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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2018
Florida colleges rake in softball revenues

Florida State leads the state in total revenues per softball player.

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  • October 19, 2018
Economy surges in several parts of region

Led by a resurgence in Tampa, the west coast of the state has five of the top nine MSAs in terms of GDP ranking statewide, according to federal data analyzed by the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp. The Tampa economy, the report adds, is growi

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  • October 19, 2018
New doughnut in town

First Southwest Florida Krispy Kreme shop opens in Fort Myers.

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  • December 7, 2018
Grocer opens long-awaited store on college grounds

Lakeland, Florida-based grocer Publix has opened its first-ever store on a college campus, at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • December 11, 2018
Hotel nabs manager for top sales and marketing post

Heather Spiegel will oversee a team of group sales managers and event services professionals, in addition to heading up advertising and marketing opportunities for the hotel,

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • January 4, 2019
Goodwill not hunting for a new CEO

Rick Evanchyk retires as president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, John Nadeau promoted to replace him

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  • September 6, 2019
Channelside Apartments trade for $65.2 million

A California investment firm has acquired the 325-unit Channelside Apartments in Fort Myers for $65.2 million, an 18.5% premium to the $55 million the seller paid in April 2016.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • September 11, 2019
Chicago bank expands in area, with four wealth management leaders

Chicago-based First American Bank, a full-service, privately held bank with 53 branches and $2.5 billion in assets, has opened a wealth management office in Tampa, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • October 31, 2019
Area executive takes helm of national financial services board

Business development principal will chair the American Financial Services Association Business Partner Board.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • February 25, 2019
Area tech firm makes acquisition in Brazil

KnowBe4, a cybersecurity training and simulated phishing firm, has acquired El Pescador, a Brazilian company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 3, 2018
Highwoods Preserve building comes to market

Highwoods Properties offers its Highwoods Preserve I building for sale for $39.5 million amid plans for a pair of other office developments in the Tampa area.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • March 30, 2018
Business sales are on the rise, in the region and nationally

A record number of U.S. businesses changed hands in 2017.

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  • November 25, 2016
Tangled up in brag

Bradenton-area ophthalmologist Dr. Harris Silverman, founder of The Eye Associates, will have no shortage of things to say if patient small talk turns to bragging about kids.

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  • November 29, 2016
Real estate firm hires away Babcock Ranch official

Ian Black Real Estate has expanded in several directions.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • December 2, 2016
Museum strategy in bloom

When Marie Selby Botanical Gardens shifted its business model to a living museum, with changing exhibitions tied to plant collections, one obvious goal was to draw in more visitors — repeats and first-timers.

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  • December 16, 2016
Hospital drives into expansion

South Bay Hospital CEO Sharon Roush's to-do list for a $30 million expansion at the facility was long — and she couldn't forget space for the golf carts.

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  • January 27, 2017
Kick down the door

In a move Masonite International executives call a transformation of the company, the Tampa door manufacturer is rebranding its marketing with a tagline of “Open to extraordinary.”

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  • February 11, 2017
Sarasota tries to outdo Manatee, others in quest to woo firm

Under the codename Project Panther, Sarasota County commissioners will consider $60,000 in incentives for an IT company to relocate from New Jersey.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • March 10, 2017
Bring on the sun

Tampa Tank Inc.-Florida Structural Steel executives, considering a major investment in a solar energy system, first wanted to know all about the green components.

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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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