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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 5, 2025
Orlando Health, 3 years after $12M land deal, plans Lakewood Ranch expansion

An Orlando-based health care system has acquired property in Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • August 26, 2020
Shopping and dining area finds another hurdle in pandemic

The coronavirus is the latest in a series of blows to tenants of St. Armands Circle in Sarasota.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 21, 2007
Gulf Coast Week

Funding delays projects: A projected decline in gas taxes is forcing the Department of Transportation to scale back its five-year roadwork program across the state.Fewer overseas visitors: Fewer tourists from Europe and Canada have visited Pinellas County this year than last, despite a favorable dollar exchange for international guests that has boosted business in shopping and entertainment meccas such as New York and Las Vegas.Chamber program ahead: The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce's Sarasota Tomorrow program, a five-year campaign designed to improve the area's sluggish business climate, is off to a better start than even its optimistic organizers originally thought.Airport commerce park: The agency that operates Southwest Florida International Airport plans to lease land to a Denver developer to build a commercial park on airport property.Drought forces limits: The South Florida Water Management District has imposed irrigation limits on businesses and residents throughout the region, including Lee and Collier counties.

  • Finance
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 4, 2026
Tourism chief rock and rolls all nite and parties every day

Santiago Corrada has amassed a collection of Kiss memorabilia with at 100,000 pieces.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 22, 2014
Stomp on it

The grow-through-acquisition tactic is easy to diagram, complicated to execute. A Gulf Coast firm with a new CEO who previously ran a pair of multibillion-dollar businesses leads the way.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 23, 2011
Home Cooking

Sue Wolverton is Regional Senior Vice President for Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, Southwest Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2020
For restaurant firm, shutdown cuts revenues like a steak knife

Outback Steakhouse's Tampa, Florida-based parent company, Bloomin' Brands, has detailed the harsh toll COVID-19 has taken on its finances.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 3, 2016
'Heartbreaker' of a deal

A veteran real estate agent took on a failed car dealership site in Tampa. The result? A lawsuit, $12 million in debt, guns, drugs and seven contracts.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2008
Coffee Talk

+ Lee development... in 2014?Investors betting on future residential land development in Lee County may have to wait a little longer than anticipated, if a recent deal there is any indication.+ Are you in?Ad campaign hopes soWhat do a police chief, a bombastic Hall of Fame TV sports personality and the president of an arts and design college have in common?+ Winning changes everything,on and off the fieldWhat a difference a year makes at the ol' ballgame.+ Ayn Randfor every studentEvery student at Florida Gulf Coast University who signs up for the new free-markets course that will be taught there will receive a copy of Atlas Shrugged, the pro-capitalist novel by Ayn Rand.+ + Incumbent congressmanbuilds big lead in one pollOne of the most contested congressional races in the country taking place in Sarasota and Manatee counties might not be much of a contest after all, if a new poll is accurate. + Florida businesshopes to attract neighborsThe Florida real estate market is really hot after all. + Goodbye, bulletin boards, Hello, eDeanThe days of posters and paper stapled and tacked to cork college bulletin boards outside of class buildings and in libraries and dining halls may be quickly coming to an end, thanks to a two-year-old Tampa technology company.+ Put away the Capeopolyuntil next yearCapeopoly, the annual Cape Coral confab that used to draw hundreds of real estate business executi

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2010
Gamla-Cedron buys bulk units in Promenade at Tampa Palms

Gamla-Cedron Group, an Israeli real estate investment firm, continues to buy up condo portfolios in Greater Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 16, 2010
Top Deals: Apartments Sold

The latest Gulf Coast real estate deals, updated daily with new transactions.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 21, 2020
Construction, following $13 million in financing, begins on townhome project

Whitney Townhomes’ construction start by Scherer Development in Largo follows $13.6 million in financing

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 21, 2022
Zillow layoffs grow in Tampa

As the online real estate giant closes Zillow Offers programs, local job cuts more than double.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2015
Long-awaited Pasco apartments get name, get bigger

King Engineering project managers are set to meet with county officials about Atlis at Wiregrass in Wesley Chapel.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 22, 2026
Manatee moving company adds commercial division

Spirit Movers has introduced white-glove service for businesses requiring moving and logistics support.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • June 22, 2021
Developer's hyper-focus on land deals pays big dividends.

Cameratta Cos. prioritizes innovation in each community it launches, while also not neglecting its core focus: astute land deals.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
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Vice President of Franchise Development, Front Burner Brands

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2017
Letter to the Editor

In praise of Enterprise Florida and Visit Florida

  • Opinion
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 26, 2020
On Fire

Gulf Coast hospitality development and investment sales have been rampant — but the upswing is far from over, a leading industry expert says.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 3, 2019
Call center company commits to growth with new building plan

Wisconsin-based Alta Resources has morphed into a Southwest Florida hiring machine behind explosive growth in clients. Training to mirror Fortune 500 clients it serves is paramount.

  • Strategies
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