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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 19, 2023
Construction starts on $220 million Sarasota cancer center

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Sarasota gas station is sold, a St. Pete office building brings $7.9 million, and an apartment complex opens in Fort Myers.

  • Florida
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 25, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Dealership buys Naples property, moving to Pine Ridge RoadFifth Third Bank planning third Cape Coral branchLand & Sea invests in Tamiami buildingSivertsen Commercial Real Estate developing plans for Tamiami parcelLion's Gate Development announces The ProsceniumWashington Crossing to start in '08 Simply Self Storage acquires Osprey self-storage sitePinellas EDC pitching Toytown to developersKorman Residential Properties buys River Chase for $69 millionWoolbright Development buys Bloomingdale PlazaThe Rosen Group invests in Tampa BJ's

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 31, 2003
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Fewer regioanl venture-capital dealsHow SMH is stopping the bleedingLongboat company disputes claim

  • News
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 15, 2020
Ashley Drummonds, 32

Founder, ABS Protein Pancakes

  • Class of 2020
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 17, 2025
Bradenton home of 130-year Pelot’s pharmacy up for sale

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Tampa storage facility sold for nearly $38 million, Ray's future owner buys SWFL lots, and Fort Myers radio stations get an upgrade.

  • Florida
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 14, 2022
Ken Hargreaves, 37

WealthGen Advisors, president

  • Class of 2022
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2007
The 'Fishingest' Hotel

How do you market a nine-room hotel that's off the beaten path? It helps to be nestled next to the world's most fishingest bridge.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 13, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Is this moratorium a building moratorium?: Sarasota County Commissioner Jon Thaxton may have suggested a method for controlling growth in a recent county meeting, but he says he never suggested a building moratorium as the Gulf Coast Builders Exchange had suggested.There's room for more in Collier County: Who says Collier County is getting overcrowded?Growing ranks of female 'Cs': Slow to change in many social respects, Manatee-Sarasota has shifted from an all-male hospital CEO market to one becoming dominated by female 'Cs' - as in chief executive officers and chief operating officers.Wild for Wal-Mart: In 2002, Barry Seidel, president of American Property Group of Sarasota Inc., and his wife Leslye purchased 1.7 acres of OPI (office professional or institutional) land at 310 S. Tamiami Trail for $217,200.

  • News
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 1, 2010
Flat Lands

The management style at one of the most prominent publicly traded companies on the Gulf Coast is flat. Fortunately for long-term shareholders, the company's returns have definitely not been.

  • Strategies
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 25, 2013
'Zero In'

U.S. Attorney Robert O'Neill has targeted the 1% — not the ultra-wealthy, but the wrongdoers in the business community. He expects to have a busy year.

  • Law
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 14, 2020
How to spend less time answering emails

Set up email filters and use a tool to manage internal communication outside of email.

  • Strategies
  • By Laura Lyon |
  • October 10, 2024
Vanessa Evans, 35

40 Under 40 winner Vanessa Evans is head of public relations at Legoland Resorts, North America.

  • Class of 2024
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 10, 2024
Chris DiBitetto, 39

40 Under 40 winner Chris DiBitetto is vice president and managing broker at ERES Companies.

  • Class of 2024
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 9, 2025
Taylor Penny, 29

40 Under 40 winner Taylor Penny is land development project manager at Homes by WestBay.

  • Class of 2025
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • November 7, 2022
Naples restaurants rebuild in six weeks, following six-month remodel

Pazzo! Cucina Italiana and Chops City Grill are expected to reopen later this month.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 4, 2005
Coming Home from Homeland Security

A former top federal prosecutor explains her new role in the American national-security apparatus.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 4, 2008
THE CAPITALIST: Irony on Wall Street

THE CAPITALIST: Irony on Wall Street

  • Opinion
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2004
Deciphering the Attribute Index

What is the key to successful business excellence? asks Stephen Garber, who lives and works in the Sarasota area, provides executive coaching for individuals and organizations to enable them to select, retain and develop performance champions.

  • Opinion
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 16, 2013
CEO School

No school can teach you how to be a CEO, but this peer group comes close.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2021
EDC, amid restructuring, dramatically grows board

The members will be crucial in guiding the Sarasota County EDC's future.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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