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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2016
Daytime cafe continues nationwide expansion

The chain announced plans to open new restaurants in Tennessee and Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • October 16, 2009
In-Rel Management buys Plaza 66 center

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  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 5, 2014
Sarasota-Bradenton home prices surge 13%

Home prices across the region in April also increased slightly over March.

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  • July 29, 2016
Investors earn handsomely

After a decade in management roles at Morgan Stanley, including stints in New York and London, Trevor Burgess sought to get into community banking in 2008, somewhere in Florida.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 30, 2024
Report: Build-to-rent boom targets Tampa, Sarasota-Bradenton and Lakeland

Construction is soaring in the Sunshine State, where four metros landed among the top 20 for single-family home projects being built for rental properties.

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  • March 30, 2012
Hospital pumps up new partner

Sarasota Memorial teams with Columbia University Medical's heart unit.

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  • February 29, 2012
First Watch grows again

Restaurant chain adds a fresh interior design concept to its new locations.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • January 18, 2008
Smile Supply

An accountant-turned-bar-owner gambled she could handle the restaurant equipment business two years ago. The bet is paying off.

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  • December 17, 2009
Hunter Warfield buys new HQ building

Tampa-based collections and asset investigation firm Hunter Warfield purchased a former State Farm Insurance building in Woodland Corporate Center just of Water Avenue for $2.3 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • June 15, 2012
Cole Real Estate REIT buys Fort Myers Family Dollar

The 8,032-square-foot Family Dollar store cost $1.62 million.

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  • June 17, 2016
Icahn boosts Hertz stake

Corporate boards tremble when Carl Icahn buys stock.

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  • July 15, 2022
A not-so-typical developer is building an affordable housing project with a twist in Wimauma

Nonprofit that builds affordable housing in rural areas through unique USDA program sees a pointed increase in demand. "There’s just there’s been an explosion" in need, says one official.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 9, 2025
Second Toasted Yolk Cafe in Sarasota opens

The cofounders of the Toasted Yolk Cafe brand own the Lakewood Ranch restaurant.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 10, 2026
Goodwill Manasota leases nearly 55K square feet in Venice, to create 40 jobs

The nonprofit is planning a distribution and logistics hub in south Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 9, 2021
Owner of real estate company faces 20 years in prison for money laundering

Pasco County man pleads guilty for using bank accounts to wash money from international boiler room scam

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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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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  • November 2, 2025
Half-acre of waterfront land on Clearwater Beach listed for $2.99 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Sarasota office building gets a price reduction, a Memphis company buys a Naples hotel, and a local buyer is scooping up land in St. Petersburg.

  • Florida
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 28, 2018
Spec-home specialists aim to build a legacy

The entrepreneurial minds behind Tampa, Florida-based New Legacy Homes bring a unique vision to their homebuilding business.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • August 9, 2010
HSN gives CEO extension

Mindy Grossman will continue to lead the St. Petersburg firm well into 2013.

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  • January 26, 2022
After 20-month pandemic shutdown, theater plans to reopen

The Southwest Florida Event Center shuttered in May 2020.

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