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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 26, 2019
Crunch time: Industry veteran returns to his passion with renewed vigor

Crunch Fitness president and co-owner Geoff Dyer, based in Tampa, Florida, finds himself back as a fitness industry entrepreneur after decades of working his way to the top.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 26, 2021
Built on People

Skanska USA Florida head Michael Brown says that despite his company’s size and stature, construction is local and about the people who work in it.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 4, 2010
Sykes organic growth slow

Revenues were lifted by an acquisition, but otherwise they fell.

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  • April 22, 2010
Real estate sales up statewide

Data also released for realtor sales in Tampa, Sarasota, and Fort Myers.

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  • June 29, 2010
Hoeper joins TRC

Technology Research Corp. added Paul Hoeper to its board of directors.

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  • October 10, 2011
Avantair buys another $7M jet

The Clearwater-based firm expands its fleet to include 58 aircraft.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2011
Quality acquires Greensville

The Tampa trucking firm paid $8.5 million for its newest acquisition.

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  • July 18, 2011
Octex plans job growth

The Sarasota-based plastic mold injection business to add 80 employees.

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  • June 21, 2011
Punta Gorda flight traffic up

Passenger traffic at Punta Gorda Airport is up 67% so far this year.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2016
Home Appreciation

The Sarasota and Fort Myers areas posted some of the strongest rebounds in the region in house price appreciation since the bust five years ago.

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  • October 9, 2015
Business investment: No slowdown

Even heading into slower summer months, businesses on the Gulf Coast continued to boost spending on everything from computers to packaging, machinery and medical supplies.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 21, 2025
Seafood restaurant to open in Sarasota's Rosemary District

Lefty's Oyster & Seafood Bar is a business developed by Watershed Hospitality Concepts.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • April 10, 2020
Redeploying resources can be a business savior

Even with the crisis swirling, innovation can lead firms to prosper in previously unseen ways.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • May 13, 2011
Clarified Success

Jane Mason built her Clearwater firm on a software program that ties together work processes for mortgage servicers. Growth has boomed through the recession and isn't likely to stop there.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 25, 2005
Headed for a Fall?

A new study fuels debate about the price of Sarasota area real estate.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 2, 2024
The power of the power pose: How a software CEO became a better leader

Through an open mind, determination to learn from missteps and lots of repetition, Dean Guida has guided himself to become a better leader.

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  • June 7, 2013
Allegiant starts new nonstop St. Pete service

St. Pete International Airport adds two flights to Asheville, N.C., a week.

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  • August 8, 2016
Restaurant feasts on top national score

Beach Bistro is also celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2016.

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  • May 21, 2007
Fire up the Pit

A father-and-son team plans to grow the Rib City Grill barbecue chain to 100 restaurants in five years. They promise franchisees tasty profits.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 4, 2023
Prominent Venice manufacturer rebrands

The rebranding at PGT Innovations included a new logo and slogan.

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