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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 5, 2003
2004: The Year of the Arenas

The Sarasota chamber is taking the lead on a new push for a downtown conference center. It's looking for an up or down vote by spring.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2011
Building Blocks

Since Cypress Gardens was sold in 1985 by the Pope family, numerous companies have tried — and failed — to attract crowds to the Polk County park. Now U.K.-based Merlin Entertainments is wagering more than $100 million it can succeed where others have failed.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • August 31, 2018
Key developments in downtown Bradenton could help usher in more vibrant city core

Leaders explain what they’re most excited about in downtown Bradenton — and why these changes will have a big impact on the area’s future.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 25, 2005
Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Events is available free of charge.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 20, 2005
Finalist: Vern Buchanan

Founder, CEO of Buchanan Enterprises

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 12, 2009
Great Scott

Twenty somethings have an extra burden other entrepreneurs don't face: youth. Here's how Samantha and Derek Scott overcame that barrier.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 25, 2018
Shannon Kirsten Couch, 33

Owner and artist, Shannon Kirsten Studio

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 8, 2017
Glass Ceiling

Disrupting an industry, particularly one many try to avoid, is rife with obstacles. A novelist-turned-entrepreneur tackles it with heartfelt passion.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 9, 2018
Use Instagram effectively for your business

How to leverage social media into a powerful business tool.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 14, 2014
Top Gun

What's a British film producer doing buying a shooting range in the middle of the Florida swamp? Bloody good question.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 24, 2014
Relax max

David and Julie Nodland run the best franchise store in the Relax the Back chain of more than 100 stores. Working with the health care industry is part of their success.

  • Strategies
  • By Jason Metnick, President and COO of S-One Holdings |
  • September 26, 2025
Q and A with Jason Metnick, President and COO of S-One Holdings

Since 2011, the Gulf Coast CEO Forum has served as a resource for and by our region’s business leaders.

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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • December 8, 2025
Sarasota opens $210M improved wastewater plant to big accolades

Sarasota County cuts the ribbon on its $210 million Bee Ridge project, east of Interstate 75.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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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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  • November 26, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Tarragon acquires Mainstreet at Bradenton for $38 millionChicago joint venture buys 800 acresBooth Studio buys building, consolidating operationsAA Alexander Fine Jewelers buys St. Armands buildingTwo investors buy portion of retail strip center

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2008
Corporate Report

Intertape launchesbiodegradable filmWalter Industries adoptstakeover protection planRib City opens 15th franchise,first restaurant in MissouriRhythm and Groovesadds Vibecast-SBRoper Industries' dividendto show 13.8% increaseSEC investigation endsagainst Jabil stock optionsFlanders Corp. CEOawarded three-year contractOSI Restaurant aimingto sell Lee Roy Selmon'sStinger Systems releases updated S-200 stun gun

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • June 6, 2022
Transactions: May 31 to June 6

A $143.5 million multifamily sale in Sarasota leads the way in transactions.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • June 9, 2025
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A $42.2 million multifamily sale and $16.4 million business park sale in Pinellas lead this week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2008
Links to Profit

Golf clubs are notorious money losers, but one entrepreneur believes he's found a profitable way to run such a club.

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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • May 7, 2025
Manatee County OKs $23.5M administrative building purchase out east

The project to move administrative functions is expected to cost about $35 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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