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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 1, 2025
Construction begins for 208 affordable units near downtown Sarasota

Sarasota Housing Authority flips ceremonial dirt to mark construction of Lofts on Lemon II and Cypress Square II.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 18, 2023
Our presidential contenders

Three Floridians want to be president. Timing and circumstances appear to be working against one. Another is up to his usual insults. The third has the courage, but does he have the will to bear it all?

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 20, 2006
40 Under 40 Winners Page 4

Jeff ReynoldsAmy L. SchneiderGardner SherrillTracey Sievertson-LockeDan SinclairMark A. StevensBrian StockJeff VerkonRobert WellsDenise L. Wheeler

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 23, 2007
Sun Harvest

A walk on a golf course got an antsy retired executive thinking about the power of the sun. The rays hatched a new business.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 28, 2006
Market Interrupted

A Naples condo developer halts sales of a project, citing the soft market. Expect others to follow.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2009
Maintain the Vision

At 91, Nathan Benderson, the founder and visionary behind Benderson Development Co., still maintains the same business mantra he devised when we was 16 years old.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • July 13, 2018
Growing region prepares for two new competing hospitals

Two planned hospitals in south Sarasota County — Sarasota Memorial Hospital's Laurel Road hospital and Venice Regional Bayfront Health's replacement hospital — will mean construction and competition in the years ahead. The leaders involved talk specifics.

  • Health Care
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  • By Jim DeLa |
  • December 9, 2024
Battle underway over potential development near beloved birding site

Sarasota County commissioners could decide on the 170-home proposal near Celery Fields early next year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 7, 2023
Restaurant CEO's life, work lessons began in the Boy Scouts

Chuck Wolfe’s leadership foundation can be traced back to his days as a Boy Scout.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 12, 2023
Students as young as 14 forge entrepreneurial paths

As young workers struggle to keep up with Tampa Bay’s rising cost of living, educators have responded with programs aimed at cultivating business development skills at an earlier age.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 2, 2005
Wonder Drug or Killer?

Parents blame tragedies on Accutane, once considered a miracle cure. Tampa federal court plays a lead role in the litigation as plaintiffs seek millions.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2004
Ready to Go

After a year and a half of delays, Liz Breuer is anxious to get started next month on The Savoy on Palm, an 11-story condominium tower.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2004
Capital Hill

Hyde Park Capitalis John Hill and partner fill an investment banking need of local businesses.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Real Estate agents buy Fishermanis PlazaNation 1031 sponsor buys Ranch Lake PlazaNokomis developers buy land at Woodmere Horse FarmThree flex buildings headed for Centre ParkDeveloper seeks approval for 16-story Ros

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • April 23, 2010
Ongoing Legacy

Tampa business legend John Sykes continues to build from both business and community standpoints. People listen when he speaks, even if it isn't always what they want to hear.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 15, 2011
The Big Idea

John Rorer built a small natural foods empire on the Gulf Coast during the past decade. His lynchpin is a lesson for all entrepreneurs: He isn't afraid of new ideas.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 13, 2019
Builders race to capture a trendy crowd: 55-and-up buyers

Some homebuilders have found an edge in the growing niche.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 14, 2020
Recently hired executive makes immediate shift to crisis mode

The coronavirus pandemic delivered one of the region's newest big-company CEOs, Frances Allen, a supersized jolt. She's already pivoted to Plan B.

  • Leadership
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 8, 2019
Area insurance firm defies Wall Street's struggles with $229M IPO

Going public has lost its luster in some financial quarters. A rollicking Tampa insurance firm, with sights set on even loftier goals, is an outlier.

  • Insurance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 9, 2021
Bradenton law firm stays small, but mighty

After 20 years, a Bradenton law firm has been able to keep its goal of staying small. Never growing over six attorneys at a time, Harllee & Bald found a way to maintain a good chemistry in the office and be selective in clients all while continuing to gro

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