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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 31, 2017
Tenant: Uncle Sam

HC Government Realty Trust Inc. is focused on buying single-tenant, government-occupied buildings, with an eye toward going public.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 19, 2017
Why not you?

Passion is a starting point for a great business, says a been-there, done-that entrepreneur. Then it's time to outwork everyone.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 29, 2025
Sarasota window and door company completes equity investment

As one investment partner exits, another emerges for All Glass & Windows.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 12, 2025
Lee nonprofit finds success in finding jobs for young people with autism

An effort to help young adults on the autism spectrum find employment pays off for all parties. The nonprofit behind it hopes more is to come.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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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 Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2004
Sex, Lies and Videotape

Two female clients accuse New Port Richey attorney John A. Majestic of sexual affairs. One committed suicide.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2008
Coffee Talk

+ Analyst claimsHMA selling overdoneDid investors overreact to the recent resignation of Health Management Associates Chief Executive Officer Burke Whitman?+ New home permitshit new all-time lowThe city of North Port, a onetime tiny retirement village in southern Sarasota County, has grown so fast it recently overtook Sarasota as the biggest city in the county in terms of total population.+ Where's the beef?Making the female pitchTampa-based family sports restaurant chain, Beef 'O' Brady's, is feeling the pinch like all restaurants these days. Bailout watch:Everyone wants a pieceGulf Coast real estate investors are watching the government's proposed bailout closely, wondering if that's going to stem foreclosures and home-price declines.+ Engel steps downafter long EDC tenureThe Manatee County Economic Development Council is adding a new twist to its mission to recruit and keep companies.+ Frozen markets thawed -enough to finish dealNot even one of the biggest collapses on Wall Street and in U.S. financial history could stop The Plasencia Group, a Tampa hotel brokerage, from closing a sale recently.+ Million-dollar problemsgo national in JournalSarasota and Bradenton were recently featured prominently in a long Wall Street Journal story. But it wasn't the type of clip the Chamber of Commerce will be framing anytime soon.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 21, 2006
Coffee Talk

Naples college gets pumped up with donation: International College, a Naples-based college that focuses on career-oriented studies such as accounting and information technology for working adults, landed a multimillion-dollar gift from Lavern Norris Gaynor, an heiress to the Texaco oil fortune.Development lending up: The folks who pay off depositors at failed banks have issued their latest quarterly overview of the Florida economy, just in time for the Review's special banking issue.A good audit: During this time of year, the word audit is normally not a good thing. But for Sarasota County, a recent audit turned out OK. Bancshares of Florida reveals growth strategy: Naples-based Bancshares of Florida officials are mum about their planned secondary offering of stock, but its recent filing provides some revealing clues about the future of the company headed by CEO and President Michael L. McMullan HMA to bond market: You're OK: The corporate-bond market doesn't look so bad after all.Firm looks for strong premier: Premier Properties, the luxury real estate arm for Naples-based Lutgert Cos., confirmed April 12 what Coffee Talk reported on April 7: The company has hired away a top executive from Michael Saunders & Co. to lead its first expansion north to Sarasota.Company denies getting VC, yet: Coffee Talk thought we'd heard good news about Gemesis Corp., a Sarasota maker of synthetic diamonds, in the aftermath of a boffo presentatio

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 20, 2022
As the clean up after Hurricane Ian continues, new building codes and new worries are in the forecast

In a post-Ian world, the focus turns to preparing for the next storm in the face of market constraints that could stifle growth in Florida.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2008
Brand Builder

Colleen Chappell, the new CEO of Roberts Communications in Tampa, aims to strengthen companies through strategic partnerships.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 9, 2005
Laser Sharp

CEO Dean Akers focused Ideal Image Development on one niche - laser hair removal - and the whole customer experience. The results: explosive growth.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 13, 2006
The Right Price

Don't look for get-rich-quick schemes at EDMP Inc. Charles Carnevale's strategy follows the old Benjamin Graham saw: 'To win you must not lose.' He searches hard for the undervalued large caps.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 17, 2006
Walsh: Housing schemes will make the shortage worse

It's like the March of the Penguins.Throughout Florida, in county after county, city after city, elected representatives are marching one behind the other into the frozen idea that new laws mandating and coercing developers to build "affordable" houses will relieve the state's housing shortage in any meaningful way.

  • Opinion
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 8, 2005
Southern Discomfort

A Tampa bank works to get back in the good graces of regulators.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2008
Deliverance

A Gulf Coast-based shipping company nearly doubled itsrevenues this year, from $15 million to a projected $28 million.Saudi princesses with nearly $500,000 worth of accounts helps.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2008
A Sales Culture

Be aware, independent insurance firms: Brown & Brown Insurance plans to continue to acquire other insurance brokerages which fit its culture.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 18, 2008
Marinelli was the great American business tale

When the modern history of Collier County is written, Paul Marinelli Jr. will be regarded as one of the county's greatest visionaries, businessmen and leaders. Marinelli, chief executive officer of Collier County's most prominent company, the Barron Collier Cos., died April 10 at age 52. He was in New York City at the time undergoing medical tests related to a fight with cancer.

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 16, 2004
Heavy Load

Richard Buckelew, president of RMC Florida Group Inc., juggles the hefty tasks of running a $100-million company in an industry strife with material shortages and staffing uncertainties.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • March 18, 2010
Brokering Diversity

When a young commercial real estate firm manages to grow its business in a market like today's, what it's doing differently is worth noting.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 14, 2011
Restoring a Treasure

The Gasparilla Inn & Club's steady turnaround holds lessons for hospitality executives who struggle in the downturn. It helps to have owners who take a long-term view and are willing to reinvest in the property.

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