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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2006
Corporate Report

Gevity downgrades outlook through rest of yearTourist council adds Lakewood Ranch to area's tourism enterpriseOswald Tripp buys BMC Insurance in DenverSarasota 1450 news station becomes 'The Dove'Tampa's ICAT benefiting from State's P&C underwriting programTenby Pharma buys Sirion Therapeutics, adds capitalRemember this: Drink more coffee

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2011
Building Blocks

Since Cypress Gardens was sold in 1985 by the Pope family, numerous companies have tried — and failed — to attract crowds to the Polk County park. Now U.K.-based Merlin Entertainments is wagering more than $100 million it can succeed where others have failed.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 27, 2021
Industrial real estate sector is experiencing sustained growth

The design of industrial real estate today reflects logistics changes that have been influenced by a move to e-commerce. Experts say those shifts will propel new development for years to come.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Janelle Makowski |
  • January 2, 2004
Boeing's Strategy: Use Military Ties to Gain Trust

Harry C. Stonecipher left retirement in St. Petersburg to help troubled Boeing. Critics say he's too close to the officials who've stepped down to do the job.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 13, 2016
Hardy Hunter

One county, just outside the Gulf Coast, is in an all-out battle to lure businesses to town. It's a big-money effort.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 7, 2018
Pitch man: Stadium push puts exec's leadership skills to the test

Nonprofit CEO Jason Woody leads a group of business leaders who are trying to raise support for a new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays in Ybor City, a historic district in Tampa, Florida.

  • Leadership
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Shoot Straight plans Fort Myers gun shopLee County Port Authority buys 285 acres for airport connector Shaw-owned company buys two Winkler office buildingsWood Street owners explore third building CC Properties buys Prudential, Watch Connection buildingPort Manatee park owners sell land to development districtJackson Transformer buys warehouseBrandon Eye Associates move to Medical Oaks DriveTurbine Diagnostic Services buys Odessa warehouseBlackhawk Realty Advisors buy Sun Lake Apartments

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • May 21, 2010
Taxing Time for Tampa Trains

Hillsborough's fuzzy $15 billion light rail, bus and road plan promises jobs and economic growth if funded with the highest sales tax in the state, plus state and federal grants. Voters decide in November if it's all worth it.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Saudi Sheik, Boca investor buy 44 acresPreshers Tool & Fastener grows, adds warehouseMartinez family buys Del Prado centerThree doctors buy units in Vanderbilt Beach buildingOrion buys land, plans Venice galleria branchAirport Hampton Inn to start in MayHome health care firmbuys South Trail buildingMetro, D.E. Shaw buy part of Epperson RanchTA Associates fundbuys Reo BuildingNorthgate Lincoln-Mercury buys Tampa dealership siteRoyal Yacht Club sold, named Beso Del Sol Resort

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

John Hicks Co. buys Venetian at Capri IslesPaving company buys Palmetto CoxTarmac buysindustrial landPorterfield family buys Pewett CenterGeorgia developer builds Slater Road CVSPrudential Realty, CLW buy Thompson centerClearwater landlord buys Gateway ApartmentsInland Real Estate buys Citizens Insurance officeGraybar Electric buys existing warehouse building

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 24, 2021
Gulf Coast senior housing projects demonstrating renewed energy as pandemic wanes

Gulf Coast senior housing developments in downtown Sarasota and Naples show “green shoots” amid optimism that demand is gaining as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Elizabeth Djinis |
  • December 30, 2021
Car wash company keeps rearview mirror on competitors

The Anderson family had a solid head start on the latest iteration of the car wash industry. Now deep-pocketed competitors are in their rearview mirror.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 13, 2019
Stone, Steel, Wood

Altis Cardinal's Elements on Third repurposes a series of old office buildings for apartments in St. Petersburg

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 9, 2025
After years of setbacks, key piece of South Seas redevelopment can begin

The Lee County Commission's decision to approve a rezoning request for the Captiva resort's owners allow for hotels and residential development on the property to move ahead.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 21, 2022
Sister City plan wave of the future, says Rays' owner as he asks: What happens now?

As baseball officials in Tampa and Montreal ponder the future, they say their rejected sister-city plan was groundbreaking — and will someday be the norm in pro sports.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 11, 2004
In the Hot Seat

Judge George Greer, who presides over the controversial Terri Schiavo guardianship case, faces his first re-election challenge while fending off conspiracy theories and attacks on his record.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2008
Stacking the deck

Larry Golden and Dave Tropf have made RSVP Publications a successful direct mail business with a niche: the affluent.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 9, 2016
Retail Market: Tampa to Sarasota

The retail market from Tampa to Sarasota has been steadily adding space during the past four years, even as overall vacancy has fallen and rental rates have increased. This stems, in large part, from the regional economy's recovery and population growth.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Ted Carter |
  • March 24, 2017
Space on the spot

For one of the largest, and fastest growing, medical supply firms in Florida, new facilities are part of the long-term strategy.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 18, 2015
All about location

How important is site selection? Just ask McDonald's. The store on its first real estate land deal in Florida is still busy nearly 60 years later.

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