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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2008
Landing the big ones

For more than 30 years, Bruce Erhardt has bought and sold land along the Gulf Coast, paving the way for development and job growth.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 22, 2009
Colony suspends hotel operations

The Colony Beach and Tennis Resort is closing hotel operations until further notice, while it attempts to reach an agreement with its association.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 23, 2012
Senior Boom

Hyper-attention to details —apricot nectar juice on demand, anyone? — drives the success of a Gulf Coast senior-living entrepreneur. He has big hopes for his next project.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 6, 2017
Saturation point?

New Sarasota hotels leave some questioning how much is too much.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Alicia Ceccarelli |
  • July 28, 2017
Change on the horizon

A close-knit family specializing in multimillion-dollar renovation projects has been building up the Fort Myers skyline for years. How do they keep it all together?

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2018
Pride and Joy

A local versus state issue — with millions of dollars in development projects at stake — is primed for a major debate in the upcoming legislative session.

  • Strategies
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  • By Denise Federer |
  • March 27, 2025
Good leaders need emotional management skills, not just technical know-how

The key to emotional management is to show, above all else, courage.

  • Advice
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 5, 2022
Hurricane Ian will test Florida's troubled insurance system

As Florida property owners look to begin starting over after Hurricane Ian, billions of dollars of claims could topple the state’s insurance market.

  • Insurance
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • September 2, 2011
A Certain Appeal

Manatee High graduate Scott Makar rose to become Florida's Solicitor General and heads the state's legal team taking on ObamaCare. Now, the humble Hurricane with five degrees prepares for a likely seventh date with the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2007
Hands-off Buchanan becomes hands-on

Freshman Congressman Vern Buchanan has earned kudos for reaching out to constituents and is winning respect in Washington.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 13, 2007
Formidable fence

A $36 million statewide fence company, already one of the largest of its kind in the Southeast, hopes to expand even more. Its catalyst for growth is through bonds traditionally used by government agencies.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 27, 2025
Longtime Sarasota planner masters the art of big project diplomacy

Following a six-year hiatus with the Bay Park Conservancy, the former head of Kimley-Horn's Sarasota office, Bill Waddill, is back. And he is focused on completing the downtown Sarasota puzzle.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • March 3, 2023
Excitement builds for arrival of beloved Boston restaurant chain

Kelly’s Roast Beef has opened its first location outside of New England in Florida. Several more are on the way.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 28, 2022
Numbers of hotel rooms built drops in 2021 but rebounding in 2022

After hotel construction slowed down the past two years, signs point to a resurgence.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 12, 2005
How Growth Brought Chaos

Craig Pisaris-Henderson, CEO of Miva, learned the consequences of making four acquisitions and doubling his company's size in a year.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2008
'09 Economic Forecast

The financial crisis added another challenge to business owners trying to guess what 2009 will bring. Everyone agrees the economy won't come roaring back.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 7, 2022
Inflation-walloped restaurant owner: 'I don’t want to be the guy serving $43 steaks.'

A Longboat Key eatery tweaks menu to meet current times, and demand.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 20, 2022
Florida home sales fall nearly 25% in October, nearly 30% nationally

National and state data released Friday shows that rising interest rates are wreaking havoc on home sales.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2004
Rex Jensen Q&A

Jensen discusses babbie boomers, school taxes and building wood furniture

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2008
Tumblers and Jewelry

Two Gulf Coast businesses are surviving the downturn in their narrowly focused markets.

  • Entrepreneurs
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