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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 4, 2020
Back-to-school sales fizzle in Florida, several other states

With schools nationwide struggling to figure out how to reopen amid the COVID-19 crisis, grocery and drugstore chains have taken a big hit when it comes to sales of school supplies.

  • News
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 31, 2019
Title fight: Ex-boxer aspires to create world's healthiest office

The Ring, a new 18,000-square foot co-working and business incubator space in downtown Clearwater, Florida, has some big aspirations: To start with, it aims to be the healthiest office in the world.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jay Schlichter |
  • October 4, 2019
Cape crusade: City leaders advocating for redevelopment and new growth

Establishing a commercial hub within a city — and chasing people's entertainment dollars — requires both bold vision and patience.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 8, 2019
Selling insurance? There's a side hustle for that

The side hustle concept, in the minds of two crafty entrepreneurs, can go deeper than service, and surface, level.

  • Insurance
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 17, 2017
Niche player

Marcus & Millichap believes specialization, training and collaboration set it apart from other commercial real estate brokerages.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 1, 2024
Polk County office building sells for $6.25 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a legendary Tampa bakery is getting a new home, a Palmetto salvage yard gets sold, and Babcock Ranch is getting new tenants.

  • Florida
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • December 26, 2023
2023 in transactions: Top commercial real estate deals nine counties in the region

Eight deals surpassed $100 million, while two were over $200 million, in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota counties.

  • Transactions
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 12, 2023
Sinead Carr, 26

Staffing agency co-founder undated by pandemic — or making 20 in person cold-calls a day.

  • Class of 2023
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 9, 2025
Kiarra Womack, 26

40 Under 40 winner Kiarra Womack is senior scholarships manager at William G. and Marie Selby Foundation.

  • Class of 2025
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 16, 2025
National developer buys 17 acres in Sarasota for 336 apartments

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Brandon apartment complex sells for $76.25 million, a Fort Myers apartment community is almost complete, and a Naples retail property is back on the market.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 9, 2026
Global mountain-climbing Sarasota couple seeks new challenges

Jennifer and Dan Vigne look for hikes and climbs where they can push themselves mentally and physically.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 12, 2004
Dealing with NIMBYs

Debra Garrett's efforts to win approval for a Publix in east Sarasota County show the new reality for developers. Before you file for anything, be aggressive getting out the facts and be willing to make a lot of concessions.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2007
Coffee Talk

JBM Realty Advisors goes California dreamin' : Another Tampa company, JBM Realty Advisors, one of the nation's premier institutional multifamily brokerage firms, recently connected with a large out-of-state business, Sperry Van Ness.Sarasota Chamber looks to tomorrow with optimism: Sarasota Tomorrow, the capital campaign designed to prove businesses aren't just a necessary evil, kicked of its donation season with a big announcement: It has already raised $1.22 million - 60% of its $2 million goal.Condo project goes retro, sells most units: The following sentence wasn't lifted out of a 2005 Coffee Talk item: A Sarasota condo developer has been selling units at about the rate of one a week for three months, with the majority going to the contract stage Sarasota money manager dies from stroke: Gary Wood, founder of a Sarasota-based money management firm bearing his name, died Nov. 29, a few weeks after suffering a stroke. He was 68.HMA highlights chairman's stock sales: It's usually a routine affair when top executives sell stock of the company they manage.Foreign tourism slips, security issues blamed: Security concerns are making it more difficult for the Tampa Bay area to attract foreign visitors, a key component of the area's important tourism industry.Commercial brokers seek access to TICs: If the National Association of Realtors has its way with federal regulators, some commercial real estate brokers will have another way of m

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2007
Corporate Report

Sirion gets European license for eye treatment HMA converts equity into debt, issues $10 one-time dividendPeach's hands out 25-store Missouri franchiseSarasota Cay Club, Reds reach spring training dealIA Global avoids AMEX stock de-listing

  • Industries
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 24, 2006
Real Estate Briefs

Equity One buys out partner in Venice centerO.E. Wheel Distributors closes on warehouseCaithness Construction acquires additional Venice landBaltic holdings buys Baltic ApartmentsNew York developer buys Fort Myers apartmentsMiami-based company buys two apartment complexesMiami Lakes-based developer plans homes in Lehigh Acres

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2004
Hi Hat Goes Ranchette

Sarasota Countyis 2050 plan envisioned new-urban villages on the Turner familyis 10,000-acre Hi Hat Ranch. But why do that when thereis a waiting line for five-acre estates?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 23, 2016
Venice on the verge

This southern Sarasota County city has gone from afterthought to a developer's darling. What's fueling the mini-boom?

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • August 25, 2017
Wheel and Deal

Rodney Dessberg often goes against market conventions — with a high degree of success. What's his formula?

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • January 27, 2025
Manatee County commissioner pushes for building moratorium

Some commissioners, and at least one developer, are pushing back against the idea.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 24, 2006
Commercial RE Briefs

Cypress Creek Capital buys Eastpointe Office buildingHarrod Properties buys Bayshore Professional CenterSunrise Senior Living completes Aston Gardens acquisitionsSongy partners, D'Jamoos Group buy in Forum for office parkBonita Springs Baymont Inn sold, being renovatedN.J. entrepreneur, partner plan Lehigh carwash, office buildingBurton-Katzman Development buys L-3 Cattlemen propertyWilliams family takes over two Farley Funeral HomesKVN Heating, Air moving to larger Centre Park suite

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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