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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 6, 2017
Prominent broker leaves firm he helped launch

Stephen Cunningham says he sought a new career challenge by going to SVN,

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 13, 2017
Sarasota-Bradenton area housing starts spike 20%

Metrostudy expects strong residential performance to continue as a result of positive momentum in the final months of 2016

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 8, 2017
Priatek name disappears from building

Less than three months after purchasing St. Petersburg's tallest building, its new owner appears to be changing its name.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2014
Couple buys Englewood's Rocky Creek Marina from 1-800-Ask-Gary founder

Andrew “Skip” and Jessica Warmack purchased the former Rocky Creek Marina from Gary Kompothecras for $1.15 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 20, 2013
W.P. Carey fund buys Holiday Self Storage

The price equated to $43 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 18, 2016
Builder plans another Sarasota high-rise

The West Palm Beach-based developer has announced plans for the 18-story Grande at the Ritz-Carlton Residences.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 5, 2016
A proper disposal

When Chico's FAS announced it had sold its Boston Proper brand on Jan. 19, investors shrugged.

  • News
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 16, 2024
Bradenton boating company president steps down

Boaters World Marine Centers will have a new interim president following the departure of Stewart Thompson.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • March 27, 2025
Geico to open Tampa office, create 1,000 jobs

National insurance giant Geico is firming up its presence in Tampa Bay.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 20, 2005
For Sale

Is an Atlanta company planning to sell Corporate Center at International Plaza?

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2012
Collier office building sells for record $49.9 million

The price equated to $310 per square foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 9, 2021
Fortune 500 company buys local cybersecurity firm

CDW has purchased locally owned cybersecurity firm Focal Point for undisclosed amount

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 8, 2025
$14.8M home sale in Sarasota sets 2025 record

The property along Sarasota Bay remains under construction.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Rachel Gomez |
  • August 2, 2013
Lights up

The decision one local company made to ditch a solar strategy was born of big losses. Executives hope the new path, with a big concentration on global sales, will lead a turnaround.

  • Strategies
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • June 18, 2010
Underage Banking

Newer banks in the Gulf Coast region appear to have performed better through the first quarter, based on FDIC figures. Missing the mid-2000s real estate loan frenzy helped.

  • Finance
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 6, 2012
Bud is back

Bud Nocera led Florida's tourism efforts in the 2000s. Now, he's returned to Lee County where his career began.

  • Industries
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 20, 2006
Coffee Talk

WCI Communities: A buying opportunity?: At what point do the stocks of homebuilders become so ridiculously cheap that they're worth buying?Military salute: Sarasota resident Burt Bershon has been recognized for his efforts to bring military academies back to U.S. communities. Bershon, who founded the Sarasota Military Academy in 2002, was recently awarded an Eagle Laureate for creating The Charter Military Schools Development Corp. in late 2003.Former Buccaneer Warren Sapp is back: NFL Star Warren Sapp, a defensive tackle who helped the Tampa Bay Buccaneers win their only Super Bowl, plans to open a HipHopSodaShop on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, near the University of South Florida.Davis Lucas offers business-ethics insight: Davis Lucas, the chairman of Bonita Springs-based residential developer The Bonita Bay Group, makes few public appearances and when he does, it's usually for the benefit of a local charity.Condominium's loss is apartment's gain: So with the condo conversion market way down, is it truly gloom-and-doom time for the apartment market? Not completely.Paying premium prices at the pump: The high price of gas is reaching into entrepreneurs and executives' pockets yet again.Bleak showing for Florida venture capitalists:Just two Florida firms made Entrepreneur magazine's 2005 list of the top 100 venture capital firms, and both, Palm Beach Capital Partners and HIG Capital Management of Miami, are based in South Florida.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 22, 2016
Bigger vista

Media Vista is benefiting from the economic rebound as more advertisers target the fast-growing Hispanic market.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2004
CONDO BUST: Nightmare or Fantasy

The high-end condominium market is either in big trouble or holding steady. It depends on whom you ask.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 7, 2025
$8.75M in Snook Haven Park updates to begin in Sarasota County

Sarasota County is breaking ground on a yearlong construction project in Venice.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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