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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 15, 2024
Hertz CEO resigns, to be replaced by former GM, Delta Airlines exec

Gil West is the fifth CEO of the car rental brand in the past seven years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 30, 2020
Movin' On Up

Latest “Emerging Trends in Real Estate” report from the Urban Land Institute and PwC ranks Tampa/St. Petersburg as the sixth most attractive area in the U.S. based on job growth and development.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 10, 2019
Industrial developers are going the Last Mile

Spurred on by consumer and retailer demand, industrial developers are focusing on the latest trend in logistics and shipping.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 5, 2017
Branching out

Barron Collier Cos. has deep roots in Collier County. But a new CEO says the company may look beyond its home for new projects.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Liz Ramos |
  • May 21, 2024
Manatee County dairy farm sold to relatives who plan to grow the business

The new owners of Dakin Dairy Farm in east Manatee County plan several changes amid the hunt for new revenue streams. But on aspect — the farm itself — will remain the same.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2003
Tourism Upswing

Southwest Florida is hot again. There were more visitors to Lee County in July than in same month prior to 9/11.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 13, 2006
Corporate Report

Look at briefs from Gulf Coast businesses for free.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 12, 2013
Corporate Report: April 12

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 14, 2014
Corporate Report: Feb. 14

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2007
A bet against the cycle

At least one development company sees the positive in Gulf Coast homebuilding. It's walking out that vision with a $50-million land buy.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 9, 2023
Construction big job driver across entire region

A just-released study finds that the construction industry is major employer across the Gulf Coast, which tops much of the country with jobs in the field.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 3, 2020
Expert: No extended downturn for downtown

Urban planning expert David Dixon says companies that prize innovation will want to bring remote workers back into the office, which bodes well for the ongoing transformation of downtown Tampa, Florida.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 17, 2022
Meow! Tampa company's cat NFTs valued at $250M

Tampa-based Cool Cats LLC has expanded into the world of 'gamified' NFTs with the launch of Cool Pets.

  • News
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 1, 2022
Dramatic multifamily rent increases are jarring

Trio of markets in the region are in a cutthroat race for biggest average monthly rent increases in the Southeast.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 16, 2025
Chicken tender restaurant makes airport debut at SRQ

A new fast-casual dining option is now open at the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 17, 2025
$314M nonprofit charter school operator targets region for major expansion

Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk and Sarasota are on Mater Academy's list of target schools. That's a request that one Manatee County school board member says will only happen over her "dead body."

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 6, 2017
Location Driven

Convergent Capital Partners has evolved over the last decade, becoming more disciplined — and people-centric — in its approach to buying real estate.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2008
Coffee Talk

+ Divorcee housing;supply meets demandSpouse kicked you out of the house? Forget hotels.+ Attention art lovers:Share your passion and winWhen Susie Harris and her two siblings decided it was time to get out of the art gallery and custom picture framing business earlier this year, they had one major problem: A dearth of interested buyers for their small but popular store in Bradenton, Art Decor International.+ Debt collectors beware,lawsuits are risingIf you're going after someone who owes you money - and in this economy, there is a lot more of that for Gulf Coast businesses - better know the rules. Florida's business climateshines again nationallyFlorida is back in the good graces of C-Suite executives seeking states that have the most pro-business attitudes in the country.+ Bradenton bank rescuedby outside capital - for nowFreedom Bank, one of a few Bradenton-based banks facing corrosive loan problems, has been thrown a $5 million lifeline.

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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • September 8, 2025
USF Credit Union launches cannabis banking program

Called Verde, the program launched this summer and is one of only a handful of cannabis banking programs in the state.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 6, 2012
Ich Liebe Florida

Crisis? What crisis? More Europeans plan to visit Southwest Florida than last summer despite trouble brewing at home, tourism professionals say.

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