February marked the sixth month in a row that the foreclosure rate decreased.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2016
Despite drop, cash reigns in Sarasota

Cash sales in the Sarasota-Manatee region are well above the national average.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 28, 2023
Words for 2024

At the start of each year, we pick a word to live by. We asked others to give us their word for 2024. They all make persuasive cases.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 12, 2025
Closed Nellie's Deli building in Sarasota to get new restaurant

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Bradenton mobile home park is part of $65 million loan package, a Pasco retail property gets a $3.7 million mortgage, and a Fort Myers Beach institution is sold.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 27, 2025
Discount grocer Aldi buys vacant Cape Coral parcel for $1.1 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a car wash chain is opening its inaugural location in Pasco, the foundation is in on a Sarasota tower, and needed affordable housing is heading to SWFL.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 1, 2024
Fort Myers industrial park sells for $155 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a $435 hospital coming to Lee, a manufacturer expands in Pasco and hotel chain buys land in Venice.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 28, 2025
Area's biggest homebuilders to seize opportunities in 2026 after rocky '25

Inflation, tariffs and of course interest rates have dented the homebuilding sector. But, says homebuilder Ian Schmoyer, a "good operator is going to find margin, find a way to get through it."

  • Florida
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  • September 1, 2006
Coffee Talk

A luxurious incentive:For many Realtors and home agents, getting those fence-sitting buyers to take the plunge and actually buy a house is an on-going battle these days. PCM trims newspaper company holdings: Naples-based Private Capital Management, which manages $24 billion for wealthy and institutional investors, is sticking to its newspaper story even as a recent filing shows the firm trimmed its newspaper-stock holdings.Going through the government gauntlet: During the past 35 years, the executives at Morton's Gourmet Market, a Sarasota-based high-end grocery and bakery, have gone through the Sarasota's county and city government permitting gauntlet plenty of times, be it trying to expand a parking lot or build an addition to the structure. St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce President/CEO John Long says the city's skyline isn't all that's changing: The chamber is redefining itself through the shuffling of eight executives and the hiring of three new leaders in an effort to increase membership and better reflect the growth of the business community.The blogosphere and message boards are buzzing over the plunging shares of Fort Myers-based women's retailer Chico's FAS.Soon after Venice-based window and door manufacturer PGT went public earlier this summer, company president Rod Hershberger was given the rock star treatment.Coffee Talk can brag with the best of them, regularly touting Gulf Coast businesses that make the cut in n

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 24, 2014
Build me a plane

Aviation Partners Group installs sophisticated avionics and builds airplanes at the Punta Gorda Airport. Its growth has caught the eye of economic development groups.

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  • January 9, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: George Mazzarantani, a partner at Abel Band Russell Collier Pitchford & Gordon forms own practiceDooley & Mack intern helps company land $47 million contractPalm, Cocoanut avenues proposals cut to five

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 17, 2020
From managing to selling

LandQwest Commercial Real Estate Service's Brett Low's career has had twists and turns, but he appears to have hit a stride with Southwest Florida land deals

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 25, 2017
In the Zone

Industrial space in the Interstate 4 corridor is in high demand — and may continue to be for the foreseeable future.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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