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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 21, 2024
Texas investor buys Venice medical building for $34.3 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Tampa gets new retailers, Bradenton gets a new hotel, and Naples gets a new upscale eatery.

  • Florida
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 19, 2018
New upscale hotel is latest development on expanding IMG Academy campus

The property represents broader plans the Academy has for new business opportunities.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 24, 2015
Corporate report

Naples Transportation, Tours creates fleet service business; Twinlab Consolidation Corp. names St. Pete new headquarters; Trxade hires Amzur for new CRM system; UBreakiFix chain opens third S.W. Florida store; Tennis association media hires managing director

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 10, 2023
Sales start at downtown Tampa tower — now smaller and with fewer units

The tower, once planned at 56 floors, is now coming in 14 stories shorter and with nearly 100 fewer units.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 26, 2013
Glenview Capital tries to oust HMA board

The hedge fund urges shareholders of the hospital operator to elect a new board.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 18, 2022
Want to own a home? Be prepared to save for 10 years

Surging real estate prices in the Tampa Bay region have stretched down-payment saving timelines into new territory.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 4, 2018
Retailer announces new chain focusing on home items

Bealls Inc. is launching a new chain of home stores called Home Centric.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 27, 2017
Market in outperform mode

The real estate market in Tampa and St. Petersburg — both commercial and residential — continued to outperform during the third quarter last year, notching milestones not seen since prior to last decade's economic recession.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2014
Willner Realty & Development buys Lincoln Shores apartments

Willner Realty & Development Co. purchased the real estate, furnishings and business operations of the 631-unit Lincoln Shores apartments for $53 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 25, 2015
Real estate doers honored

Three people with connections to Sarasota were among the real estate stars named in the nationwide Inman Top 101, a list of the most influential people in the industry.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2015
Corporate report

Airport authority evicting Three Palms Speedway operator; Kerkering Barberio Financial Services changes name to Allegiant; Alico creates subsidiary for ownership stake in chemical firm; Doyle Wealth Management hires new chief investment officer

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 5, 2024
Tesla set to open Sarasota store by end of April, employ 50 people

The electric vehicle manufacturer has built a 55,000-square-foot showroom and service center at University Town Center just off I-75.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 21, 2025
342 jobs cut as Bahama Breeze closes 5 Florida restaurants

The Darden-owned chain is shuttering 15 restaurants across the state and nation, including one in Naples.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Waterford Cos. buys Venice's Galleria PlazaCox Mazda dealership to move to CortezJRG Development buys church property Axcess Diagnostics to add Sarasota office

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 16, 2011
Waste Not

Ruggero Santilli spent 20 years securing a patent for his technology. But learning how to make money with it has been the biggest challenge.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 5, 2014
American Dreamer

A swashbuckling businessman with a made-for-the-movies life story has plotted a large expansion on the Gulf Coast. It's a $10 million initiative.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 30, 2022
Uncertainty in the mortgage market leads to 58 job cuts at Pinellas County bank

BayFirst Financial is cutting jobs as mortgage volume declines.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 19, 2013
Cash buyers threaten real estate market

At an economic summit hosted this week by the Naples Area Board of Realtors, John Tucillo sounded as upbeat as any of the 450 Realtors in the ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria hotel.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2011
Chico's profits but stock falls

Quarterly profits are up 30% over the year, but stock value is down 8%.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 5, 2012
Lighting firm notches big sale

Evolucia, which has struggled under several strategies, continues its rebound.

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