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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2003
Free Press

This week's items: Gulf Coast companies Win Sustainable Florida AwardsOrion Bank earnings grow by 30%Edgewater Beach Hotel & Club adds 1,100 square feetFamily Business reports differing opinions on economy

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 1, 2024
Fort Myers industrial park sells for $155 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a $435 hospital coming to Lee, a manufacturer expands in Pasco and hotel chain buys land in Venice.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 1, 2010
In Search of Perfection

It takes fortitude to reexamine every aspect of your business during a downturn. But Pelican Wire Company has done just that and is betting it will be better prepared for the economic recovery.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 12, 2010
Smooth Move

An entrepreneur who launched a million-dollar business with a $500 loan 16 years ago relocated to the Gulf Coast. She plans more growth here.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • January 7, 2011
Home Run Swing

After 25 years with his father's company, and now in his second term leading Tampa's chamber, Chuck Sykes does not flinch from taking tough stands.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 5, 2021
Oak Street funds target Walgreens

Chicago private equity firm Oak Street Real Estate Capital's move to buy Walgreens' stores comes as net-leased properties have gained in popularity.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 17, 2019
Building Spotlight -- 100 N. Tampa St.

Prudential Real Estate has hired commercial real estate brokerage firm HFF to market the 42-story 100 N. Tampa St. office building for sale. It could fetch a record price for a Tampa office asset of more than than $200 million

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 7, 2014
Full clip

Capital is starting to flow for manufacturers who invest big in equipment, but options remain limited. Azimuth Technology leads the way.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 14, 2014
Pay attention

Adam Hall says the technology exists today to personalize learning for each student. He's launched Nervanix to do just that.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 4, 2016
Rail heads

A group of artists creates model railroad landscapes that end up inside the homes of celebrities and financiers who pay tens of thousands of dollars to run their model trains.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jamie Kane |
  • June 19, 2015
Are you building an organization that can sell?

To hire effectively, you need to make sure a candidate's skills and personality are a fit for your team. Consider these tips to help you better evaluate potential employees.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2018
Developer breaks ground on $14M clubhouse at new community

Del Webb, a brand affiliated with Atlanta-based homebuilder PulteGroup Inc., has begun construction of a 19,000-square-foot clubhouse at its 55-plus Bexley community in Land O’Lakes, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 21, 2018
Area manufacturer plans 110 jobs, $10M investment

Welbilt plans to add 42,000 square feet of space to its facility.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 9, 2016
Gov. Scott touts sticky hires at area firm

Intertape Polymer Group has hired 30 people in Sarasota the last three years.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2014
Financial pros join together

Chief financial officers who seek camaraderie among peers in different businesses and industries now have an outlet: The CFO Forum.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • April 29, 2025
Atlanta med weight loss firm to operate in Tampa, add 100 jobs

OrderlyMeds, an Atlanta-based medical weight loss company, moves into its manufacturing hub in August.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • November 27, 2024
Community Foundation Tampa Bay adds new duo to board

The additions are in response to momentum following the hurricane season.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 19, 2018
Mercato adds tenants, amenities ahead of 10th anniversary

Upscale lifestyle center Mercato in Naples is adding new tenants and capital improvements in advance of its 10th anniversary next year to keep the center fresh and attractive.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 18, 2008
Sarasota/Manatee 40 under 40

A look at the best an brightest under 40 in Sarasota and Manatee Counties.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 15, 2006
Coffee Talk

Coffee Talk: Southwest may add Fort Myers flightsThe real estate market may be in the dumps, but at least one segment of the advertising industry that caters to it - billboards - is booming. Sarasota employers are not an optimistic bunch, according to Manpower Inc.'s most recent employment outlook survey.Coral Gables-based Cornerstone Group is touting its new all-concrete town home community as the cure to homeowners' insurance woes.If the residential real estate market is in a slump, you wouldn't know it based on investors' appetites.Morgan Stanley executives say they've raised $1.75 billion for Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund V U.S., the institutional fund that recently bought Babcock Ranch in partnership with West Palm Beach developer Syd Kitson. Tampa-based Suncoast Roofers Supply (profiled in the May 12 Review) has opened its 15th location, this one in Gainesville, home of the University of Florida Gators.When the public sector borrows from the business world, it tends to raise eyebrows and lower costs. In Sarasota County, that lesson is coming home in the Office of Financial Planning.Pulte Homes and its DiVosta subsidiary are two of the best homebuilders on the Gulf Coast for customer satisfaction, according to J.D. Power and Associates. Yet another Palm Avenue development RFPThere's an anti-development fight in St. Pete Beach, a south Pinellas County coastal community of 10,000, and Wa

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