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  • October 13, 2017
Angela Rodriguez, 34

Owner, Space as Art and Angela Rodriguez Interiors

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 2, 2017
Paradise Advertising and Marketing

St. Petersburg-based firm, with offices in Naples, Daytona and New York City, specializes in travel, luxury and lifestyle brands.

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  • By Cheryl O'Neill |
  • May 15, 2014
How to start your own business

Thinking of going it alone? This check list can help steer your journey.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • August 19, 2016
At Home on the Air

Tia Castle wants to become TV's next luxury real estate maven. Her success banks on international interest in Florida properties.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 29, 2016
Wine whisperer

Jerry Greenfield, founder of Greenfield Advertising Group, Fort Myers

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 11, 2024
Live Local Act tweaks win support of all but one legislator

The bill is aimed, in part, at easing worries from localities that were created when the $711 million affordable housing bill passed last year.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 17, 2023
Tampa REIT sells Texas health care center for $258 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a developer gets a $75 million loan for Fort Myers project, an $11 million Pasco hospice is under construction, and a Longboat Key health care building is on the market for $3.1 million.

  • Florida
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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • September 12, 2024
Home Depot, after protests, drops plans for east Manatee store

The big-box retailer was considering a store on the corner of Lorraine Road and Rangeland Parkway.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 21, 2024
Upscale Sarasota clothing boutique and its building up for sale

In the week's top commercial real estate news, North Port land is preserved, a Fort Myers firm has a really good week, and Tampa is getting more industrial space.

  • Florida
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 1, 2023
Finance professional launches CFO company, utilizing some fatherly inspiration

After two decades of crunching numbers for various employers, Michelle Delker, inspired by her father and father-in-law, has ventured out on her own.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 15, 2023
Clearwater Marine Aquarium’s new CEO shakes up leadership team

Joe Handy has named a new COO, a chief zoological officer, three vice presidents, a director of media relations and a director of sales.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • July 17, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for June 20-26 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Fort Myers Beach restaurant sale for $9 million highlights the week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • October 3, 2022
Transactions: Sept. 26 to Oct. 3

A trio of Sarasota auto dealerships sold for nearly $50 million.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 18, 2005
Free Press (Sara/Mana)

WCI wins school's 'Business Partner of the Year' honorSarasota, California companies team up for system upgradeSarasota workforce board given award for workCounty seeks nominations for conservation awardsInfinium Labs presents game service nationally

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  • November 28, 2008
Putt Putt Tour

Entrepreneur Bob Gaudreau has takenminiature golf and made it mobile, marketingit to companies, schools and organizations.

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  • July 30, 2009
Setting Foundations

Ambient Technologies has looked for ways to capitalize on the latest demands in geology services.

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  • June 11, 2004
Longtime Judge Honored for Work (Tampa edition)

For nearly three decades, Thomas E. Penick Jr. has been called judge. And that's not likely to change later this month when Penick steps down as an official member of the Pinellas-Pasco judiciary.

  • Law
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 21, 2013
Capital froth

Two sessions on capital at a recent real estate conference in Naples presented stark contrasts.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 21, 2021
College announces new president selection

The Florida Board of Governors will vote on the appointment in June.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2021
Money grab for past due rent almost derailed sale of shuttered mall

As lawyers waited for final order approving the sale of the now-closed DeSoto Square Mall, the former owner's lawyer tried to collect back rent

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