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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 7, 2020
Casto Southeast hires manager for Midtown Tampa

Industry veteran Kathleen Hacksaw will oversee retail and other elements within $500 million, mixed-use Midtown Tampa development for Casto Southeast Realty Services.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2019
Company acquires boat club business based in area

After being acquired by Brunswick Corp., John Giglio and his management team will continue to lead Freedom Boat Club.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 1, 2019
LandQwest Commercial adding Naples office to its fold

LandQwest Commercial Realty Services is adding a fourth office in Naples to better serve clients and beef up its property management portfolio

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Ted Carter |
  • February 10, 2017
How to... Do business in Cuba

Jason Woody, head of a Tampa nonprofit specializing in cornea transplants, has worked hard in recent years to get a foothold in Cuba.

  • Strategies
  • By Steven Benna |
  • July 15, 2016
Corporate report

Tech company appoints operating officer; College selects board members; Luxury builder hires area sales leader; Bank promotes senior vice president

  • Strategies
  • By Steven Benna |
  • March 18, 2016
Corporate report

Brewery expands, pours into Tampa; St. Pete firm receives $1.1M investment; Partnership adds board member; Naples duo forms legal practice; Daytime Cafe continues nationwide expansion

  • Strategies
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • July 23, 2015
Six things businesses need to consider when offering voluntary benefits

Voluntary benefits are becoming increasingly popular with employers looking to sweeten the pot for attracting or keeping good employees — without running up costs to the bottom line.

  • AllTrust Insurance
Sponsored Content
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 25, 2015
'Uber of Immigration'

Pro-Link Global provides a long list of essential immigration services. It's primed for a big year.

  • Strategies
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 21, 2024
AeroVanti CEO says Sarasota air-service company is back in business

Patrick Britton-Harr says in an email that the company is relaunching with a new structure aimed at making members whole.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 29, 2008
Friend of the Family

Tampa consultant John Dufresne has carved a successful niche helping family-owned and closely held businesses grow and make transitions in leadership.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 5, 2009
Smaller is Better

Al Jeffrey and Jim Wilheim had to wrestle with a difficult entrepreneurial crossroad: Had their business, a chain of 15 scuba diving stores from Orlando to Key Largo, gotten too big?

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 7, 2013
Model behavior

Taking a charter school from startup to long-term success can be a treacherous task. Some accomplished local entrepreneurs are about to take it on anyway.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • April 8, 2022
Restaurant family shares their secret: Failure is not an option

With three decades in the restaurant business under their belt, the Caragiulo family is chewing on a new concept designed for Palmer Ranch.

  • Travel-Tourism
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 21, 2017
Next Watch

Two organizations that combined have some 3,000 customers are under new executive management. How will they keep membership groups relevant?

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 12, 2023
John Joyce, 35

An IT executive's college startup now counts nearly 20 employee.

  • Class of 2023
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 23, 2025
Maryland buyer pays $72M for housing near Florida Gulf Coast University

In the week's top commercial real estate news, an insurance company takes more space in Tampa, a Fort Myers company plans to build homes, and a major Sarasota project gets a big loan.

  • Florida
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 24, 2016
Speed of sound

Online crowdfunding provided three innovative business partners who share a passion for great sound a powerful kick-start to their business. Now the pressure is on to deliver.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 7, 2023
Tampa law firm establishes scholarship for aspiring attorneys facing adversity

Johnson Jackson PLLC will award $5,000 to law students who come from underrepresented communities or struggle with health or financial challenges.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 13, 2023
Developer to provide update on $300M affordable housing project

The Related Group and city officials will discuss Tampa's Rome Yard development project at a community event Tuesday.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 21, 2022
St. Pete illusionists conjure up travel website's top honor

Zubrick Magic Theatre, less than a year after it opened, has earned the 2022 TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Award.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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