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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 16, 2025
Sales and construction to start on $350M Naples condo, marina project

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a new aquatic center to be built in Bradenton, the Rays are upgrading their stadium, and a new subdivision will be built in Pasco.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2004
Forrest Gump Rodriguez?

Naivete, hard work, salesmanship and meetings are the keystones for Henry Rodriguez's commercial development style.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • March 6, 2015
Cuban commerce

Cedar Hames recently joined Pinellas County commissioners on a trip to Cuba. The goal: Check out potential business opportunities — and pitfalls.

  • Strategies
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • January 13, 2026
Moffitt opens outpatient cancer center in Pasco County

Moffitt Cancer Center celebrated the grand opening of its 120,000-square-foot outpatient facility at the Speros campus in Pasco County on Jan. 9.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 22, 2019
Go deep: Sports exec readies region for a tourism touchdown

With Tampa, Florida, set to host the Super Bowl for the first time since 2009, it’s time for the organization skills of Rob Higgins to shine brighter than ever.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2008
Crowther control

The construction downturn has given financially strong companies an opportunity to take market share and acquire competitors. Crowther Roofing is one of those planning to take advantage of the situation.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 15, 2011
Everywhere Fast

With social networking sites mushrooming on the Internet, tech entrepreneur Aaron Shepherd helps small businesses manage it all from one place.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 11, 2006
Cultivate Friends Not the Business

Trudi Williams started her engineering firm out of her home in 1989. Today, TKW Consulting Engineers is on track to generate $8 million in revenues.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 30, 2025
Wahlburgers, Mattison's and Motorworks Brewing coming to SRQ airport

The new Concourse A at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport offers enhanced options for passenger comfort. Big upgrades are also underway for the original gate areas.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 10, 2012
Small town, big tech

Technology companies sometimes spring up in the most unlikely places. But how do you find employees in rural places like LaBelle?

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 16, 2007
Making their mark

EDCs have helped companies relocate or expand along Florida's Gulf Coast. St. Petersburg attracted one of the world's leading research institutes.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 23, 2007
Listen to This

A small software company has perfected software that can analyze thousands of phone conversations.The CIA is listening, too.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 16, 2005
Fifth Third Regroups

The Cincinnati-based bank recently split Florida into three regions so top executives can better focus on smaller territories. Former Citibank veteran Thomas Quinn Jr. takes over the South Florida region.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 14, 2012
Shrinking Herd, Growing Profits

Banks headquartered on the Gulf Coast are making money again, but the number of community banks continues to shrink as the industry consolidates.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2023
New chair appointed on airport authority board

Jeff Jackson has become the newest chair of the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority board.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2010
Sabler's gig nets jazz CD

Many business people know Les Sabler as a senior property manager for EastGroup Properties Inc. in Tampa.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2011
Good beach climate poor for business?

By some accounts, Florida is one of the most improved states to do business in, according to an annual report on the subject from cable business news channel CNBC.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 12, 2020
Facing upheaval from epidemic, manufacturer makes sizeable shift

Jabil Inc., one of the region’s largest publicly traded companies, has reorganized and invested in its health care services in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2020
Navigate key information on Covid-19 business relief programs

Firm has details on more than a dozen new programs.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 23, 2018
Go Dutch: Airport to offer service to Netherlands

Delta Air Lines will launch year-round, nonstop flights to Amsterdam from Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Florida, beginning May 23, adding a fifth European destination to the airport’s route map.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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