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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 3, 2013
Commercial brokers seek sky-high offers

Two of the more notable downtown office towers on the Gulf Coast remain without a name on top.

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  • January 16, 2013
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of nationwide expansion

Troy Roberts deservedly celebrated a major accomplishment in spring 2012, when Publix liquor stores statewide agreed to stock rum from his locally based distillery.

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  • February 21, 2013
THURSDAY'S CUP: Too big to fail is a disaster in waiting

Gulf Coast community bankers have argued for years that the too-big-to-fail dictum ushered in by Washington, D.C., punishes small banks at the expense of big ones.

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  • July 25, 2012
Construction company embraces its new normal

Even back in the boom, when Sarasota-based Southern Cross Contracting had construction work all over town, the firm's niche was projects outside the norm.

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  • September 11, 2012
The sun rises for global business

SunTrust Bank, one of the largest regional lenders on the Gulf Coast, has zeroed on a strategy to grow its loan portfolio: Go global.

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  • June 17, 2011
Caveat venditor?

Suffolk University's James Angelini recently penned a letter to the Wall Street Journal encapsulating the demographic influences on the nation's housing demand.

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  • February 11, 2011
Kitson & Partners buys Tuscany Reserve

Palm Beach Gardens-based Kitson & Partners purchased the 450-acre Tuscany Reserve golf course community from Addax Bank for $31 million.

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  • January 12, 2012
Award winner has mixed record

One of the most partisan, outspoken and liberal members of Congress, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, now has quite the ironic trophy to hang on her mantle: pro-business champion.

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  • January 19, 2012
Award winner has mixed record

One of the most partisan, outspoken and liberal members of Congress, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, now has quite the ironic trophy to hang on her mantle: pro-business champion.

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  • January 27, 2012
Fly Boys

Selling a storage shed — even one that can justifiably be called a luxury unit — is an effort loaded with challenges.

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  • April 27, 2012
Partnership creates optimism downtown

One of the most prominent properties in downtown Sarasota is primed to become a high-end restaurant.

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  • May 11, 2012
Sign of (old) times: Multiple bids resurface

The chatter about multiple bids for home sales making a comeback — so 2004 — is a reality on the Gulf Coast.

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  • August 6, 2021
Airport sets passenger record reenforcing sentiment that tourism is back — at least for now

St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport has the best month in its history though next few months could change the narrative

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  • August 9, 2021
Fortune 500 company buys local cybersecurity firm

CDW has purchased locally owned cybersecurity firm Focal Point for undisclosed amount

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  • August 12, 2021
Bell tower coming to The University of Tampa

The university is adding a massive, technologically advanced bell tower to its campus.

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  • August 19, 2021
Super Bowl champs find a new sponsor

Ohio-based bank signs on as sponsor of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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  • March 5, 2021
Former Checkers CEO takes helm of another fast-food chain

Rick Silva was CEO of Checkers & Rally's Restaurants for 13 years.

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  • March 22, 2021
Mental health services firm opens four new offices in region

Elite DNA Therapy Services is also expanding its virtual care services.

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  • March 25, 2021
Boosted by PPP loans, credit union surpasses $2 billion assets

Achieva Credit Union grew its business customer portfolio by 74% in 2020.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 13, 2021
Cancer network names pair of executives

Network continues its national expansion.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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