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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 4, 2020
Area cybersecurity firm inks deal with NFL team

While offensive linemen protect new Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, Tampa, Florida-based cybersecurity firm ReliaQuest will safeguard the team’s digital network.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 10, 2020
State legislators move forward on Moffitt investigation

House Rules Committee Chairman and House Speaker Designate Rep. Chris Sprowls, R-Clearwater, will chair the select committee.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 6, 2020
California firm buys Fort Myers apartments

Retreat at Vista Lake complex sells for near-record $96 million

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 21, 2019
Manufacturer employs paid family leave benefit

Employee-owned Pelican Wire of Naples enhances benefit package with extended leave program.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2019
Air Conditioning company plots major expansion

Conditioned Air of Naples recently announced plans to build a 52,710-square-foot operations center in Fort Myers.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 9, 2019
Fast-growing brokerage opens another office

Bonita Springs-based Southwest Florida R.E. Group, has increased the number of transactions and agents by more than 300% from 2017 to 2018, according to a statement. The new office — near the Cape Coral Parkway bridge — will help accommodate the growth an

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2022
Sarasota technology company board member to retire after 21 years

To fill the hole, Diana Sacchi will stand for election as a director of the board at the annual meeting.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 28, 2022
Area broker charged in advance fee for loan scam — again

Sammie Sue Doss pled no contest to charges in 2011 and was sentenced to a year of probation and ordered to pay restitution.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 18, 2022
New York firm buys HVAC company's facility for $8.1 million

Seagate Development has sold the Conditioned Air warehouse in Fort Myers; company's lease runs through 2030

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2019
Fast-growing cybersecurity firm grows again with acquisition

ReliaQuest, a Tampa, Florida-based enterprise cybersecurity firm, has agreed to acquire Austin-based Threatcare, which offers proactive cyber defense services to tech companies.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 1, 2019
Crack books, not beers: College bar makes way for science

The University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida, plans to expand its campus with a new building for biology and chemistry research.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2019
Baseball team names assistant general manager

Most recently, Jackie Riggleman was assistant general manager of the West Virginia Black Bears.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 15, 2019
Cosentino Surfaces to be first tenant in Benderson industrial project

Cosentino Surfaces will become the first tenant in Benderson Development Co.'s Florida International Trade Port project, in Ellenton.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 11, 2018
Who will pay for proposed $892 million baseball stadium?

The Tampa Bay Rays lifted the curtain on their proposal for a new ballpark in Tampa's Ybor City, but the $892 million cost could be a sticking point.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 9, 2018
Starwood Capital completes Urban Centre purchase

Sale marks the largest office deal in Tampa area in three years

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 16, 2016
Luxury on the move

Need any more evidence that downtown Sarasota has pent up demand for luxury condos? Consider this: A local developer plans to buy out all 14 owners in a bayfront complex and pay to knock it down — just to build a new one.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2017
Alabama firm buys area bank for $31.3M

Pasco County-based Patriot Bank was founded in 2004.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 11, 2017
Morningstar lowers Sarasota mall value

A major credit rating firm has significantly lowered the estimated value of Westfield Corp.'s Sarasota Square Mall in Sarasota County, a move that follows the departure of two key anchors and several inline tenants over the past two years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 1, 2017
Broker wins $3M defamation claim against firm

An arbitration panel ordered the financial services company to pay damages for defamation.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 12, 2017
FDOT employee, husband busted in $370K grant scheme

Couple charged with conspiracy to commit federal program theft and related offenses.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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