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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 3, 2020
Nonprofit begins construction on $3 million restaurant, training facility

Naples-based Connor & Gaskins Unlimited recently broke ground on the project.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 5, 2020
Federal Reserve issues warning about CRE values

Federal Reserve Board report says commercial real estate prices nationwide could face a correction as a result of COVID-19 pandemic

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2019
Brains behind big — and profitable — ideas get their due

The National Academy of Inventors spotlights the University of South Florida's many entrepreneurial faculty members.

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  • February 13, 2014
Franchise leader pumped for growth

An ambitious effort to marry franchise-based marketing and branding techniques with the physical therapy industry is paying off for Jim Abrams.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • December 2, 2023
Tampa hospital completes $300M acquisition, forms new unit

Tampa General Hospital has acquired Bravera Health, the hospital's largest expansion in recent years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Emily Leinfuss |
  • November 2, 2012
Grand Expansion

Travel services haven't died with the Internet, they've just changed to match the times.

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  • November 12, 2019
Iconic downtown office, retail building sold for $4.4 million

The downtown Fort Myers deal went from start to close in 65 days.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • October 16, 2015
Jason Jensen, 38

Principal, Wannemacher Jensen Architects

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 2, 2016
Badge of honor

Entrepreneur Kim Martinez says for her company to win, it has 'to be more innovative than the competition.' Get ready for an inventive year.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 6, 2025
North Carolina company invests in Venice aluminum business

Garden City Equity has invested in Commercial Residential Aluminum.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 26, 2003
Coffee Talk (9/26/03)

This week's items: Republic Bank buyout: still no changeRBC in and Provident jobs out Naples Chamber president says location has been one of its keys Two airport controversies underway at Albert Whitte

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  • March 16, 2007
Icahn boosts pressure on WCI

Icahn says he'll offer $22 a share for WCI Communities. Meanwhile, three major hedge-fund investors disclose new stakes in the Southwest Florida homebuilder.

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  • August 22, 2003
Newsmakers

Dick Risner is a new superintendent at J.L. Wallace Inc., a Fort Myers-based general contracting company.

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  • July 8, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: July 8

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • October 14, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: Oct. 14

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • March 4, 2012
Top Salespeople: The Storyteller

One of the more longstanding businesses on the Gulf Coast, a yacht club, was in dire need of membership boost. It took an unconventional route.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 12, 2018
Twice as Nice

To cut costs and expand guests' experience, developers throughout the Gulf Coast are delving into 'dual-branded' hotels.

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  • January 24, 2014
Life without wires

Steve Kawasmy is developing his Aio Wireless territory at breakneck speed. His firm, One Cellular Stop Inc., hopes to have 37 open stores in February.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 8, 2021
Banker reflects on long career — and his lucky break

David Hall helped build Sanibel Captiva Community Bank into one of the highest-performing community banks in the region.

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  • October 12, 2007
Coffee Talk

Papa's Calistoga's empire to be: There's only one Calistoga Bakery Cafe. But the single Naples location will multiply to eight by next year, including restaurants in fast-growing Bonita Springs and Estero between Fort Myers and Naples.Former politician turns to real estate: Former Florida State Rep. Donna Clarke, who ran an unsuccessful campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006 after leaving state government, is getting back into the game.First Community Bank unshackled: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. recently lifted its "cease and desist" order on First Community Bank of Southwest Florida in Fort Myers, more than two years after it criticized the bank for its high number of residential construction loans and the need to beef up its scrutiny of customers who might have links to terrorism.Magnetic Receives Web Award: Magnetic, a Tampa-based Web development firm celebrating its 10th anniversary (featured in the June 25, 2007 Review), has received a 2007 Shopping Standard of Excellence WebAward from the Web Marketing Association for its work on www.askergoworks.com, the Web site for Ergo Works Inc., which provides ergonomic products and consulting services.Trump Tower minus Donald equals lawsuits: In another legal wrinkle to a continuing saga, a new lawsuit has been filed against the developers in the Trump Tower condo project in downtown Tampa, a building that if built, would be the tallest on the Gulf Coast.Market Stree

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