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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 30, 2015
Bed maker will open new Pasco plant

Leggett & Platt expects to create nearly 125 jobs when it takes over 80,000 square feet of space in Spring Hill.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 13, 2024
Breeze adds Connecticut flights to Sarasota, Fort Myers

Breeze Airways is adding routes to southwest Florida from New Haven, Connecticut.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 1, 2025
Postwar St. Petersburg hotel gets new look with renovations

Skybeach Resort, a two-story hotel with Old Florida charm on the waterfront just off the Skyway Bridge in Pinellas County, recently completed a series of renovations.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 24, 2024
Tommy Bahama to open new restaurant and retail store on St. Armands

"The idea of not having a restaurant in St. Armands, which is like a second home to us, was unthinkable," the CEO says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 10, 2024
Gulf Coast Community Foundation names VP of community leadership

Erin Minor, who has been CEO of the nonprofit Harvest House since 2018, will step into a new role at a philanthropic organization.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 7, 2025
Tampa Publix-anchored shopping center included in $260M financing

The local center was part of a 10-property portfolio that sold for nearly $400 million earlier this year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 11, 2025
Publix opens Fort Myers store a year after demolition

The Lakeland grocery chain built a new store on Daniels Parkway, replacing one that had stood in the space since 1990.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 22, 2026
High-end Tampa home remodeling firm expanding into Orlando, plans 70 jobs

Revive Design and Renovation is currently converting a former vegan restaurant in the Orlando market into its new 5,000-square-foot showroom.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 26, 2026
Sarasota-based Boar's Head rolls out Greek yogurt dessert dips

The deli food provider recently debuted its Greek yogurt dessert dip collection.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • June 29, 2023
Tampa grocery store on brink of opening plans to hire 95

The new Sprouts Farmers Market is one of 10 the company is opening in Florida this year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 28, 2023
National pet hospital company expands to Tampa

GoodVets’ local practice will be operated by veterinarian Dr. Andrea Caspary.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 13, 2023
Sarasota architecture firm names new partner

Karl Bernhard has been with Sweet Sparkman Architecture and Interiors for over seven years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 14, 2014
Rare Hospitality buys Toys'R'Us for future LongHorn Steakhouse

The price equated to $77 per square foot.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • January 2, 2009
A road by any other name just wouldn't be the same

Miami may get the honor of naming the first street after our new president, as a bill is filed designating a portion of Biscayne Boulevard in Miami-Dade County “Barack Obama Boulevard” starting July 1.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 2, 2009
New technology for Lee County tourism

The travel industry was one of the first to be rocked by the recession. So companies that specialize in lowering the cost of vacation packages have grown in demand.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 3, 2009
Publix buys former Herald-Tribune building

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  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • November 19, 2010
New Horizons, Qoncert buy in Laurel center

Two Tampa technology-focused businesses purchased 56,000 square feet of commercial condo space in the Laurel Street Commerce Center, plus two acres, for $1.54 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 10, 2011
Savtira adds CFO, directors

The young Tampa company has bolstered its executive staff.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2010
Yippy for Glenn Beck, he's their man

Fort Myers-based Internet firm Yippy Inc. isn't shy about why it advertises its Web browser on the Fox News channel.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 3, 2013
GTIS Partners affiliate buys North Park land

The price equated to $20,795 per acre.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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