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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • February 19, 2025
Tampa venture capital firm invests in govtech startup

It's the firm’s first leap into the government sector

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 7, 2025
Hoffmann Family of Cos. acquires Naples marine tourism business

The Naples conglomerate purchased Pure Florida, which specializes in such activities as dolphin tours and personal watercraft rentals.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 22, 2025
Investment firm buys Naples apartment community

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 14, 2019
Hospital system board approves governance structure change

Lee Health Board of Directors approves plan to establish five committees to play advisory role and increase involvement of physicians, staff and public..

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 24, 2015
Bankruptcy could sever waterfront pipeline

Sometimes difficult tasks come with needed rewards.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 11, 2009
Government Digest

A look at government actions from around the Gulf Coast

  • Florida
  • By Board Certified in Intellectual Property Law, Doug Cherry’ |
  • May 22, 2020
Protecting your brand

Protecting your brand

  • Law
Sponsored Content
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 24, 2024
$400K theft from organization helping seniors lands woman in prison

A 49-year-old woman was sentenced to prison Tuesday for stealing from a business that provided HVAC and other maintenance services to residents of Sun City Center.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 21, 2020
Cookie entrepreneur focuses on customer service

Cindy Unzicker makes and sells cookies with her side hustle, Bite Me Cookies by Cindy.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 7, 2012
Corporate Report: September 7

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 4, 2012
New Tampa permit office opens

The reorganized office will help streamline development permitting.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2018
Business recruiting board reappoints ad industry executive

Ed Bolter to remain on seven-member Lee County Industry Development Authority.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 11, 2014
Five million and counting

It's a good thing that filing documents with Collier County's Clerk of Circuit Court has an electronic option.

  • News
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 21, 2023
Longstanding family-run insurance firm promotes third-generation leader to CEO

Austin Boyd has been with the company since 2013.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2004
Free Press (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Buchanan Automotive Group shows growth in Automotive News rankingsRoofing contractor wins Firestone Inner Circle of Quality AwardGallery for Metropolitan Sarasota Bay opened at 1150 Ritz Carlton Drive

  • News
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 18, 2022
Boston hospitality company shuttering Tampa hotel and laying off all employees

The company will close the Westshore district hotel near Tampa International Airport on Dec. 19, six days before Christmas.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 15, 2021
Nashville firm buys Swan Lake apartments

Covenant Capital Group focuses on acquisitions with upside potential from renovations.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 4, 2020
Pinellas apartments sell for $120 million

St. Petersburg, Largo apartment complex sales demonstrate that demand for multifamily rentals in the county remains strong, despite the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 9, 2019
Rainier buys Woodlands Square for $64 million

A Dallas-based investment firm has spent $64 million to acquire the Woodlands Square Shopping Center in Oldsmar in the wake of a multimillion renovation.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2015
Scientists face 20 years in prison

Mahmoud Aldissi and Anastassia Bogomolova were found guilty of wire fraud, identity theft and falsifying records.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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