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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: Aug. 13 - Aug. 19

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2003
Driven Lawyer

Frank Russo's clients number in the thousands. The former prosecutor takes on 400 new cases most years. His specialty: DUI defense.

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 17, 2013
Corporate Report: January 18

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 24, 2021
Gulf Coast senior housing projects demonstrating renewed energy as pandemic wanes

Gulf Coast senior housing developments in downtown Sarasota and Naples show “green shoots” amid optimism that demand is gaining as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 22, 2016
Hidden jewel

North Fort Myers may be an undiscovered development opportunity. Busy traffic and riverfront land in private hands are two pluses.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 25, 2025
Philadelphia investor pays $12.9M for Brandon shopping center

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Sarasota dock builder buys a design studio, a fire sale at a Clearwater Beach apartment building, and construction starts at a Lee technical school.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 25, 2025
21 companies in region nominated for 'Coolest Thing Made in Florida'

Manufacturers from Plant City to Naples are competing in a contest sponsored by the Florida Chamber of Commerce.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 23, 2025
Developer buys key parcel for $675 million Tampa project

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a celebrity-run real estate agency opens in Sarasota, a Naples apartment community sells, and a Manatee industrial center lands a new tenant.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2008
Cancer detection breakthrough

GeoPharma is hoping a new ovarian cancer detection device will propel its growth.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2008
Segway 2.0 - GoPet

A trio of entrepreneurs hopes to go lots of places on their personal electric transporter. Big sales is one destination.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 28, 2020
Bankruptcies teach valuable lesson: Publix is king

A pair of new, upstart entries to the Florida grocery market entered the state in a flurry. They left fast, too.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2004
Punishment for the Poor

Minimum-wage laws and pro-union legislation do much more harm than good. They create poverty. Hereis why.

  • Opinion
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  • By Brian Hartz and Grier Ferguson |
  • June 17, 2020
Banking leaders tackle PPP loans, look ahead to uncertain future

Gulf Coast banking executives faced a challenge like never before when COVID-19 shut down the economy. Many made herculean efforts to help their business banking clients survive, but much work remains to be done.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 16, 2011
Orange Lake Resort buys Sunset Cove shares

Vacation resort developer Orange Lake Resorts purchased all the unsold timeshares at the 36-villa Sunset Cove Resort for $6.63 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2021
$2.3 million health center hires new CFO

The new hires will help the center expand its reach in the community

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 8, 2021
Transit agency to spend $80M on fleet of all-electric buses

The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority in St. Petersburg, Florida, plans to buy 60 buses, at a cost of $80 million, over the next five years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 14, 2017
Tampa apartment owner continues buying spree

Robbins Electra, on the heels of buying more than $1.1 billion worth of multifamily projects in 2016, maintained its buying spree in the first quarter this year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 13, 2007
Commercial RE Briefs

Harp Development plans office, retail town centreMiami investors acquire Myerlee Square, plan officeNaples investor buys University Commons officeCharlotte State Bank plans North Port branchSarasota developer files Cobia Bay site planHupp Realty Advisors plans Manatee WalgreensKBS REIT buys Sabal VI officePublix buys Tampa land for GreenWise MarketOAM Associates buys Palm Harbor Red Roof Inn

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 9, 2012
A parade of recovery

Here's more evidence of a housing recovery.

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 1, 2017
Gulf Coast 500

Don't miss the opportunity to be included in the Business Observer's annual Gulf Coast 500 ranking.This year's list will rank all for-profit companies headquartered in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Manatee and Sarasota counties by 2016 revenues.Companies with gross annual revenue of more than $3 million are encouraged to participate.Being included in this publication is great exposure for your company — and it's free!

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