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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2009
Revenues in bloom for edibles

The tough economy has touched all industries, but it can't seem to wilt Edible Arrangements, the service that makes floral arrangements out of fruit and gourmet dipping fudge.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2010
Canada's Osgoode Properties buys most of Fountains of Largo

Ottawa-based Osgoode Properties purchased 135 units in the Fountains of Largo apartment complex for $4.3 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 15, 2011
Company takes aim at competitors

Pest control entrepreneur George Pickhardt finally figured out how to turn the recession into an advantage.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 16, 2013
Broker goes outside region for $10M sale

Many commercial real estate brokers live and die by the “know thy market” ethos — that the best way to a long career in the business is to become a local expert.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2012
Two parcels of Brittany Apartments sell for $10.35M

The price equated to $32,344 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2020
Former Major League Baseball executive joins area consulting firm

Former Tampa Bay Rays executive Mark Fernandez has joined Stonehill, a Tampa, Florida-based strategic consulting firm, as a principal.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 4, 2020
Grocer’s sales surge by 21% in second quarter

Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets Inc. generated $11.4 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2020.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 6, 2019
Channelside Apartments trade for $65.2 million

A California investment firm has acquired the 325-unit Channelside Apartments in Fort Myers for $65.2 million, an 18.5% premium to the $55 million the seller paid in April 2016.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 3, 2018
Highwoods Preserve building comes to market

Highwoods Properties offers its Highwoods Preserve I building for sale for $39.5 million amid plans for a pair of other office developments in the Tampa area.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2014
Solaris building traded in sale, lease-back deal

A Minnesota investor purchased a 10,412-square-foot office building in the Colonnade Medical Park for $2.5 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 15, 2016
Greystar to Manage Villa Grande

Greystar Real Estate Partners, the nation's largest residential, multifamily manager in the U.S., is poised to take over property management of the four-story Villa Grande at Sarasota later this month.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 30, 2016
Osprey sheds Sarasota County business park

Continuing a push to whittle down its portfolio amid squabbles between partners, Michigan-based Osprey SA Ltd. sold a 19-acre business park in North Sarasota County for $4 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 12, 2015
Inching toward a big goal

When pest control executive George Pickhardt shifted his business model, to grow by acquisition, a dream-big goal was to make the top 10 on Pest Control Technology's annual top 100 list.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 11, 2024
Panamanian coffee producer, roaster opening first US shop in St. Pete

Savage Coffees has bought a retail space in The Nolen tower currently under construction in the city’s downtown.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 15, 2025
Sales and construction to start on $350M Naples condo, marina project

Developers have secured full entitlements to build The Halcyon Residences & Marina, a waterfront community to be built on a canal about 1 mile from downtown Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 8, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: Oct. 8 - Oct. 14

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 18, 2021
Global hotel design guru believes Tampa's time has arrived

Ian Schrager, building a luxury condo and hotel project in Tampa, believes the city is primed for a renewal.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 1, 2011
Shaped by Recession

Brian Lucas is one of several next-generation executives who will lead their family businesses out of the recession.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 14, 2020
Lender funds nearly 2,000 PPP loans, opens three branches during pandemic

Tampa, Florida-based Suncoast Credit Union has been busier than ever during the coronavirus pandemic, opening three new branches and funding more than 1,900 Paycheck Protection Program loans, totaling $49.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 8, 2020
Large area software firm recruits new top HR executive

Tony Dinkins has more than 30 years of human resources leadership experience.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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