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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 21, 2007
Corporate Report

GeoPharma buys USF cancer technologyQuality Distribution selling notes for acquisitionTech Data gets new deal with ASCII GroupNew medical study planned for SinoFresh sprayBrown & Brown buysDalton Insurance AgencyCarBiz, Magnolia consultants agree on distribution planSyniverse, BSG merger receives EC backingInnisbrook ownership adds SoftBrands softwareChico's comparables lower, total sales climb 5.4%

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 12, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Casto, Meshad buy, renovate former Jacobson's RMC Property Group buys Beachway Plaza Aer-Flo Canvas Products to build new facility Kauffman, partners plan University retail building

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 5, 2005
Outward Bound

Oswald Trippe, the Gulf Coast's largest privately owned insurance agency, aims to hit $50 million in revenues by 2010. The strategy: Out-of-state acquisitions.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 13, 2006
A Stock Picker's Market

Money manager Keith Moored Jr. forecasts single-digit percentage growth for the stock market in 2006. Buyers should be extra selective. Go for the low price-to-sales ratios.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 13, 2005
Nature Lover, Land Owner, Developer

Maurice Wilder, who started out as a mobile home salesman, has built a diverse $500 million portfolio over three decades.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2008
The Flower Guru

A Gulf Coast florist, known to dozens of florists nationwide as a "never ending machine of ideas," is competing against - and beating - industry heavyweights.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 4, 2008
Betting on a Winner

Two prominent Southwest Florida families are betting that TIB Financial will weather the storm battering the state's community banks. Will their investment pay off?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Developer unveils Bay Street VillageBenderson development buys Lee County landWhite & Associates buys Park Vista to renovateTampa business group buys Manatee Mobile Home Park

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Real Estate agents buy Fishermanis PlazaNation 1031 sponsor buys Ranch Lake PlazaNokomis developers buy land at Woodmere Horse FarmThree flex buildings headed for Centre ParkDeveloper seeks approval for 16-story Ros

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 21, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

Royal Palm Terrace Apartments planned for north of theaterAtlanta pays pretty penny for Sarasotais Admiralis WalkSplash Pools developing Bradenton flex parkSarasota developers buy 17th Street churchTringaliis G&T Land buys 289 acres

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 30, 2012
In Plane Sight

Several private jet service businesses on the Gulf Coast have overcome long odds to survive the downturn. Now some are aimed for growth.

  • Industries
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 23, 2021
From the gridiron to the golf course

Buccaneers legend Ronde Barber moves from football to helping organize the preeminent golf tournament in the area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 21, 2021
Exclusive: Related's Jon Paul Pérez talks market, the future and his new Ritz-Carlton branded tower

Prolific Miami developer Related Group has found a second home in Tampa, building both luxury and affordable housing.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 28, 2020
Air supply: In search of growth, upstart firm goes with the flow

With an aggressive M&A strategy, Tampa-based Apex Service Partners is building a nationwide network of HVAC firms.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 27, 2022
Apartment landlord rids complexes of unsavory characters

Mathieu Rosinsky doubles as something of a janitor for his properties.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 21, 2018
Area community banks take on upstart tech firms

It’s not just millennials that community banks risk losing. A recent report from global research firm Gartner, for one, pings community banks in particular on fintech: “By 2030, only 20% of heritage financial firms will flourish and win,” states the repor

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 18, 2016
Economic Forecast | Tampa Bay

The one word that could neatly sum up what Gulf Coast business owners and entrepreneurs would like to see in the economy in 2017 is a soothing one: balance.

  • Florida
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 3, 2014
Word for 2014: Revelation - alarm over the State

Happy New Year. Let's hope it is.

  • Opinion
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • March 20, 2025
Developer accused of scare tactics over Mira Mar preservation

The either/or scenario of twin condo towers to provide capital to preserve the historic structure, or a 10-story apartment "box," was continued by the Planning Board until April.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 20, 2006
Behind the Shower Door

Mr. ShowerDoor is successful by staying focused on meeting a tiny but profitable market niche.

  • Strategies
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