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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2012
Gillette exec enters politics

Mark Nash announces run for Hillsborough County Commission.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • December 26, 2024
Transformative Ybor project is going full throttle, despite headwinds

Darryl Shaw spent the year seeing projects come to life and isn’t done yet.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 6, 2026
Naples waterfront estate listed for $39 million

The recently built home is in the Olde Naples neighborhood and features a 5,000-square foot rooftop deck.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 15, 2013
A Better Vista

A Venezuelan-born couple is cornering the Hispanic media market in Southwest Florida. They started modestly.

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  • October 26, 2018
Opinions wanted

The Business Observer is conducting a reader survey.

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  • June 21, 2013
Concert Golf Partners buys Emerald Greens golf club

The price equated to $165,929 per acre.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 11, 2024
$20M Fort Myers Beach portfolio, including restaurant, listed for sale

Bonita Bill's Waterfront Café is part of a multi-property collection of properties that has been put on the market and a sign of the imminent change coming to the community.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 31, 2023
Las Vegas cannabis company pays $49M for Florida dispensaries

Planet 13's purchase of VidaCann, which has a large Gulf Coast presence, gives it an immediate foot print and the infrastructure to double its Florida store count quickly.

  • Florida
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 9, 2023
Report: Sarasota is the No. 1 housing market to watch

The mortgage-to-income ratio in Sarasota is 19.5%, below the national average.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 24, 2025
Bradenton Motorsports Park to make history with $1M prize for event series

The prize money for an event series this winter in Bradenton is reportedly the largest performance-based payout in drag racing history.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • December 17, 2023
Former state prosecutor arrested in $100K fraud case with 85-year-old victim

Sherry Lee Ellis, 65, is charged with stealing nearly $113,000 from her Alzheimer's patient boyfriend.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 18, 2011
Reality Bites

Technology that allows users to transform themselves to another place often has a high cool quotient. An entrepreneur aims to turn the buzz into sales.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 1, 2018
Marketing firm refreshes brand, helps build business for catering company

Sarasota-based marketing company Web Jarvis helped Green Apple Catering refresh its brand and develop new marketing.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 8, 2013
Find the veins

Joseph Magnant is a vascular surgeon who uses technology to find new patients. He plans to sell his idea to other physicians.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 9, 2025
Nearly $19.5M for 26 acres to build warehouse project

A pair of commercial real estate investment firms are developing a 331,000-square-foot industrial warehouse project in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 2, 2026
Cannabis retailer cutting 58 jobs in Clearwater

Trulieve is laying of the employees at a call center in the city.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 3, 2021
Technology firm to work with Texas based accelerator

Vendita Corporation has been accepted into NewChip accelerator program

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 7, 2021
New York developer pays $31.3 million for apartment complex

Boardwalk at Morris Bridge near the University of South Florida sold to NorthEnd Equity, owner of several local complexes

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 3, 2017
Brewery Tastes victory

St. Petersburg-based Cycle Brewing owners Doug and Tara Dozark were pretty excited when Ratebeer.com, a user-generated beer review website, invited the couple out to California for a free trip — sans kids.

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  • October 17, 2014
Found: Google says Sarasota is best in Florida

Search engine giant says businesses in the city embrace the web to create jobs.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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