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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 17, 2011
Sarasota real estate sales up

The market saw 592 closings in October, up 25% over the year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 22, 2012
Gulf Coast mines advantage from downturn

Tourism officials in four Gulf Coast cities can finally put the housing downturn to good use.

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  • May 2, 2014
The Friendliest Destination

A unique training program in Lee County aims to make the Fort Myers area the certifiably friendliest destination in the country.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 18, 2022
Beverage bottler and distributor starts work on $250 million facility

Coke Florida is building a massive state-of-the-art sales and distribution center in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 17, 2023
Investor pays $70.5 million for Sarasota apartments

A Wisconsin firm has bought the apartment complex in Palmer Ranch, the Sarasota County master-planned community.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2016
Chico's reality show

Corporate proxy battles are usually fought behind the scenes in boardrooms with sparse details buried in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • January 10, 2014
Paddle for hope

Gene Evans discovered his stage-four kidney cancer when paddleboarding. Now he uses the sport to save his live and others.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 5, 2016
Angry voters create angst

Angry voters make money managers nervous. After all, they're paid to worry about the risks to their clients' investments, and the presidential elections are a big worry.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 4, 2013
China by Internet

Can you build a product in China without ever setting foot there? Just ask entrepreneur Simon Morris.

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  • July 9, 2021
Barron Collier Cos. unveils new website

Barron Collier Cos.' rebranding aims to tie together the Naples company’s rich legacy with dynamic plans for future expansion

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 7, 2026
Naples Realtor tackles $271 million listing

Tim Savage has been tasked to sell one of the most expensive residential properties in the nation. He's confident he'll find the right buyer.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • March 18, 2013
The bravest developer: Robert Hensley

When the Business Observer interviewed developer Robert Hensley about building a $150 million condo hotel in Cape Coral in 2007, the headline read: “The Bravest Developer.”

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  • July 2, 2025
Tampa apartment owners get $38 million infusion

Beacon Real Estate Group paid $51.5 million for the community in 2022.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • September 24, 2010
Groups partner, buy Wesley Chapel Honda

Williams Automotive Group of Wesley Chapel and Lighthouse Point-based Phil Smith Automotive Group bought Honda of Wesley Chapel.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 15, 2024
Trader Joe's to open Pinellas County store

The California grocer posted on its website that it will open "soon" on U.S. 19 in Palm Harbor.

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  • October 7, 2021
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Vibe Yoga, Owner and Instructor

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  • December 29, 2017
Where to Prepare

Survive Anything — which thrives on preparing for the worst — expanded its physical and digital presence in 2017.

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  • June 18, 2013
Help Wanted: Only beautiful people need apply

Beautifulpeople.com is a dating website you may have heard about that only allows beautiful people to join. Now, the controversial ego-buster (or booster if you are particularly comely) is expanding to help companies hire attractive employees.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 9, 2021
Morgan Properties enters Florida with portfolio deal

Pennsylvania apartment investor Morgan Properties and a partner bought four complexes in Tampa Bay for $241 million as part of 11-state transaction, records show.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • August 12, 2005
Home Health Care

Expansion into neighborhoods, creation of a Top 10 health care system and no wait time in the emergency room top Gwen MacKenzie's to-do list for Sarasota Memorial.

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