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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 30, 2016
Jail sale

A developer with experience in offices shifts his focus to apartments. Will the project break free?

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • April 22, 2016
Sea of opportunity

The idea for her company started during a scuba diving trip. Now Autumn Blum, with financial support far from the water, aims for a big splash.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 26, 2014
Worth it

The past year was big-time busy for prolific commercial real estate developer Jim Bridges. That should be the case again in 2015.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 13, 2015
The front door

Hospitals, despite the constant crush of declining reimbursements, seek new opportunities to increase patient counts. One facility will revamp its ER.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 3, 2024
PGT Innovations receives unsolicited bid that beats previous $3B offer

A national manufacturer has made a third bid to acquire Venice-based PGT Innovations, the largest publicly traded company in the Sarasota-Bradenton region.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 20, 2025
Visit Sarasota launches campaign marketing keys

The “Keys are Calling” marketing campaign will be seen around the region and United States.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • March 7, 2024
USF hires former undercover cop, NBA referee to combat operational stress

Former mob buster and NBA referee Bob Delaney is joining the University of South Florida's Office of Corporate Training and Professional Education to lead seminars about operational stress.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • November 4, 2025
USF secures record-setting $750M in research funding

The University of South Florida’s year-end research funding is $11.6 million more than last fiscal year and 37% higher than 2022.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 14, 2023
Cannabis company, after $6M capital raise, makes acquisition

The acquired company’s niche is in data compliance.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • August 25, 2023
Tampa seeks downtown concierge workers

The city of Tampa is hiring "walking concierges" who don't mind the toasty temperatures.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • August 4, 2023
BayFirst picks new EVP and CFO

Scott McKim has worked as an executive for Huntington National Bank and Publix Employees FCU.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 15, 2023
Homebuilder promotes one official, names second top exec

Christopher Alan Homes is growing across Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 30, 2023
Venerable law firm moves to new downtown digs

The 50-year-old firm has leased space on the top two floors of the Rivergate Tower in downtown Tampa and will move in the fall.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 17, 2023
Bank of Tampa expands Manatee County presence with Lakewood Ranch office

Bryan Boudreaux, who has been with the bank since 2018, will oversee the new branch in Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2022
A year after launch, bank grows to more than $200M in assets

Climate First Bank opened two branches and has a third in the works.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2022
Authorities: Accounting manager used stolen funds for Bucs tickets, groceries

Detectives believe there could be additional unreported victims.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • July 13, 2022
Long-awaited St. Pete bus rapid transit route sets opening date

Originally scheduled to launch this summer, the SunRunner, linking the city’s downtown to Pinellas County beach communities, will get rolling Oct. 21.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2022
Prominent window manufacturer grapples with ransomware attack

The ransomware infection was not thought to have accessed any personal information, but an investigation remains ongoing.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 30, 2009
More evidence banks not lending

Businessman Harvey Vengroff, who has a total of nearly $100 million worth of loans, has some that have reached maturity with virtually no prospects for another bank to take them on.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 15, 2010
Obamacare costs region more jobs

The consequences of the federal health-care bill collided with the Gulf Coast in the form of layoffs at one of the region's most respected hospice centers.

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