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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2019
Fast-growing tech firm plans 100 hires in region

Drift, a Boston-based conversational marketing firm that serves some 50,000 businesses, has opened an office in Tampa, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 31, 2020
Climate change: Florida climbs out of judicial hellhole

Florida makes great strides in improving its legal climate.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2018
March surge sees region set bed-tax record

Spurred by hotel revenues in March 2018, Tampa Bay’s tourism development tax, also known as the bed tax, has topped $4 million in a single month for the first time.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 19, 2019
Area boat retailer makes splashy acquisition in Texas

MarineMax, a Clearwater, Florida-based recreational boat and yacht retailer, has purchased Sail & Ski Center, a Texas boat dealership founded in 1969 that operates in Austin and San Antonio.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2022
Marco Island sale for $10.75M sets parcel record

The lot overlooks Caxambas Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 5, 2018
Last Stand

Can merger bring strength in scale?

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2018
Loaded up and truckin'

If you thought Florida is getting more people, you're absolutely correct.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2016
Tech workers drive growth

The Tampa tech industry scored some big points in CBRE's annual report on the sector, “Scoring Tech Talent.”

  • News
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 11, 2016
Colony dispute near an end?

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, a Longboat Key icon and once one of the top tennis vacation destinations nationwide, has been closed since 2010 — the chief casualty in a bitter and lengthy dispute over maintenance costs.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2015
Family business navigates expansion

Hiring a top executive for a family-run business — someone outside the family — can be an excruciatingly difficult decision.

  • News
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • January 4, 2024
Report: Collier ranked worst county in Florida to raise a family

A study from FloridaRentals.com purporting to reveal the best counties in Florida to raise a family revealed a big gap in first to worst across the state.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • August 23, 2023
Tampa medical center earns top honors from Forbes

Moffitt Cancer Center was recognized on the Forbes list of "America’s Best-in-State Employers."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 22, 2026
Report: Florida ranks No. 2 in statewide foreclosure pressure

Kind House Buyers report finds some unkind data when it comes to the Sunshine State housing index.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Adam Flood, 32

Manager of process excellence, LeeSar

  • Class of 2016
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 28, 2024
Manatee County entrepreneur buys 333 rural acres for $2.5M

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a self-storage company is building six facilities, St. Petersburg apartment complex The Drake sold, and a boutique hotel is scheduled to open this fall in Naples.

  • Florida
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  • By Cheryl O'Neill |
  • April 29, 2013
When the Bank Says No

Not every business qualifies for traditional lending. But alternative financing can help fill gaps in cash flow.

  • Strategies
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 12, 2006
Always Low Rates

A community bank's success with branches inside Wal-Mart Supercenters proves that local banks can coexist with the retail behemoth. One secret: Staff the branch with retailers, not bankers.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • January 20, 2017
Advanced outcomes

There's no doubt health care is a lot more high-tech today than it was 20 years ago. To start, both patients and doctors have a lot more information at their fingertips.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 28, 2022
In campaign finance, Florida gubernatorial race heavily favors the incumbent

The Business Observer looked at donors to Florida's gubernatorial candidates to see who's giving, who is getting and who is winning the money race.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 13, 2026
AeroVanti's Britton-Harr looks to squash evidence as May trial approaches

The twice-indicted Sarasota businessman is awaiting trial in Maryland with a new baby and while, prosecutors say, running a new private jet business.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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