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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 7, 2025
Well-known Sarasota industrial space up for rent

The property, once the home of Harmar, is currently occupied but the search is on for a new tenant.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 15, 2024
Trader Joe's to open Pinellas County store

The California grocer posted on its website that it will open "soon" on U.S. 19 in Palm Harbor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 21, 2024
INVO Bioscience changes name, trading symbol after merger

NAYA Biosciences Inc. will make its debut on the Nasdaq on Oct. 22, according to a statement from the newly combined company.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 11, 2024
Pasco day care center property sells for $5.79 million

The O2B Kids school property is next to New Port Corners, the 965-acre commercial and residential development.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • November 18, 2024
Workers' comp premiums cut for eighth straight year

The new rates are effective January 1, 2025.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 27, 2025
Construction starts on final stage of Bradenton apartment project

The new addition will be a 240-unit apartment community named Blue Heron Preserve that will help form an interconnected complex known as Blue Heron Living Community.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 1, 2025
$46M redevelopment of Fort Myers low-income community to begin this month

The project will replace the 14-structure Horizon Apartments on Summerlin Road with a new affordable housing complex with 230 units.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 9, 2022
Population surge leads to developers shifting approach to mixed-use projects

A popular commercial real estate conference for retailers has returned to live action. Among the trends: new shopping center mindsets and higher rents.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 7, 2006
Coffee Talk

Game on: It looks like Naples-based luxury developer Lutgert Cos. is going to enter the Sarasota real estate market with a big hitter.Times change: At least one Sarasota-area developer has gone past the condo market slump phase and headed straight for the total bust phase.Miva top executives leaving, but not empty-handed: Craig Pisaris-Henderson, 36, resigned from his post as chairman and chief executive officer of Fort Myers-based Internet company Miva April 4.Watching the construction pump: It seems builders have been watching material suppliers as much as most drivers watch the gas pump.Goodbye retirement: After more than 35 years in the Tampa Bay area real estate market, Jim Shapiro was ready to retire, or at least that's what he thought.Loan funds to get tighter?: Pinellas Park bank analyst Richard X. Bove is reading behind the headlines again.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 27, 2011
Retail Rules

One of the Gulf Coast's largest companies has high hopes for a new executive. It searched wide to find a star.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 7, 2018
Skyhouse Channelside deal shows investors are still hot on Tampa's rental market

Investors continue to clamor for downtown apartment buildings in Tampa and St. Petersburg, despite rising interest rates and an eight-year economic cycle, because of continued job growth and other factors, experts say.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Ted Carter |
  • June 16, 2017
Signs are Changing

Mergers are coming fast and furious for Florida community banks. The strategy behind the moves comes down to the latest industry truism: Size matters.

  • Finance
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 16, 2018
From Israel, with Innovation

Thanks to an innovative business accelerator, Tampa has become the destination of choice for Israeli startups.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 19, 2014
Major donor

Paychex founder Tom Golisano has given away more than $200 million of his fortune, including at least $29 million in Southwest Florida since he moved to Naples in 2009.

  • Strategies
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 16, 2024
Sarasota window company declares bankruptcy, owes more than $1.2M

Sash & Sill owner Todd Hoch has filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy and been censured in Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 29, 2009
Three Rescues

Two banks from outside the region are acquiring three failed institutions on the Gulf Coast. What do they know?

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 3, 2010
Magic Tricks

A championship-winning sports executive shares his tips for how to win in any line of business.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 6, 2011
What would Ayn Rand say?

From high-speed rail to Jackson Laboratory and the Boston Red Sox spring training stadium, Florida politicians and bureaucrats keep meddling in the markets, says Yaron Brook. His message: Get out of the way and let entrepreneurs fuel the recovery.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 13, 2012
Corporate Report: Jan. 13

The latest from Yippy, Sun Hydraulics, and other Gulf Coast companies.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 10, 2012
Corporate Report: Feb. 10

The latest from AVI-SPL, Versatile Packagers, and other Gulf Coast companies.

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