• Alternate Text
  • Loading

  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Healthcare
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Healthcare
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login

Results for:

  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 2, 2011
Corporate Report: Dec. 2

The latest news from Park Royal Hospital, Valpak, and other Gulf Coast companies.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 23, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: Dec. 23

Regional business news at a glance.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 1, 2021
Amazon plans a pair of new buildings in region

Amazon's plans filed with Lee County call for two fulfillment centers to be developed by Seefried Industrial Properties in the Alico Distribution Center.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 21, 2021
Area aviation businessman and community leader dies at 73

Ron Ciaravella left a mark on many in the Sarasota-Bradenton community.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 20, 2020
Stoneweg US makes rock-solid deal in St. Petersburg

Stoneweg US's $114 million purchase of the Trellis at the Lakes apartments marks its first acquisition in its home city.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 14, 2020
Apartment deals closing despite virus fears

CBRE reports multifamily rental transactions remain active in the Tampa Bay area

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 21, 2020
Auto dealership's counterintuitive pandemic sales strategy pays off

Longtime Tampa, Florida, auto sales executive John Marazzi, 55, has never seen anything quite like the COVID-19 crisis.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 14, 2020
How to salvage your brand after a PR crisis

Tucker/Hall, a Tampa, Florida, strategic communications firm, says businesses need to lean on the truth when dealing with a brand-threatening crisis.

  • Advice
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Columnist . |
  • June 2, 2020
What will office space look like post-coronavirus?

As workers contemplate going back to the office, one architect shares his thoughts on what tenants and landlords need to be thinking about.

  • Advice
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 16, 2019
Sarasota's L3 site to become distribution center under buyer's plan

Developer planning up to 800,000 square feet of industrial space

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 27, 2019
New Direction

Stonebridge Real Estate owner Brian Andrus is preparing to take on his most daunting role to date: Developer.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • October 17, 2019
Bobby Soroory, 34

Acquisitions, Convergent Capital Partners

  • Class of 2019
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 22, 2019
Restaurant chain first in line for kindness

Being nice, at First Watch, isn’t only for greeting customers. It’s a company-wide belief that kindness goes a long way.

  • Leadership
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 8, 2019
How to launch a B-Corp that generates results

Salt Palm Development and Legacy Vacation Club, both owned and operated by St. Petersburg, Florida-based businessman Jared Meyers, have joined the ranks of B Corporations.

  • Advice
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By John Haughey |
  • March 9, 2018
Prep Time

A panel of business experts divulges business success secrets to budding entrepreneurs: Don't pitch a product. Pitch you.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 18, 2016
Home run

A Sarasota firm recently more than doubled its money with a Tampa office project. Not bad for less than three years of ownership.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 30, 2016
2016 Top Deals | Southwest Florida

Like the Sarasota and Manatee submarket, Southwest Florida's largest commercial sales of the past year involved apartment projects.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • January 13, 2017
Self-made style

Homebuilding marketing executive Leisa Weintraub can often be found wearing outfits she designed and sewed.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 24, 2017
Spec sensation

Industrial development has picked up around the Gulf Coast, but Brennan Investment Group has one major advantage.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • September 29, 2017
Proof is in the pastry

A gluten-free brand is working its products into stores nationwide with the help of a gung-ho top executive.

  • Strategies
« 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 »
The best of Business Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest business and commercial real estate news from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Sign Up

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-362-4848

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Podcast
  • Big Book of Business

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Distribution Points
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Your Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
×
3 Articles Remaining!
Not a Subscriber?

Click here to Subscribe

Already a Subscriber?

Click here to Login

Sign Up for Daily Brief

Start your day with the top Gulf Coast business news you need to succeed.

Sign Up for CRE Central

Stay updated with a weekly roundup of big deals, market shifts and the people shaping commercial real estate from Tampa Bay to Naples.


Smart People Subscribe.

Turn headlines into game plans. The playbook’s right here.
Subscribe to the Business Observer today.

Subscribe Now