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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2018
Grocery giant makes shelf space for local products

Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets Inc. has a local program that brings regional fare to its stores in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

  • News
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 1, 2018
Stock buys Sarasota acreage for $10 million

Stock Development buys 41-acre site that had once been slated for Bass Pro Shop for $10 million, where it plans apartments that will be part of the larger Fruitville Initiative

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 27, 2018
Family scion takes over leadership at prominent retailer

Matt Beall is the great-grandson of founder Robert M. Beall, who started Bealls in 1915.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 8, 2019
Advent Health buys two Polk County centers for $100 million

Health care provider Advent Health makes inroads into Polk County with purchase of hospitals in Davenport and Lake Wales

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 3, 2017
Proper props for property company

The somewhat mundane task of doing lien searches before buying a home or property is anything but dull at PropLogix.

  • News
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 24, 2017
Raymond James buys Carillon buildings

One of the Gulf Coast's largest companies has quietly acquired a trio of St. Petersburg office buildings in the Gateway section of the city, property records show.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 4, 2014
Conn. firm buying 80% of Deer Valley

Peerless Systems plans to pay $3.7 million to buy shares from Vicis Capital Master Fund and Deer Valley Corp.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2014
Westshore Corporate Centers included in $475M deal

Parkway Properties is paying $475 million for a 23-building portfolio to acquire the three Westshore buildings.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 10, 2014
Teknia Networks expanding to St. Pete Lock Up building

The price equated to $25 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2014
Gecko's Grill & Pub buys its Cattlemen location

The owners of Gecko's Grill & Pub restaurants, Mike Gowan and Mike Quillen, purchased a 10,115-square-foot restaurant building for $1.8 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2014
St. Pete insurer sells majority share for $875M

Progressive Corp. is buying 67% of ARX Holding Corp., the parent company of American Strategic Insurance.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2015
Joe Redner Sr.-led company buys Sears Parts & Repair Center building

A company owned by businessman and strip club owner Joe Redner Sr. purchased the 23,914-square-foot former Sears Parts & Repair Center building for $1.13 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 2, 2015
Bain cashing out of Outback chain

Stock sale could generate $464 million for company that helped buy Bloomin' Brands back in 2006.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 30, 2024
Landlords left unpaid, with empty storefronts as bankruptcies rise

Commercial bankruptcies jumped 40% last year, leaving many landlords to deal with the consequences of a complicated process.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 22, 2022
Dealership chain closing half its stores, laying off 30% of workforce

A new store in Clearwater is among those shuttered as Virginia-based CarLotz cuts costs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2008
TO WATCH (Sarasota-Bradenton): Art Lambert and Ron Simkins

The corporate atmosphere at LexJet, a Sarasota-based digital printing and software sales and marketing firm is anything but corporate. Employees wear flip-flops and T-shirts to work, flip Frisbees over cubicles and can be seen lounging on a couch near the lobby watching sports highlights on TV. But this isn't a case of employees waiting until the boss leaves to slack off.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2004
Letter:What happened to affordable housing?

I thought that after reading your article there were only two "developers/respondents" that counted: Trammell Crow and my group, Rocco Santomenno & Wanda Di Paola.

  • Law
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 6, 2020
Denholtz acquires nine-building, Tampa office complex

Thompson Center, at 95% occupancy, fits within company's strategy

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 4, 2020
Area company uses repurposed components to make needed masks

Sarasota-based Yummy & Trendy decided to take advantage of some extra material sitting in storage.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 10, 2019
Organization helps veterans find new purpose through culinary careers

Bryan Jacobs founded Vets 2 Success to trains veterans for careers in the culinary, baking and hydroponic gardening fields.

  • News
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