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  • August 14, 2013
Hertz to spend $100 million on The Big Move

Moving the corporate headquarters and hundreds of Hertz employees to Southwest Florida from New Jersey is a huge undertaking.

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  • January 17, 2012
Naples marketers expand reach

BlocDeals and Paradise Coast TV form an entrepreneurial partnership.

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  • January 9, 2017
Funeral home set for $2.2M expansion project

New owners plan to complete the project at Sylvan-Abbey Funeral Home in Clearwater in 2017.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • December 13, 2013
The best Krise-mas forecast

Gary Jackson may be a talented economist, but Randy Krise is a better economic indicator.

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  • January 11, 2016
Canadian regulators boost lab firm

Company receives approval for blood sample test.

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  • August 10, 2015
Mortgage firm banks $10.7M in transactions

Recent deals at Thomas D. Wood and Company stretch from Tampa to Chicago.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 6, 2015
San Antonio group buys new Fort Myers Wawa

A company led by Gil Atzmon, chairman of Zazu Metels Corp. in San Antonio, purchased an approximate 6,000-square-foot new Wawa store for $5.15 million.

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  • March 20, 2015
Book it: Hotel industry on a roll

Profit levels of hotels and motels nationwide nearly tripled in 2014 over 2013, according to a new report.

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  • June 15, 2018
Nonprofit grows budget 500% in four years — to $157 million

Rick Carlisle, CAN Community Health, Sarasota, nonprofits, strategy, HIV/AIDS, health care, growth, 501 (c) 3, Rev. Demetrius Jifunza, Roger Capote, Fruitville Road, Guidestar

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 29, 2018
The right conditions for succession

Tim Dupre’s ascension to CEO of Conditioned Air frees Theo Etzel to pursue growth. For a company that averages 40 promotions from within per year, it's also validation of a core belief.

  • Leadership
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 25, 2014
Reputation Recovery

Collier County takes another step to repair its reputation as a difficult place to do business with the creation of a hearing examiner's office.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 30, 2023
Tampa energy exec on getting to the top: There’s ‘no easy ride’

A reflective look back at her career leads energy executive Helen Wesley to some crucial truths. Among them humility and hustle are always will never turn to fossils.

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 15, 2022
Gov. DeSantis’ legacy will be property insurance

DeSantis has been the nation's leading crusader against woke-ism, but long after he is gone, his legacy in Florida will be whether he fixed the state’s property insurance disaster.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • November 29, 2019
Commercial broker sees promise in part of town others avoided

Frank Bozikovich's never-quit strategy is a lesson in commercial real estate persistence.

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  • November 5, 2004
'Only in America'

The odds were against a Ukrainian ship captain and his crew who spoke little English.

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  • January 20, 2012
No More No-Fault?

Car accidents are down but payouts for personal insurance protection are skyrocketing, costing insurance companies and consumers millions. Can legislators overcome the moneyed opposition of lawyers and doctors to fix it?

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 25, 2024
After suffering two storms in two weeks, business leaders share stories of resilience

The entire Gulf Coast was impacted by the one-two punch of hurricanes Helene and Milton. We share stories from executives after the storms — and how they plan to make a comeback.

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  • March 21, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Lee County 20/20 buys 36 acresFort Myers investors buy former Taco BellSeneca Petroleum buysTre Amici buildingSpirit Finance company buys Fort Myers buildingWest Palm developer buys retail plazaBradenton investors buy All U Can StorageLux-Art Silks builds new warehouseSarasota's Jump Dance relocates to Lakewood RanchWeichels, Fullers buy McSwiggins Pub buildingWeichels, Fullers buy McSwiggins Pub buildingSun Development & Management Corp. plans SpringHill SuitesHirschy, Servant investors redevelop bowling alleyEntrepreneurs buy apartments

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 26, 2025
5 years later, Gulf Coast executives look back at managing through COVID

On the anniversary of the COVID, several business leaders from a wide swath of fields discuss the decisions they made, their worries and their early response to the pandemic in 2020.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2011
Manatee plans to reduce fees

School and transportation impact fees will likely be suspended for two years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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