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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 29, 2024
Lakeland startup makes tech-driven advances in publishing field

A husband-and-wife team seeks to help authors and publishers come together quicker — and with markedly improved books that will sell more copies.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 27, 2012
Shopping for Space

Retail real estate is improving on the Gulf Coast, but mostly in the best locations. Population and employment growth will spur increased demand.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • February 4, 2011
Insurance Resurrection

Last year's property insurance reform bill gets new life with a more conservative Legislature and pro-business governor.

  • Florida
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • November 27, 2025
Sarasota County resort blends old with new in $1.5M double-storm recovery

To recover from the 2024 storm season, Manasota Beach Club is blending the tried-and-true with the modern-day.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 8, 2012
Utility top exec to retire

Vincent Dolan, with Progress Energy for 26 years, will leave by 2013.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 5, 2017
Tampa man must forfeit Porsche in $342K theft case

Weldon Malveau pleaded guilty to scamming the IRS for nearly $350,000.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 26, 2025
Fort Myers airport adds Phoenix flight for holidays

American Airlines is adding service between RSW and PHX from November to January.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 2, 2007
Dueling Outlooks

Economists are split over the future of Florida's housing market. Some say the decline is at an end while others suggest there's more bad news to come.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 24, 2025
Naples billionaire: Why and how he's giving away his fortune

Scrappy self-made Naples billionaire Tom Golisano is approaching $1 billion in lifetime donations to nonprofits. Business principles guide his giving.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 25, 2020
Fast-moving financial crisis demands decisive action: banker

David Druey, Centennial Bank’s Florida regional president, says the coronavirus pandemic presents a host of challenges.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2008
Cover Update: Creating a Banking Brand

The Florida Bank Group in Tampa spent 2007 blending corporate cultures and creating a vision for what the company wants to be: a statewide network of banks that retain local management and local boards.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2012
American Realty Capital Trust buys Tampa Family Dollar store

The price equated to $105 per square foot and a payoff ratio based on an income (capitalization rate) of 8.4%.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2021
Developer sells retail plaza for more than $5M

Seagate Development Group bought and redeveloped the property more than three years ago.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 13, 2013
$7.6 billion hospital deal gets approval

Health Management Associates tells shareholders to back $7.6 billion sale to Community Health Systems.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 2, 2013
Habitat for Humanity of Lee, Hendry buys Majorca Palms Estates

Habitat for Humanity of Lee and Hendry Counties Inc. purchased the partially developed Majorca Palms Estates property for $3.47 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 5, 2026
Bradenton used car lot sells for $1.25M

The property that sold is in Bradenton's Village of the Arts.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 20, 2026
Medical office building in east Manatee County sells for $3.6M

The 14,400-square-foot building was fully occupied.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2017
David Otterness, 37

Project Executive, Willis Smith Construction

  • Class of 2017
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2013
Amy Nichols, 36, and Erin Zolner, 39

The Lollicake Queen, co-owners

  • Class of 2013
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 2, 2022
Homebuilder buys nearly 130 lots south of Tampa

Casa Fresca will build entry-level homes on the properties in Riverview and Apollo Beach.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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