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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 15, 2019
National retailer puts a heart on Sarasota with glossy catalog

Sarasota architecture plays starring role in J. McLaughlin spring catalog.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • August 12, 2021
Developer's persistence leads to first-ever solar town

Going against the industry norm, Syd Kitson maintains his big vision to change the world.

  • Leadership
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 14, 2019
Restaurant firm keeps two pillars at forefront: Always evolve and get more efficient

Sarasota-based Tableseide Restaurant Group is at work on several area restaurants.

  • Strategies
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 7, 2006
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

California investors' group buys Wyndham WestshoreTampa partnership buys former Eckerd headquartersFormer ranch land slated for residential development

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 30, 2009
Off the Vine

The economy's nosedive began just as some entrepreneurs bought a Gulf Coast family business. They are still hanging on a year later.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 6, 2013
Sandwiches in Paradise

Chip and Katie Beeman own two popular downtown Sarasota eateries. The couple's mantra, built on making subs in the Northwest, is consistency sells.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 15, 2021
Equus Capital buys Inspira apartments

304-unit luxury complex Inspira was completed three years ago in Naples by upscale residential builder Stock Development.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 24, 2014
Green fees

A pair of entrepreneurial business partners wedged a seven-figure investment in a golf business — in spite of the industry slump. It was a defensive move.

  • Industries
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 25, 2015
2015 Top Deals: Charlotte-Lee-Collier

The Mercato retail and office complex has come to be synonymous with Naples luxury, with its bevy of upscale restaurants, European design flare and high-end merchants.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 3, 2016
'Heartbreaker' of a deal

A veteran real estate agent took on a failed car dealership site in Tampa. The result? A lawsuit, $12 million in debt, guns, drugs and seven contracts.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Denise Kalette |
  • December 14, 2012
Vigilance Pays

In a move that will double its assets, C1 Bank undertakes its largest acquisition yet. To succeed, openness is key.

  • Finance
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 15, 2022
Two Fort Myers apartment communities break $100 million mark

Two Fort Myers apartment communities shatter pricing ceiling, setting the tone for the coming year and, potentially, for the entire region.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 14, 2013
Startup Station

Floridians have yet to embrace passenger rail service. An entrepreneurial company with historical connections to Henry Flagler will nonetheless give big-time rail a go.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 27, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: Aug. 27 - Sept. 2

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 18, 2020
The Sky's the Center

Van Trust Real Estate believes its Sky Center One project at Tampa International Airport will fly above new Tampa Bay office competition.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 26, 2023
Buyer with ties to Polish outlet mall pays $7.1M for beachfront hotel

New zoning rules, an update on luxury development and a moving company gets custom warehouse and office space in the week's top commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 23, 2020
A Heritage Play

Ally Capital Group’s gamble on aging Westshore City Center buildings pays off with one of the largest new office deals in Tampa in the past several years with Heritage Insurance Holdings.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2013
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 10, 2014
Trailheads

Every year, Don Paight and two friends take a hike to a place where no one from work can reach them.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Developer unveils Bay Street VillageBenderson development buys Lee County landWhite & Associates buys Park Vista to renovateTampa business group buys Manatee Mobile Home Park

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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