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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 20, 2019
National professional services firm consolidates its position in local market

The strategic merger will create a new accounting powerhouse in Tampa Bay.

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  • 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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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2019
State to spend $1.4B to rebuild congested business district interchange

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) plans to spend $1.4 billion to rebuild an interstate junction that has vexed Tampa Bay, Florida, area commuters for years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 8, 2019
Maryland company buys Tampa office and industrial complex

A Timonium, Md.-based company acquired the Park 6 office and industrial complex in Tampa, which had once been part of the Tri-County Business Park

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • January 14, 2019
Retailer plans to shutter 250 stores

Fort Myers-based Chico’s FAS plans to close locations from its network in the next three years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 24, 2019
Hospital system leaders resign over controversial program

Primary care physicians and residents took their opposition to NCH Healthcare’s hospitalist program to the streets of Naples , resulting in the resignations of CEO and chief of staff.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2018
Lesson in priorities

Gov. Jeb Bush and Syn Kitson of Kitson Development Group celebrate opening of Babcock Neighborhood School

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  • August 23, 2018
Go Dutch: Airport to offer service to Netherlands

Delta Air Lines will launch year-round, nonstop flights to Amsterdam from Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Florida, beginning May 23, adding a fifth European destination to the airport’s route map.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2018
Two companies collaborate on unique beer offering

RND Robot Red is now served at Naughty Monk Brewery.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 16, 2018
Chinese tower gains BOMA designation with local help

The Building Owners and Managers Association International has bestowed its “Certificate of Excellence” on Shanghai Tower, thanks in part to some help from a local source.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 27, 2018
Tampa City Center tower coming to market

Alliance Capital HSP selling skyscraper after more than three years of ownership

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • April 24, 2022
Naples real estate giant grows with acquisition

Pine Island Realty has about a dozen agents.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • March 30, 2022
Rhea Law officially becomes University of South Florida's next president

At its March 30 meeting, the Florida Board of Governors unanimously approved her appointment.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • December 9, 2016
IN MEMORIAM | John Puffer III 1942-2016

Dr. Bill DeWeese was standing in line at Tampa International Airport in the 1980s, waiting for a flight to Mexico City, when he started chatting with a fellow traveler.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 17, 2017
Area officials up for statewide post

Florida CFO Jeff Atwater's decision to leave state politics for academia could have a big impact on the Sarasota-Bradenton region.

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  • March 1, 2017
Car crash scam leads to 14-year prison sentence

Nesly Loute is the sixth defendant in the PIP auto insurance scam.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 21, 2017
Here comes the Sun

Sarasota-based company Apollo Sunguard Systems is included in a federal $20 million purchase order agreement.

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  • August 18, 2017
Value shoppers

Live near a Trader Joe's? Well, good for you.

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  • September 27, 2017
Columbia Restaurant owners buy $4M building

The three-story building on Longboat Key follows the acquisition of property next door.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2017
Top executive gets his way

It's now officially Bob Simpson Way

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