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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2009
Urban service area in the works

A look at government action around the Gulf Coast

  • Florida
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 18, 2014
Corporate Report

Shamrock Bank of Florida finishes merger with First National Bank; Fairfax Imaging, Lionbridge launch tax-return process venture; Natura Therapeutics inks Kroger deal for 800 stores

  • Strategies
  • By Jay Brady |
  • November 12, 2010
Gardening for Growth

A state-run program dispensing counsel — and loans — for second-stage companies has gotten rave reviews, especially for its job creation assistance. Paying for it, however, could be a challenge.

  • Florida
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 19, 2019
Carlyle Group buys Citrus Park project for $72 million

An affiliate of the Carlyle Group has acquired the Citrus Park mobile home and RV park in Bonita Springs for $72 million

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 5, 2014
Collaboration Nation

An area design college unleashed its talented minds on the business community. Potential for a variety of interesting, and revenue-generating, projects is high.

  • Strategies
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 10, 2024
$6M airport terminal project in Venice readies for takeoff

The city of Venice has asked the federal government for funds to support construction of a new terminal.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 3, 2025
Tampa-based eye care practice cutting 116 jobs in Florida

The layoffs will span 43 locations across the state, including more than a dozen in the region.

  • Florida
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 12, 2010
Three easy steps ... to pay taxes

If you follow the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce on Twitter, you may have noticed the tweet posted by the organization last week: How to start a small business in #Tampa. And then a link to a page on the City of Tampa's website, claiming that, “starting a small business in Tampa is as easy as 1-2-3.”

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 21, 2010
Gov. Crist loses another

Rep. Tom Grady, R-Naples, withdraws his support of the governor's Senate bid.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2011
Website's focus is on transit

Despite the overwhelming defeat of a referendum for commuter rail in Hillsborough County last fall, the Tampa Bay Partnership isn't ready to give up just yet.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2015
Westshore Hampton sells ... again

Dallas company looks at its first Florida property, buying hotel at hefty discount from its 2013 selling price.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 11, 2025
Hospitality chain buys Fort Myers mall property

The Tennessee developer plans to build a Hampton Inn on the site just off I-75.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 15, 2013
Horizontal vision

Work flows at a 700-employee manufacturing firm on the Gulf Coast with few meetings, and even fewer titles. It's unconventional, but highly successful.

  • Strategies
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 12, 2023
Melissa McLin, 35

A third-generational printer breaks from the family business to start her own company.

  • Class of 2023
  • By Steven Benna |
  • April 15, 2016
Executive Q&A: Barry Shevlin, CEO, Vology

"Cash is like oxygen," says the longtime business owner, one of many lessons he's learned.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 17, 2006
A Clinical Success

From investing in the stock market as a teenager to turning around failing retail businesses as an adult, Bryan Shobe has shown a knack for fixing things. His latest venture is taking an animal hospital chain national.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 6, 2023
Company’s $35M acquisition comes as it cuts workforce by 14%

Clearwater digital advertiser Digital Media Solutions announced a major acquisition on the same day it cut jobs and turned down a bid to go private.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 11, 2022
Tampa apartment complex refinanced for nearly $80 million

The owners of the Hamilton Point on Egypt Lake apartments have refinanced about a year after buying the property and renovating it.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 12, 2021
Popular tourist attraction stunned by death of beloved mascot

Winter the Dolphin, who resided at Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Clearwater, Florida, inspired two feature films and the rebranding of a beachfront hotel. She died Nov. 11 at age 16.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth Stamoulis | Williams Parker Attorneys at Law |
  • June 5, 2023
What Business Owners Need to Know About Intellectual Property

Below is a brief summary of some types of IP that many businesses may own.

  • Industry Insights
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