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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2017
Beyond the blue envelope

Valpak takes top honors for Technology Project of the Year.

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  • December 6, 2017
Economic development office names interim executive

Pamela Johnson has worked in Lee County's Visitor & Convention Bureau for 22 years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2013
Boston's WS Development buys Hyde Park Village

The price equated to $169 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 18, 2013
Steve Traves

AMI Outfitters Coastal Gear and Apparel

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 5, 2014
Frontier Communities buys Bay Point Villas

Silver Spring, Md.-based Frontier Communities purchased the 136-unit Bay Point Villas Apartments, formerly known as the Pinellas Point Apartments, for $4.8 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2014
Garage space opens up

The downtown Sarasota commercial real estate market continues to inch back to recovery.

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  • August 15, 2016
Court upholds health care fraud convictions

Four former WellCare executives were found guilty after a June 2013 jury trial.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 2, 2016
Polk County lands new Medline center

Medline Industries Inc., the nation's largest privately held maker and distributor of health care-related products, is planning to develop a new 830,000-square-foot distribution center beginning later this year in Auburndale.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2016
Blockbuster acquisition catapults tech giant into new markets

Tech Data will enter the Asia-Pacific market.

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  • May 6, 2016
Forget the east coast

The chamber of commerce couldn't have written it any better: An April 28 Wall Street Journal story, titled “Get More for Your Vacation Home Dollar,” trumpeted Sarasota over Palm Beach.

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  • May 10, 2016
Tech firm to add 150 jobs

New Jersey-based technology firm eMaint Enterprises is expanding in Southwest Florida and plans to hire 150 people in Bonita Springs.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • February 12, 2016
Taxes, regulations rankle CEOs

Chief executives from some of the biggest companies nationwide agree with several Gulf Coast business leaders: The struggle against overregulation is real.

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  • October 31, 2014
Rays might say au revoir to Tampa

The surprise departure of Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon could be a worst-case scenario for area business and economic development leaders.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 5, 2015
THE CREATIVITY ISSUE: Nickel Communications

Goodwill targeted millennials with this campaign, says Lindsey Nickel-de la O, a co-founder and creative partner at Nickel Communications.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2015
Wal-Mart's Polk center gets $12M tax break

Wal-Mart's planned distribution center for Polk County might create more than 600 jobs that pay slightly more than the annual wage there — but it will be a decade before the county government can benefit.

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  • July 24, 2015
And pigs (and profits) will fly

Canada sends a lot to Florida, starting with thousands of winter tourists and snowbirds.

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  • July 24, 2015
Florida business climate: sigh

The business climate in Florida for entrepreneurs is a tad better than mediocre, according to new report.

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  • November 27, 2015
All for one, in lodging

A group of hotel operators in downtown Tampa, Ybor City and South Tampa have teamed up for a unique marketing effort: The hotels, 15 in all, are creating a destination district, where every property will contribute to a pot for an overall marketing initiative.

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  • July 31, 2015
Open the door to loans

Sarasota entrepreneur Brian Caswell, after years of trying, has made a dent in the “banks aren't lending” narrative.

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  • January 23, 2015
Kissimmee RV firm to relocate to Hillsborough

Cody Talbert Distribution will also make a $200,000 capital investment.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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