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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 1, 2019
Crack books, not beers: College bar makes way for science

The University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida, plans to expand its campus with a new building for biology and chemistry research.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2019
CEO leaves business organization to become chamber head

Heather Kasten became the CEO and president of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance in 2014.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 1, 2019
Web-based business provide Florida a big boost

Buying and selling stuff and services over the internet is obviously a behemoth industry — but just how big is it in Florida? Pretty big.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2018
Customer experience — not service — is the new battleground

leadership development, focus, customer experience, Orion Development Group, Eckerd College, summer, training

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 11, 2018
Who will pay for proposed $892 million baseball stadium?

The Tampa Bay Rays lifted the curtain on their proposal for a new ballpark in Tampa's Ybor City, but the $892 million cost could be a sticking point.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 7, 2022
Naples and New York investment firms specializing in REITs join forces

Naples' Real Estate Management Services Group and LDR Capital Management have merged; terms not disclosed

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 22, 2017
Developer unveils plans for $45M senior living project

Campo Felice Retirement Living has already built phase one of a project in downtown Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 26, 2017
Radio days

Two of the more outgoing construction executives in the Sarasota-Bradenton market, Jack Cox and Jeff Charlotte, are branching out to a new line of work: radio.

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  • October 4, 2013
Corporate Report: October 4

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • May 23, 2014
DRW Real Estate Investments buys, renovating Windermere Apartments

Chicago-based DRW Real Estate Investments LLC purchased the 180-unit Windermere Apartments on Main Street for $10 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2016
Architecture firm grows by being bold, curious

Sweet Sparkman was recently selected to design a new Venice Public Library for Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2014
Ringling College of Art, Design creating filmmaking complex

Ringling College of Art and Design announced plans to create a new digital filmmaking complex in downtown Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2014
New York's Vesper Holdings buys The Pointe at South Florida

New York City-based real estate investment firm Vesper Holdings LLC purchased the 1,002-bed The Pointe at South Florida student-housing facility for $31 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 13, 2015
Homebuilder builds on triumphant return

The recession, and the carnage it brought to the homebuilding industry, forced Jeff Eslinger to shutter his family-run new-home construction firm in 2009.

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  • May 8, 2015
Naples: More than death and taxes

In Naples, home to hordes of wealthy retirees, estate-planning attorneys are on nearly every corner. So it's news when an attorney sets up his own office in an area of law other than taxes and probate.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 5, 2023
National real estate firm expands into Sarasota

The team chosen to lead has executed $300 million in sales in the area since 2020.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 25, 2023
Nonprofit addressing poverty in Collier County adds board members

The Immokalee Foundation was founded in 1991.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • September 1, 2023
Tampa Bay medical training school acquires Northeastern campuses

Ultimate Medical Academy says it will expand into north with American Institute.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 25, 2025
Naples construction leader expands in Sarasota, Tampa with new execs

A former president of a Sarasota produce firm is one of two new DeAngelis Diamond executives.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2023
Prominent Sarasota community foundation names new president, CEO

The news came less than a year following the current CEO announcing retirement plans.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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