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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 31, 2026
Sheriff: Sarasota gambling probe nets 66 slot machines, two arrests

Spin 24/7 Social Club was shut down after a monthslong investigation into illegal gambling, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2011
The Related Group plans Channelside project

Miami-based The Related Group purchased 5.8 acres in the Channelside District for $6.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2011
Canadian developer buys dinner theatre

An affiliate of Mississauga, Ontario-based Centre City Capital Ltd. purchased the 12,708-square-foot Golden Apple Dinner Theatre building for $1.75 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 14, 2013
Metropolitan Life Insurance buys Mosaic Westshore

The price equated to $204,761 per unit or $178 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2021
Builder begins work on $326M hospital, seeks minority-owned subcontractors

On Monday, ground was broken for the new South Florida Baptist Hospital, in Plant City, Florida, which will replace the existing 68-year-old facility.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2019
No showroom car dealership revs up $47M project in region

A Carvana facility is coming to Polk County.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2017
County seeks to fill at least 100 open jobs

Manatee County is hosting a job fair Oct. 5.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 3, 2017
Sasaki tapped for Sarasota bayfront design work

Sasaki Associates Inc. has been picked to lead design and planning work for a 42-acre, municipally owned cultural tract just outside downtown Sarasota.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 2, 2013
JPMorgan Chase Bank branch replacing BP, Southtrail Auto Center

Boos Development Group Inc. purchased a 5,747-square-foot BP gas station with a three-bay auto repair shop at the corner of U.S. 41 for $1.65 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 26, 2016
Tampa student housing sells for $45 million

A New York-based investment firm has acquired the 4050 Lofts complex in Tampa for $45 million, the latest in a wave of institutional student housing deals nationwide.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2016
Officials approve Whole Foods project

Daniels Marketplace will include the first Whole Foods in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2015
Cold storage project to create 50 jobs

Port Logistics Tampa Bay I Inc. plans to build a $19.1 million facility.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2014
No retirement for Reitmann

Michael Reitmann, the man who led the home building association in Lee County for 27 years, has come out of retirement to lead the organization that's been beset by staff resignations.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 30, 2015
FedEx plans massive facility on Gulf Coast

Project will be near Southwest Florida International Airport.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2021
Roofing executive convicted in $2M PPP loan scam

No sentencing date set yet for Casey David Crowther.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 17, 2025
Ringling College president announces retirement plans

Larry Thompson will continue to serve through the 2025-26 academic year, planning to step down in May 2026.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 10, 2006
Cameratta in Focus

The Cleveland-based developer gave up $18 million worth of condos so downtown Fort Myers could have a Publix supermarket. But he also won $18 million in tax breaks from the city. Publix, meanwhile, agreed to bend some of its rules, too.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2012
Odyssey ceases recovery

The shipwreck recovery company concludes two of its operations until spring.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 16, 2016
Big move across the way

Size matters in the niche liquefied natural gas industry, a point on full display Sept. 9 outside Port Manatee in north Manatee County.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 12, 2021
St. Petersburg to consider seven teams’ plans for city-owned, 85-acre tract

St. Petersburg will consider seven teams’ alternatives for the city-owned, 85-acre tract that includes Tropicana Field, the Tampa Bay Rays’ home field.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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