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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2022
Williams Parker expands to Lakewood Ranch

The firm will move into the new place in spring 2023.

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  • September 10, 2010
Oil spill mucks up another opportunity

The remnants of the BP oil spill have dealt another blow to the Gulf Coast of Florida.

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  • June 4, 2010
Health care reform spurs consolidation

Tampa-based Benefits Solutions Group Inc. has merged with AGIS, an independent agency based in Winter Park that offers group benefits to companies.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 5, 2016
Sarasota exploding with apartments, hotels

Downtown Sarasota had quite the run-up during the last decade's development cycle, with projects ranging from the 16-story Plaza at Five Points mixed-use tower to the 10-story Courthouse Centre.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 11, 2024
Tampa digital payments firm picks up $50M investment

Restaurant and retail digital payments firm Mad Mobile has picked up $50 million in financing from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital and Bridge Bank.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2006
Coffee Talk

Coffee Talk:SKY Sotheby's confirms move :Looks like Coffee Talk was on to something when it reported last month that the word in local real estate circles was Brandyn Herbold, co-founder of Sarasota luxury real estate firm SKY Sotheby's International Realty, was planning a big move, possibly to Minnesota. Review gets an intelligence boost: The Review is welcoming another member to the family: The S2 Report, a free daily business newsletter sent by e-mailChico's continues transparency: Fort Myers-based Chico's FAS is known on Wall Street for its straight talk with investors and a recent filing demonstrates that once again.Tired of golf? Treat customers to the circus: Here's a break from the norm: Instead of taking your important clients for another round of golf or treating your star-performing employees to a four-star dinner, how about a night under the big top?Tampa Bay still has work to do: There really weren't any surprises in the newest economic development scorecard of the Tampa Bay region. How Tampa Bay ComparesA friend of Florida business?: Even though the position of lieutenant governor in Florida is far from a decision-making powerhouse, Coffee Talk did a double take when Republican gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist picked Cape Coral State Rep. Jeff Kottkamp as his running mate. Another cool confernce in Sarasota: Last month, the initial Sarasota/Manatee Technology Conference: Integration at the Crossroads wo

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  • April 28, 2006
Market Interrupted

A Naples condo developer halts sales of a project, citing the soft market. Expect others to follow.

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  • January 23, 2009
Maintain the Vision

At 91, Nathan Benderson, the founder and visionary behind Benderson Development Co., still maintains the same business mantra he devised when we was 16 years old.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 2, 2006
Condo Craze: Lee/Collier Top 10

The Southwest Florida construction industry keeps on motoring. Condos aredriving the growth.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • September 9, 2016
Open door

Bob Briesacher has spent three decades building the name of his garage door company. He's done it so well, competitors have become copycats of the brand.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 3, 2006
Corporate Report

Look at briefs from Gulf Coast businesses for free.

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  • July 6, 2007
Corporate Report

Forestry Resources Inc. buys Englewood firmGevity lowers forecast, cites slower client growthGreystone hires Stanford GroupMoneyShow.com teams with KCIXCPT signs pactwith dental collegeNetWolves system awarded U.S. patentAmscot Financial taking bill paymentsNeoMedia CFO, board member resignRapid Pathogen adds Sarasota locationPCT to handle Hurricane Glass ShieldOdyssey Marine moving to NASDAQ

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 28, 2022
Fast-casual noodles chain in growth mode looks to Tampa Bay

A national chain with a fervent fan base targets the region for expansion. "We get letters all the time: 'Please, please, please come to Tampa,'" says an executive.

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  • February 15, 2008
TAMPA: On the brink

While St. Petersburg has blossomed into a downtown living success, Tampa rallies to do the same, but it has to follow a different path

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  • June 6, 2008
LASDAY: 'Can I trust you?'

Before you can lead an enterprise, you must first earn its trust.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 11, 2017
St. Pete Smitten

Third Lake Capital is heavy invested in St. Petersburg, and it likes it that way.

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  • August 1, 2014
Corporate Report

GTE Financial wins two marketing awards; Small PC launches new display designed for water, vehicles; Doctors Hospital of Sarasota hires new chief operating officer and more corporate news.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 11, 2016
Claw back

When a big client files for bankruptcy protection, a claw-back provision can come back to haunt your business. One entrepreneur explains how.

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  • By Dale Hewett, Reach United |
  • December 26, 2025
The Real ROI of Hiring a Digital Marketing Agency in a High-Inflation Economy

There are hidden costs to doing all your Marketing In-House.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 13, 2005
Nature Lover, Land Owner, Developer

Maurice Wilder, who started out as a mobile home salesman, has built a diverse $500 million portfolio over three decades.

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