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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2014
Sarasota DeSears building becoming future Ashley HomeStore

Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. purchased a 47,329-square-foot DeSears Appliance, Furniture & Mattress store building for $4.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2015
Firms to compete for $140M hospital project

Lee Memorial Health System is advertising for architectural and construction management services for the future $140 million health campus in south Lee County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 7, 2015
Moving up

Pamela Van Vleck; Diane Kerper; James Moler

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2015
Stock Development buys estate lots in Esplanade

Naples-based Stock Development LLC purchased 25 lots in a private cul-de-sac in the Esplanade Golf and Country Club of Naples for $6.08 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 3, 2015
Tampa apartments sell for $85.1 million

Cortland Partners expands its Tampa multifamily portfolio, paying $102,300 per unit for Camden Bayside.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2015
Atlanta real estate firm Carter buys one of two Biter development parcels

Sarasota property owner and entrepreneur Jesse Biter has sold one of the two parcels he purchased for a proposed downtown apartment development. Atlanta-based real estate investment, development, and advisory firm Carter purchased the 13,881-square-foot former United Way Building for $3.04 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2015
New name for $3.5 billion conglomerate

Lakewood Ranch-based Roper Industries is now Roper Technologies Inc.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • July 13, 2024
Tampa telecom firm Phonism shifts leadership roles

Phonism, an organization with an automated platform focused on SIP device management solutions is shaking things up from the top with three leadership transitions.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 23, 2024
Drybar owners bring new massage concept to Florida

Squeeze will deliver an app-driven massage experience in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 26, 2025
Homebuilder, industrial property owners secure financing

Largo Capital has arranged the financing for five single-family homes to be built in Manatee County’s Cortez and an industrial and retail property in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 30, 2025
Waterfront Tampa home listed for $7.9 million

The nearly 6,000-square-foot house is on a quiet, secluded stretch of Bayshore Boulevard.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 10, 2024
St. Pete manufacturer to add 5,000 jobs — in India

Jabil is expanding its presence in India with a new $238 million facility in the country’s souther city of Tiruchirappalli.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 27, 2025
Clearwater claims company adds tech-equipped space

NextEra Claims Solutions has opened a 4,000-square-foot operations center in Pinellas County.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 22, 2013
Empathy engineers

The ability to get inside customers' minds to discover their needs can separate great companies from good ones. That might sound like science fiction, but some executives have made it reality.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 26, 2021
Design firm focuses on always becoming better

Emily Moss Concepts and Designs handles new construction design and remodeling.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 28, 2020
Food distributor moves quickly to meet rapidly shifting needs

While Sysco West Florida adapts to the market, its top executive follows an important leadership creed: slow down.

  • Leadership
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 15, 2025
'Reluctant Tampa celebrity' Blake Casper is all-in on the way to $100M

Turns out there's life — and a smorgasbord of opportunities — after selling a supersized portfolio of McDonald's restaurants. Blake Casper proves that through some shrewd and stylish choices.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 25, 2023
Tampa office building sold for $123 million

A homebuilder gets a $38 million loan in Pasco, a Brooklyn buyer picks up an apartment complex in Sarasota, and a Naples shopping center changes hand in the week's top commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 30, 2023
Lakewood Ranch apartment complex sells for $134.9 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a famed St. Pete retailer's building sells, more apartments may be coming to Venice, and out-parcels outside a luxury complex are sold.

  • Florida
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 14, 2020
How to handle online reviews

Respond to every review from a customer, negative and positive.

  • Strategies
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