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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 8, 2022
160 more build-to-rent homes coming to Fort Myers

Developers to start construction on a second build-to-rent community within The Forum later this year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2008
Network control

TruWave Networks is building a fiber-optic network in Southwest Florida that could improve telecommunication services for business. It's an expensive proposition, but CEO Frank Mambuca has been through it before on a massive scale.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 17, 2015
'City within a City'

A billion-dollar Canadian homebuilding firm has ambitious plans for a large swath of the Gulf Coast.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2006
Time to Buy

One real estate trainer advises clients to buy while others are selling. He expects prices to go up and insurance costs to tumble.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2007
Lou Lasday:Work your brand in tough times

In lean times, marketing may propel you far ahead of your competition.

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  • September 18, 2008
Dear Linda

A Gulf Coast advertising guru is expanding her horizons. Now, Linda Gross is allabout giving advice to other businesses.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 4, 2010
Under wraps

Custom Packaging & Products prints small runs of sandwich wraps for restaurants and small chains, angling to snag business from much larger competitors who prefer to compete on volume.

  • Strategies
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 28, 2005
Finalist: Telesis Technology

Everything Hasit Vibhakar knows about aerospace and defense he learned from his days at Melbourne-based Harris Corp., which makes gadgets from military radios to antennas. But in 2002, after heading up the sales division for the firm's 14-state southeast section for more than 10 years, Vibhakar took his Rolodex of business contacts and left for Palmetto. He started his own company, Telesis Technology.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • September 29, 2025
St. Pete bank to sell $103M in small business loans to Miami company

BayFirst Financial Corp., parent company of BayFirst National Bank, announced plans Sept. 29 to exit the SBA 7(a) lending business and sell its $103 million loan balance to Banesco USA.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • September 12, 2025
Tampa physician invests in AI-powered preventive medicine app

Dr. Lyda Lindell, wife of Tampa real estate investor Carl Lindell, is pioneering new technologies in longevity medicine

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 19, 2023
Troubled AeroVanti founder faces new civil allegations in Medicare fraud case

"Patrick Britton-Harr and his co-conspirators took advantage of vulnerable adults during" the pandemic, says the top FBI agent in Baltimore regarding the latest case.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 21, 2019
Counter punch: Irked entrepreneur hits back at rival

The Penny Hoarder, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based personal finance advice website, has filed a multimillion-dollar copyright infringement lawsuit against a larger competitor, Fluent Inc.

  • Law
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  • March 5, 2004
Free Press

This week's items: First America Bank to sell shares of common stock Southern Siding opened new Sarasota office/warehouse Event Services International full service, has new nameNeal Communities says new logo captures corporate image

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 13, 2022
Home on Sarasota Bay shores sells for $15.5 million

The 1.5-acre property resides within Harbor Acres.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 22, 2010
Lee County plummet drives up sales

If you thought the residential real estate boom years were crazy busy in the Fort Myers area, 2009 was even more frenetic.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 24, 2009
First Financial Network selling $190-million in loans

An undisclosed Florida bank is looking to unload a lot of its Gulf Coast mortgage risk.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2010
Kolter Land Partners buys part of Sandoval

Kolter Land Partners purchased 63 lots in Sandoval for $1.4 million. The price equated to $22,222 per lot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 26, 2021
Home on the Gulf sells for record $10.5 million

Clearwater Beach house in exclusive community has views of both the Gulf of Mexico and the waters off Redfish Point sets sales record for 2021

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 25, 2017
BTI unveils plans for 16-story condo

BTI Partners has unveiled plans to develop a 16-story condominium tower within its 52-acre Westshore Marina District project in South Tampa.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2014
NeoGenomics to raise capital

Cancer-testing firm NeoGenomics plans to sell more shares to the public to fund future growth.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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