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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 31, 2023
120,000-square-foot retail and commercial center planned for Babcock Ranch

Developers to pitch City Hall plans, fashion company buys Cape Coral property and more storage coming to Pasco top the week's top commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 22, 2013
Butler did it

Gina Butler baked a $33 million cupcake franchise empire in a little more than five years. Her next move: take a big bite out of Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2012
HMA stockholders OK pay

Shareholders of Health Management Associates approve executive pay.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 6, 2018
Wanted: region’s best entrepreneurs

The Business Observer seeks the region's top entrepreneurs.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • August 16, 2019
Area company grows customer base, sales and reach through focused social media

Seminole-based Teami Blends focuses on products inspired by tea.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2008
Middle Market

A pair of Northeast transplants is trying to put fun and familyinto retail banking on the Gulf Coast. So much for bankers' hours.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 15, 2009
Middle Market

A pair of Northeast transplants is trying to put fun and family into retail banking on the Gulf Coast. So much for bankers' hours.

  • Finance
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 18, 2020
Federal case: Firm finds winning formula in government contracts

Eric Knellinger, president of St. Petersburg-based US Federal Contractor Registration, is still standing after losing his wife to cancer in 2011 and now battling the disease himself.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 13, 2010
Coastal Chemical adds private label

A Sarasota business is following up a recent appearance on the cover of the Business Review with a new product line.

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  • March 24, 2015
Arnold Palmer-designed course scores new owner

The Legacy Golf Club in Lakewood Ranch opened in 1997.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 10, 2024
In wake of hurricanes, hotel revenue in Hillsborough up 28%

Despite, or possibly because of, hurricanes Helene and Milton, Hillsborough County sees record revenue.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 14, 2024
North Port lawmakers appoint interim city attorney

The city attorney is moving, so the North Port City Commission appointed a replacement on an interim basis.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 26, 2018
Opinions wanted

The Business Observer is conducting a reader survey.

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  • November 27, 2020
St. Pete Pier wins top AIA award

Designers ASD | SKY and Rogers Partners and architect Robert Bitterli received honors at annual AIA Tampa Bay “Celebrate Design” awards.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 31, 2023
Las Vegas cannabis company pays $49M for Florida dispensaries

Planet 13's purchase of VidaCann, which has a large Gulf Coast presence, gives it an immediate foot print and the infrastructure to double its Florida store count quickly.

  • Florida
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 17, 2023
Former state prosecutor arrested in $100K fraud case with 85-year-old victim

Sherry Lee Ellis, 65, is charged with stealing nearly $113,000 from her Alzheimer's patient boyfriend.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • December 30, 2024
New and expanding supper clubs to take a bite out of the industry

The trend of supper clubs promises a different way to dine in Tampa Bay next year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Denise Kalette |
  • January 17, 2013
Protecting Your Cubs

A Tampa company's MamaBear app is garnering fans and media attention.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • February 26, 2016
Paid to play

Scott McNally and Nick Owens brought a new approach to the yacht brokerage industry with POP Yachts, their online-based boat and yacht brokerage.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 7, 2011
No Regrets

A pursuit Larysa Switlyk picked up five years ago changed her life. It could be her next career.

  • Entrepreneurs
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