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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 15, 2022
National MedSpa leader names new CFO

Adam Hasiba previously worked for McKinsey & Co.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • April 1, 2022
Former CEO joins Venice nonprofit in new role

Kameron Partridge Hodgens will now work side-by-side with Jennifer Johnston, the new director of community leadership.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • November 18, 2016
Pharmacies pay $750K over fraud allegations

One of the companies is based in North Port.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2017
Entrepreneur finds buyer for $140M tech firm

Tony DiBenedetto co-founded Tribridge in 1998.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • January 5, 2018
Smooth Sailing

Ferry service says its on its way.

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  • September 4, 2014
Conn. firm buying 80% of Deer Valley

Peerless Systems plans to pay $3.7 million to buy shares from Vicis Capital Master Fund and Deer Valley Corp.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • September 12, 2014
Vengroff buys Sarasota Airport Hotel, converting to affordable apartment

Sarasota businessman Harvey Vengroff purchased the 117-unit Sarasota Airport Hotel for $2.25 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2014
Biz Hall of Fame adds a trio

Tampa entrepreneur Tony DiBenedetto, named to the Business Observer's 50 most powerful people in the region list in 2011, has been inducted into the Florida State University College of Business Hall of Fame.

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  • May 9, 2014
O'Brien Automotive of Florida buys Galloway Mazda, real estate

O'Brien Automotive of Florida purchased the business and real estate of the Galloway Mazda dealership from Galloway Auto. The real estate, which includes buildings for sales, services and detailing, on 4.57 acres on Colonial Boulevard that was sold for $1.4 million. An additional portion of the property was transferred in a quitclaim deed for $1.15 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 3, 2014
Two Tampa area law firms merging

In the next few months Bronstein Carlson will begin operating from the St. Petersburg offices of Johnson Pope.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • August 11, 2016
Developer snags real estate exec, opens new office

Jon Graber is back with the Sembler Co., where he was a leasing representative from 2006-2011.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2014
Vinik development group buys Tampa Marriott Waterside, marina

Strategic Property Partners LLC, Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik's development company, purchased the 719-room Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina for $150 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • December 11, 2015
A new opportunity buds

Sarasota area florist Art Conforti recently confronted one of an entrepreneur's greatest challenges: The exit strategy.

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  • December 21, 2015
Oncology firm to pay $20M fine

Fort Myers-based 21st Century Oncology agreed to pay a fine of nearly $20 million to the government to settle allegations of improper billing.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2015
Progressive firm secures new owner

Progressive Employer Management Co. was founded in 1999.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • January 27, 2015
Tampa restaurant group expands to Manatee

Ciccio Restaurant Group is also growing in St. Petersburg.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 1, 2015
Investment partnership buys Hilton Garden Inn

Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm Excel Group and Wilton, Conn., investment-management company Westport Capital Partners LLC purchased the 148-room Hilton Garden Inn Tampa North for $11.15 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 31, 2024
400 jobs available at Longboat Key resort before opening

The St. Regis Longboat Key will hold a job fair in June at the Van Wezel.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 17, 2024
Texas company buys 75-employee SWFL-based engineering firm

A Texas engineering and consulting services company has acquired GradyMinor, a civil engineering firm with two Southwest Florida offices and 75 employees.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 8, 2025
Hoffmann Family to develop Estero golf course on site it bought for $14.5M

The company is developing the course Old Corkscrew Golf Club, which it bought in 2022.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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