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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 3, 2025
Healthy restaurant celebrates Sarasota County grand opening

Bowled Co. brings its fresh, healthy concept to Wellen Park.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth Djinis |
  • June 3, 2021
Office furniture firm lands multimillion-dollar opportunity

Reimagine Office Furnishings remained nimble and resolute — even as offices region-wide went dark.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • July 7, 2025
Historic, yes; could be better

Credit Speaker Perez and his House colleagues for finally reining in spending. But there are still political gimmicks and pet projects in the budget.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 10, 2014
Lehigh returns

Builders of moderately priced homes are venturing back into Lehigh Acres as the housing recovery pushes sales higher.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • September 23, 2020
Airport in leisure market expects to bounce back faster than business destinations

One of the Charlotte County airport’s goals is to put money in the bank for future 9/11s, pandemics and hurricanes.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 30, 2016
Back home

Gregg Carlson took an unusual path to reach the corner office of a $20 million homebuilder.

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  • By Cheryl O'Neill |
  • May 14, 2015
Ten Tips for Improving Customer Service

Keeping your customers happy is a key to your business's longevity.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 8, 2021
Marketing executives runs down her marathon dream

Penny Primus rediscovered her love of running and has since racked up 13 marathons, including the marquee New York City and Boston events.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 12, 2013
CRE exec takes ownership stake at Starling Group

Brian Kennelly has run LWR Commercial Realty for seven years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth Morrisey |
  • January 13, 2017
'Way of life'

A hospital marketing executive has learned a key lesson: you can't out-exercise a bad diet.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • August 23, 2024
Tech leader creates statewide women-empowering platform

Raechel Canipe is helping women find their way in technology — one Slack post at a time.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2013
Alta lands hundreds of job seekers

When Alta Resources held a career fair in Fort Myers for 400 jobs last month, company executives suspected they'd get a crowd.

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  • April 30, 2015
Airline launches flights to Puerto Rico

Sun Country Airlines will begin nonstop service from Fort Myers to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 30, 2021
As retail struggles to find the new normal, one mall remains strong despite the headwinds

Two decades in, Tampa's International Plaza has found a niche for itself and is thriving, as other malls consider a perilous future.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 2, 2016
Industrial revolution

McCraney Property Co.'s latest speculative distribution offering is part of a new paradigm for logistics firms.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2010
EDC spends $710K on 274 jobs

Sarasota's Economic Development Corp. approves incentives for two local firms.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2013
Realtors association gets new CEO

Terry Penza is the new CEO of the Fort Myers association of Realtors.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2011
Tech Data gets $500M in credit

The tech giant already has $905 million in cash in its coffers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2014
Hertz adds 80 European locations

Naples-based Hertz has opened 80 new locations in train stations and city centers across Europe this year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 24, 2023
$1.6B cancer center under development wraps a heart around hope

When complete, Moffitt Cancer Center's 775-acre Pasco County campus will include 140 buildings, all designed in some way to fight cancer.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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