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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 12, 2020
Multiple national franchise brands plan Florida expansion

With the pandemic looming, several spirited franchise businesses — selling burgers, breakfasts and breaststrokes — set the groundwork for Florida-focused growth.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 27, 2020
Developer introduces new senior living model

The chase to land active senior living residents has new twist.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 15, 2012
Snap Success

Rejecting naysayers can be the toughest part of turning an invention into commercial success. One determined entrepreneur pulled it off.

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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • April 17, 2015
Unfriendly fraud

Online retailers lose nearly $12 billion annually in credit card chargebacks. A Clearwater firm found a solution, and turned it into a fast-growth business.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 2, 2022
Leader of Tampa tech association to step down after 10 years

Virginia Lee will succeed Jill St. Thomas as interim CEO of Tampa Bay Tech.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 29, 2022
Takeout pasta concept opens third franchise in region

Passersby will notice a mural created by local artists and watch the signature DalMoros pasta machine at work.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 18, 2006
Lee-Collier Runner-Up 2

Jerry Williams, Chairman, President and CEO, Orion Bancorp: Is there an entrepreneurial gene?If so, it's dominant in Jerry Williams' family. In Athens, Texas, Williams' father and grandfather created numerous successful ventures, from steel construction to auto-parts stores.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 2, 2010
Banking news not all gloom and doom

Coffee Talk is happy to report that not all the news in local community banking is about regulatory shut downs and desperate capital raising efforts.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2013
Tampa Bay foreclosures are nation's fourth-highest

Florida is still the hardest-hit state for foreclosures, a new report shows.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 13, 2021
Local company receives premarket clearance on wound care product

The Omeza Collagen Matrix is the company's first medical prescription product.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 24, 2020
Tri-County Business Park sells for nearly $37 million

The Tri-County Business Park, a collection of 20 office and light industrial buildings, has been sold to a pair of South Florida firms for nearly $37 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2020
Insurance group starts charitable foundation for more efficient giving

In April 2019, FCCI Insurance Group established the FCCI Charitable Foundation.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 20, 2022
Hertz invests $19M in European electric vehicle company

The rental car firm makes another step in electric vehicle mobility movement.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 27, 2018
Florida college students falter with loan debt

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 30, 2018
UPS leases entire McCraney building in Polk County

UPS has signed a lease for the entire new 27 Logistics Park building that McCraney Property Co. of West Palm Beach recently completed in Davenport, in Polk County

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 27, 2018
Plant City retail center trades for $29 million

JBL Asset Management buys Plant City retail center for $29 million in keeping with its strategy to acquire properties near thriving urban hubs

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 15, 2013
Feld focuses on long-term

Executives with Feld Entertainment, the company behind one of the most notable economic development projects in Manatee County over the last decade, are all about 20/20 vision.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2016
Big Deal

The Amazon fulfillment center in south Hillsborough County, all 1.1 million square feet of it, is really only a microcosm of CEO Jeff Bezos's grand vision: To outdo anyone and everyone in service and speed.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2015
Big gulp for growth

Convenience giant 7-Eleven has made a big push to grow its franchise network nationwide, a move that resonates with Frank Faisal.

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  • By Kyle D. Elliott |
  • March 1, 2024
Avoiding Construction Liens Caused by Your Tenant

Informed landlords can attempt to limit the impact of tenant-initiated construction by taking the following steps.

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