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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2021
Company sells three marinas with more than 1,000 slips

Port 32 also owns marinas on Florida’s east coast.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2021
Real estate firm names president to oversee 7,000 sales associates, 80 offices

Duff Rubin succeeds former company president Clark Toole, who retired at the end of 2020.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2021
Beach motel sells for $23.5 million, buyer plans luxury condos

The Gulf Beach Resort Motel is at 930 Benjamin Franklin Dr. on Lido Key in Sarasota. It was built in 1950.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • March 24, 2022
Venice manufacturer makes Best Small-Cap list again

For the second time in a row, PGT Innovations made Forbes' list of best small-cap companies. But this time, the ranking was even better.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2018
WildBlue over yonder

Lennar is developing a 1,000-home community on 3,000 acres near Florida Gulf Coast University.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 31, 2018
Executives from Publix, Rooms To Go and Bealls share recycling efforts

A recent Florida Recycling Partnership workshop in Bradenton highlighted how large area companies recycle.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 21, 2017
Here comes the Sun

Sarasota-based company Apollo Sunguard Systems is included in a federal $20 million purchase order agreement.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 9, 2018
A flood of interest

Trevor Burgess back in St. Petersburg with Neptune.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 7, 2013
Home health care firm grows

Local entrepreneur Michael Juceam says it's the right time to expand his home elderly care business, Right at Home.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2014
The decision: Will Mindy Grossman leave HSN? Should she?

Future job prospects for Mindy Grossman, CEO of St. Petersburg-based online and TV retailer HSN and one of the region's few executive rock stars, is a hot topic in the national and local press.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2014
LA's Tavaco Properties buys lender-owned Park at Bay Plaza

Los Angeles-based Tavaco Properties LLC purchased the 157,310-square-foot Park at Bay Plaza office park for $5.99 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • January 22, 2024
Tampa insurance firm names two co-presidents

BRP Group, an independent insurance firm, made two executive appointments in anticipation of the Tampa company's growth.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 27, 2025
2 Bradenton office buildings sell for $6 million

Both buildings were fully occupied, according to the commercial real estate agency representing the seller.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2021
Fast-growing farm expands into region with acquisition

Finn Farms is expected to begin generating revenue in the third quarter.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 18, 2025
57 jobs cut at Polk County manufacturing plant

Mizkan America will wind down operations of the bottling department at its plant in Lake Alfred.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 17, 2013
Work it

Doubters and disbelievers beware: Mark Pentecost has proven everyone wrong before. He plans to do it again, real soon.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 11, 2013
Motor Momentum

A Gulf Coast RV firm is back on the road to sales growth after a brief, but painful, recession-forced detour. One turnaround key: a robust profit-sharing plan.

  • Strategies
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 5, 2005
Newsmakers (Sara/Mana)

Newsmakers is available free of charge.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2020
Roofing company selects new CEO

Before joining Sarasota-based Crown Roofing, Kelly Wade served as CEO of North American Roofing.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • July 1, 2016
Award worthy

Building its own property, after years of holding off, and embracing efficiency have keyed recent growth at Tucker and Amy Alford's company. Another key: Never be afraid to ask for someone's business.

  • Strategies
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