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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2012
FMI Hansa Medical Products buys industrial building, land

The price for just the building equated to $69 per square foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 27, 2012
Lee's Fischer, Watt recognized

Scott Fischer and Barbara Watt to be added to Lee Business Hall of Fame.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 22, 2012
Gulf Coast mines advantage from downturn

Tourism officials in four Gulf Coast cities can finally put the housing downturn to good use.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 22, 2018
Man sentenced to three months in jail for loan scheme

Stephen Hummell of Sarasota was also sentenced to 15 years of probation after a guilty plea for an advanced fee loan scam.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 25, 2017
Linen rentals firm goes big on national expansion

Sarasota-based Linens by the Sea is starting expansion with Jacksonville.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2017
Sarasota wins headquarters project, 72 jobs

FloorForce will move its headquarters to Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 17, 2017
GSC buys second area complex this year

Continuing a wave of multifamily rental acquisitions throughout the Gulf Coast, a Virginia-based apartment operator has purchased a Sarasota complex for $43.25 million, according to property records.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 28, 2014
Cole Real Estate Investments buys Bonita Springs Family Dollar

The price equated to $214 per square foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 3, 2013
Women's pain relief firm targets Europe

Sarasota-based Ziivaa made its European debut in late November.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2016
Leave your wallet in San Francisco

It's not just a five-hour flight that separates the bay areas of San Francisco versus the bay areas of Tampa and St. Petersburg.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2016
The fix is in

Florida, it turns out, is more than oranges, tourists and condo booms and busts.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 6, 2025
Riverview hotel obtains $14.5 million refinancing package

Largo Capital secured the financing for the Hilton Garden Inn off of Interstate 75.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 18, 2025
Bradenton part of national gym chain's expansion plans

EōS Fitness plans to open its first Manatee County location in former Big Lots store.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 9, 2025
Developer buys Pasco County acreage for master-planned community

GPI Real Estate has bought three continuous parcels totaling 149.5 acres in Wesley Chapel.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • September 3, 2025
Tampa call center to lay off 76 employees

Guide to Insure announced it will be laying off 76 employees in an Aug. 29 letter to the Florida Department of Commerce.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 7, 2026
Manatee hospital CEO named leader of Indiana health network

Andy Guz worked in this region for a decade.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 30, 2011
Acquisition Simulation

The top executive for a $60 million Gulf Coast medical technology business took on a complicated mission: Find a buyer for the firm without sacrificing price. It was an exacting operation.

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  • October 9, 2020
President Trump appointee tours area manufacturing facility

Air Products operates a 300,000-square-foot plant in Port Manatee.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 28, 2013
Happy fields

A cavernous former hotel in downtown Fort Myers will get new life as senior housing, removing an obstacle to growth there.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 17, 2013
Work it

Doubters and disbelievers beware: Mark Pentecost has proven everyone wrong before. He plans to do it again, real soon.

  • Entrepreneurs
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