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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2020
Bankrupt company seeks unusual way to raise capital

Wall Street analysts panned the move from Hertz to sell shares while in bankruptcy.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 6, 2019
100 N. Tampa tower coming to market

After nearly a dozen years of ownership, Prudential Real Estate is selling the 42-story 100 N. Tampa skyscraper in downtown Tampa, and has hired commercial brokerage HFF to makret it for what could be a record-setting $207 million.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 23, 2018
Baby boom

Do baby boomers have an exit strategy ready to go for their business? By one count, not really.

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  • September 12, 2014
Reach deep into cash reserves

There's a lot someone can buy with $139 million.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 12, 2016
Priatek sale may spur upgrade

If a deal goes through and Feldman Equities LLC and Tower Realty Partners acquire the 28-story Priatek Plaza in downtown St. Petersburg, look for the pair to sink millions of dollars into improving the city's tallest building.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • February 17, 2025
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A $23.5 million golf course sale in Collier County paces the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • April 1, 2026
Tampa tire store franchisor rolls into new brands, buys a restaurant

RNR Tire Express has launched multi-brand franchisor company DX3 Brands and is now looking to expand Safety Harbor’s Gigglewaters ‘eatertainment’ restaurant.

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  • July 18, 2008
Sarasota/Manatee 40 under 40

A look at the best an brightest under 40 in Sarasota and Manatee Counties.

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  • December 17, 2010
Unemployment rises to 12%

Across the state, roughly 1.11 million Floridians are without jobs.

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  • October 22, 2010
Lee suburbs out of favor

Lee County is revising its land-use plan and the suburbs are out.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 17, 2010
Job-quitting on the rise

Of all those who left their jobs last month, 50% did so voluntarily.

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  • September 9, 2010
Syniverse's messaging grows

Mobile message volumes increased 23% for the Tampa technology firm.

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  • July 16, 2010
Pirates, TLI Sports finish work on field three

The Pittsburgh Pirates and Florida partner TLI Sports of Clearwater have completed an overhaul of field number three at Pirate City in Bradenton.

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  • March 1, 2011
MarineMax goes to Panama City

The Clearwater firm will take over a competitor's sales operations.

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  • By Amanda Heisey |
  • June 27, 2013
Will additional regulations on emissions hurt the economy's recovery?

How will the new climate agenda affect the economy?

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  • May 6, 2011
Property insurance bill passed

Legislature sends property insurance bill to governor to sign.

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  • May 12, 2011
Distressed sales hurt Sarasota

Broker estimates 45% of closings so far this year were short sales or REO.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 28, 2011
Foreclosures up in April

Tampa and Sarasota's foreclosure rates increased by two percentage points.

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  • December 13, 2011
Tampa Tribune cuts 165 workers

The layoffs represent a 16% reduction of the publication's total work force.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 13, 2013
McVey is back in Naples

The building industry is a small world, especially in Collier County.

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