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  • December 7, 2016
Firm adds $535M in revenue with acquisition

Deltek marks the latest acquisition in Roper Technologies' push to expand its application software capabilities.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • January 20, 2014
Incentives keep firms bouncing

The often-warped logic of economic incentives to lure businesses to town is front and center yet again.

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  • May 18, 2012
Back Again

Well-known homebuilder Pat Neal, through Neal Communities, has posted a pair of notable three-year growth periods twice in the past decade.

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  • July 8, 2011
Corporate Report: July 8

The latest new from Cott, First Advantage, and other Gulf Coast companies.

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  • August 6, 2021
Master-planned community continues sales surge

Ave Maria in Collier County sells 400 homes in first half of 2021, on pace to triple sales from two years ago

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  • May 17, 2018
Home sales increase 5% for builder in 2018

Lakewood Ranch-based homebuilder Neal Communities sold 103 new homes in April in Southwest Florida.

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  • March 11, 2016
Hyatt Regency deal could top 2016 sales

It's still early in the year, but the sale of the 250-suite Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa is shaping up to be among the largest hotel sales of 2016 nationwide.

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  • July 6, 2023
Sarasota tourism agency names new CEO, president

Erin Duggan will step into the role in September.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 17, 2026
Prolific Lakewood Ranch homebuilder posts sales boost in four counties

Sales data from Neal Communities indicates an uptick in home buying activity.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 11, 2019
Dilweg Cos. selling Sarasota City Center office building

The Dilweg Cos., which acquired the 13-story Sarasota City Center office building in downtown Sarasota in April 2017 and subsequently invested about $5 million to upgrade the property, is listing it for sale. The Durham, N.C.-based company is seeking abou

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  • April 23, 2004
Newmakers (Sara/Mana edition)

The latest activities of local movers and shakers is provided free of charge.

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  • January 16, 2013
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of nationwide expansion

Troy Roberts deservedly celebrated a major accomplishment in spring 2012, when Publix liquor stores statewide agreed to stock rum from his locally based distillery.

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  • May 15, 2015
Big gulp for growth

Convenience giant 7-Eleven has made a big push to grow its franchise network nationwide, a move that resonates with Frank Faisal.

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  • April 6, 2007
Coffee Talk

Alexandra Miller has already survived a tricky internal power struggle within her Sarasota-based family-run medical supplies distribution company. Now she will try to survive a political campaign. The middle of March was good for US Home's Tampa division, which reported its best week this year. The builder sold 39 new homes in 23 Tampa Bay area communities during March 12-18.The gist of the survey, subtitled "what many boards and executives still don't know about the health of their businesses," is that many board members and senior executives are "in the dark about the overall health of their organizations" because they don't know enough about the non-financial matters, which tend to be tougher to monitor and judge.AnazaoHealth Corp. just made its third multimillion-dollar acquisition in 12 months. The Tampa-based custom mail-order pharmaceutical company acquired the assets of Kronos Compounding Pharmacy in Las Vegas.The latest taxable-sales data confirms anecdotes from many commercial builders: Charlotte County is experiencing a commercial construction boom.

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  • January 13, 2017
Master Plans

Florida, fueled partially by the Gulf Coast, continues to be a national leader in home sales within master-planned communities.

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  • August 15, 2014
Florida farming proves tough

Florida farming is proving to be a tough business for some New York investors.

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  • September 15, 2014
Advanzeon Solutions appoints new president

The Tampa company has brought on former sales and marketing consultant Dr. Mark Heidt.

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  • October 20, 2015
Homebuilder ends summer on hot streak

Neal Communities closed on more than 100 homes in September.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 25, 2019
It hurts: car rental giant remains on struggle bus

The latest hit to the Estero-based car rental giant comes from a Jan. 23 article on the popular investor’s blog Seeking Alpha. Titled “Hertz is Driving Down a Hill and the Brake Lines are Cut,”

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  • May 2, 2014
Firm models good exposure

A Sarasota company that connects the fashion and movie industry with area locations to do work hit its latest jackpot this week: It helped set up a photo shoot that starred Victoria's Secret model Toni Garrn — known in tabloid magazine circles as actor Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriend.

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