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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2013
USAA spending $164.3 million in Tampa

The financial/insurance firm plans to build 420,000 square feet of new offices in the area and add 1,215 jobs by 2019.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2013
Auto dealer spends $25M to expand

The Scanlon family is spending $25 million to expand its Lexus and Acura dealerships in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 31, 2013
Keep the latrine (and toilet) clean

Top executives can add something new to their list of priorities: Make sure the employee bathroom is in tiptop shape.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2016
Manufacturer to hire 185, build $30M plant

Mettler Toledo expects the project to be complete by the fall of 2017.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 30, 2016
Auto dealer to hire 100 people

Fuccillo Automotive Group plans to hire 100 people to staff its new Port Charlotte Kia dealership.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 22, 2016
Home listings rise 30%

New listings of existing single-family homes in the desirable Bonita Springs-Estero area between Fort Myers and Naples rose 30% in December compared with one year ago.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2014
New home starts jump 20% in Sarasota-Bradenton

The Sarasota-Bradenton new homes market in 2014 continues to outpace 2013.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2015
University seeks new president

Hodges University has started searching for a new president who will be appointed early next year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2015
Lee wants to tax recovery

Shhh! Don't tell politicians and bureaucrats the recession is over. If you do, they might raise taxes on your business.

  • News
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 31, 2024
Tampa credit union adds commercial services

Suncoast Credit Union says the newly instituted financial tools will help clients better manage transactions.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 16, 2023
Area airports land new nonstop routes to DC, North Dakota

Allegiant Air has added a nonstop route from Washington, D.C., to Punta Gorda Airport in Charlotte County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 2, 2025
Hospital expansion begins

AdventHealth Tampa has started construction on a facility in Tampa that will include, among other uses, a new cancer center.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • October 18, 2024
Tampa-based cancer center onboards new leadership

Moffitt Cancer Center hired Beth Lindsay-Wood as the new senior vice president, chief informatics and technology officer.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 18, 2025
New York investment bank extends Tampa lease

Solomon Partners have decided to stay long term at Water Street Tampa offices.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2003
Good News: More of the Same (Sarasota Manatee counties)

The Sarasota-Manatee commercial real estatemarket, known for its stability, is on an upswing.

  • Opinion
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • June 22, 2021
Developer's hyper-focus on land deals pays big dividends.

Cameratta Cos. prioritizes innovation in each community it launches, while also not neglecting its core focus: astute land deals.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 3, 2023
Sarasota seeks to make on-street dining permanent — at hefty cost

The move comes with some pushback on expenses for restaurants, which could cost an eatery $50,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2007
Wait till late '08

Residential real estate won't rebound until prices fall further. A turnaround won't happen until late 2008 or early 2009, one expert says.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 4, 2008
Home Base

When First National Bank of Pennsylvania bought Seminole Bank in 1998, former Seminole employees organized First Home Bank, another community bank in Seminole.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 31, 2013
Team for sale*

*Arena included. Owners of the Florida Everblades are hoping an improving economy is a propitious time to sell the team and Germain Arena.

  • Strategies
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