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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2016
Giant development wins school approval

Babcock Ranch Neighborhood School will begin accepting enrollment applications this fall.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • January 20, 2017
Visitors' paradise

The tourism industry could be the industry with the most dramatic shifts in the past 20 years.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 14, 2025
Sarasota's The Breakfast Company to open Venice restaurant

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Sarasota firm launch $75 million investment fund, Amazon's 189-acre Fort Myers center gets a neighbor, and a Tampa REIT keeps growing.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 23, 2024
Entrepreneur invests millions into 'no senior left behind' model

Not yet 40, Kris Chana has already been in the senior living industry for nearly 15 years. He has a lot more to offer.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • November 19, 2010
Real World Knowledge

Retired engineer Paul Wahnish started CTEF as a way to bring tech into local classrooms. The program, which is catching on throughout Florida, aims to fight boredom among students.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • March 21, 2014
Leadership philosophy

Mark House is a big proponent of stating his expectations up front.That's why he's built his own leadership philosophy.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • April 7, 2017
Failure: Not having a funding agreement in writing

Ideasphere Consulting | Tampa, Chuck Papageorgiou

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  • January 11, 2008
The Dawn of Digital

Jud Parker and his firm, Digital Legal, has gone beyond digital records to working with law firms on organizing data so they can win cases and serve clients better

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 6, 2023
New owners of St. Pete Beach Hotel hire award-winning chef

Kimberly Subject will manage the Castile Restaurant at Hotel Zamora.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 1, 2021
Prominent RV retailer to open third dealership in state

Tampa, Florida-based Lazydays has announced plans to open a new dealership in Fort Pierce in the fourth quarter of 2022.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 30, 2022
Construction of 622,000-square-foot St. Pete industrial park to begin this summer

Leasing opens for new 75-acre Gateway Logistics Center set to open early 2023.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 7, 2017
Architecture firm names three new principals

Wannemacher Jensen Architects recently is also celebrating its 25th anniversary.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • August 10, 2010
Final auction tally: $45.9M

A record number of dollars was spent at an auction of foreclosed properties.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 24, 2020
Entrepreneur seeks to buy, revamp and redevelop part of town

Andre Spivey aims to encourage investors to purchase a portion of Toomsboro, Ga., and adapt its historic buildings to new purposes.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • March 6, 2018
Hospital names three board members

Doctors Hospital of Sarasota announced three new members of its board of trustees.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 25, 2014
Hodges launches marketing program

Hodges University will be offering a bachelor's degree in marketing and branding starting this summer.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2013
Tampa Tribune publisher moves south

Scripps appoints Bill Barker publisher of the Naples Daily News.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • June 23, 2015
Hertz subsidiary picks new COO

Hertz Equipment Rental, the subsidiary the car rental giant plans to spin off, has named Bruce Dressel chief operating officer.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 4, 2017
Bucking the Trend

Sarasota will soon be home to four new downtown hotels. But Ocean Properties is taking a different tack.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 20, 2025
Naples condo project site sells for $92.5 million

Kolter Urban has bought the former Executive Club property and plans for luxury waterfront development.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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