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  • By Tom Johnson |
  • December 29, 2017
VR - The Future of Commercial Showings

The advancements in Virtual Reality are beginning to emerge as game-changers with more implications than traditionally imagined.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
Aashish Patel, 33

Owner, Wooten’s Airboat Tours, Captain Jack’s Airboat Tours, Everglades City Motel

  • Class of 2014
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
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Partner, Vice President, iPartnerMedia

  • Class of 2014
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 23, 2015
Research city

After enduring the recession, a research hub anchored by Florida Gulf Coast University's Emergent Technology Institute takes shape.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 11, 2025
Manatee County buys Seafood Shack property in Cortez for $13M

Acquisition of the Seafood Shack property will have a "generational impact" on his district, one commissioner says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • September 22, 2025
Towering 250-foot Ferris wheel could come to downtown Tampa

Tampa City Council will soon consider plans to build a 250-foot observation Ferris wheel near the cruise ship terminals in downtown's Channel District.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 16, 2026
Shuttered SWFL college lives on with $10M scholarship fund

Hodges University closed in August 2024.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 26, 2023
DeSantis signs $2.7 billion tax break and windshield bills

The governor signed 27 pieces of new legislation Thursday, the day after announcing his presidential bid.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 7, 2023
National builder chooses SWFL for new unit, its fourth in Florida

Veteran homebuilding executive Kevin Brown was appointed to run the Fort Myers/Naples unit for M/I Homes.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 1, 2023
Longtime Jabil Inc. exec Kenny Wilson promoted to CEO

He succeeds Mark Mondello as leader of the St. Petersburg-based global manufacturing company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 7, 2022
Recruitment firm names new co-managing partner of local office

The role is a promotion for Kimberly Wacaser, who joined Vaco’s Tampa office in 2012.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 12, 2023
Six months in the planning, Lakeland power plant to be demolished

Total Wrecking & Environmental will implode the facility on Saturday — on a livestream.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2010
Media General 'convergence' shows mixed results

A celebration was held Tuesday night for the 10th anniversary of Media General Inc.'s convergence project in Tampa.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 29, 2010
Unfinished Dali gets accolades

The grand opening of St. Petersburg's new Salvador Dali Museum is six months away, yet the unfinished structure is already garnering accolades for its unique design.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2013
Starwood, SMR form venture to develop 475 acres

Lakewood Ranch's developer and a real estate investment firm will partner to develop more than 600 lots.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 17, 2013
Hulk Hogan makes a splash at beach restaurant

Hulk Hogan, the wrestler and entrepreneur, has muscled Crabby Bill's aside and opened his own restaurant in Tampa.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 7, 2013
Lawmakers to investigate deal with St. Pete insurer

Insurance committee will review the May 22 takeout deal with Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Co.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 29, 2011
Sonic site of new Chase bank

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA purchased a 7,126-square-foot former Sonic drive-in restaurant on State Road 64 for $915,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 2, 2011
Sawgrass Cove apartments sell for $23.2M

New York City-based based Atlas Real Estate Partners and Boca-Raton based Andover Real Estate Partners purchased the 336-unit Sawgrass Cove Apartments for $23.2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 9, 2011
HCI's Patel rings NASDAQ bell

July was quite the busy month for Clearwater insurance executive Paresh Patel.

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