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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 1, 2023
Colony Grill brings taste of Connecticut to Tampa Bay

A foursome of business partners — teammates on the 1989 Little League World Series Championship team — look to go deep with their pizza restaurant expansion plans.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 19, 2005
Don't Look Back

Brian Tuttle paid a stunning $61.5 million for a 5,800-acre sod farm near North Port to develop the Isles of Athena. He spells out his rules for development.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2008
Search and Research

For one Realtor, coordinating tricky land deals comes down to the simple, yet often overlooked, element of research - lots of research. Bob Anderson says he could never do too much.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • May 28, 2009
Making the Grade

Two-thirds of Gulf Coast House members get A's from two prominent business groups, but only one of 11 senators goes to the head of the class.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2004
Politics & Money

Holland & Knight LLP is one of the top political campaign contributors of all law firms in the nation.

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 27, 2012
In the end, the choice comes down to character

This is a tough decision for Florida Republicans. Many are looking for an epiphany before Tuesday's primary.

  • Opinion
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 17, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Sun Vista Buys South Pasadena ApartmentsMercury Advisors negotiates $119 million financing dealSteinbrenners sell Radisson to Wacksman-Wallace groupAdam's Mark Hotel fetches $31.5 millionTreasure Island B&B sells 220% above prior sale price

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • November 25, 2009
Backward economics

The productive trend toward regionalism is being undermined by the protectionism of local preference ordinances hoped to keep more tax dollars circulating within communities. The trade-off is higher costs and lower quality for public projects.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 8, 2013
Health Care Scramble

Insurance brokers, accountants and lawyers are poring over the details of Obamacare and helping their clients make decisions that at this point are sometimes little better than educated guesses.

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  • By George Rauch |
  • November 11, 2011
Socialism is the lord of envious people

Government indebtedness is socialism's ally, and ruination of the economy is always the result.

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 12, 2023
Selby Gardens CEO elected Visit Florida chair

Jennifer Rominiecki will lead the state's official tourism agency for 2023-24.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 30, 2023
Structural framework completed at new 300-unit Sarasota complex

The Gainesville developer expects to open leasing in the spring and to finish the entire project later this year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2022
Bicoastal law firm expands to downtown Sarasota

The office is the firm's fourth with other locations in Miami, Orlando and Portland, Oregon.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2009
Clearwater investor buys Carlisle Lakes

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  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2010
Plumbing owner buys Sawyer Road building

Joybill 5600 LLC, a limited liability headed by Joyce Milligan, purchased a 10,000-square-foot warehouse on five acres just off Sawyer Road north of Clark Road for $900,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2010
Checkers chips in on vet's business effort

Tampa-based Checkers Drive-In Restaurants has added a garnish that anyone who supports our military can appreciate.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2010
Link between corporate profits, political gifts?

It's difficult to say whether political involvement makes a company perform any better, but a University of South Florida business professor sees a solid line connecting the dots.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2010
Oct. unemployment is 11.9%

More than 1 million Floridians were without jobs at the end of last month.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 1, 2011
Real estate outlook improves

Analysts are increasingly optimistic about Florida's real estate market.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2010
CoStar survey offers signs of hope

The industrial sector of the commercial real estate industry, desperate for any sliver of good news, can find some in a new survey.

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