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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2015
Corporate report

Front Burner Brands reorganizing, splitting off Burger 21; Jabil aftermarket buyer, iQor relocating to St. Pete's One Progress Plaza; BayCare Health CEO retiring in 2016, COO Inzina to assume top role; Tech Data board agrees to $100 million buyback; American Water Chemicals rebranding, changing name to Alkema Solutions; American Water Chemicals rebranding, changing name to Alkema Solutions; Morristown, N.J.'s Covanta operating new waste plant

  • Strategies
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 12, 2023
Stephen Tracy, 35

An IT executive focuses on growing stable of fellow leaders.

  • Class of 2023
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 12, 2023
Clay Hollis, 34

A lobbyist learned long ago that government is about finding balance.

  • Class of 2023
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 10, 2024
Lisa Branch, 37

40 Under 40 winner Lisa Branch is a project manager at Suffolk.

  • Class of 2024
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 13, 2021
Developer believes corporations obligated to give back

Jared Meyers is pushing the idea of B Corps to get businesses to give back more to their communities.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 9, 2026
Challenges await as Hoffmann prepares to take over Iowa newspaper chain

The founder of the Hoffmann Family of Cos. will become chairman of Lee Enterprises after $51 million stock purchase.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 1, 2021
Word for 2021: Anthem

Taken from Ayn Rand’s 1937 novella, it stands as a warning to reject the spread of collectivism.

  • Opinion
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • June 25, 2009
Shedding light on renewal

Community Affairs Secretary Tom Pelham sets the record straight on the Community Renewal Act after opponents and editorial boards misrepresent the law's key provisions.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 14, 2012
Patience, Patience

The current community-banking environment isn't for the weak-hearted. Yet the bank that remains the newest on the Gulf Coast might have the perfect antidote to the heartache.

  • Finance
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 19, 2005
Anything is Possible

In spite of Chris-Craft's two bankruptcies, Stephen Julius and Stephen Heese saw great valuein the name and its history. They've surpassed $50 million in sales; $100 million is the next goal.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • June 29, 2023
Community foundation exec leaves nonprofit to run another organization

Manatee Community Foundation named former Gulf Coast Community Foundation COO Veronica Thames to lead the nonprofit.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • August 9, 2023
Tampa, St. Pete renters would get moderate space in home buying

If home-buying, renters in Orlando would do better, but renters in Miami would get much less space than Tampa Bay.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • April 10, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for March 28-April 3 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A commercial land acquisition for nearly $60 million leads the week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 28, 2023
Work starts on $42M, 100,000-square-foot student center at USF Sarasota-Manatee

The University of South Florida campus hopes to change its reputation as a commuter college with new residences and a student center set to open at the start of the 2024 school year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 23, 2022
Top First Watch executive, board member to retire

After almost 40 years, the current board member and former CEO of the company's subsidiary is stepping down.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 14, 2022
$618 million resort signs sponsorship deal with pro racecar driver

Sunseeker Resorts is preparing for its 2023 opening.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 13, 2022
On the rise: Some Florida markets remain national leaders in apartment rent increases

While there are signs of the trend slowing, Hurricane Ian may change that.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2009
Gyrocam's Sanborn revels in a victory

The news that giant global defense contractor Lockheed Martin reached a deal to buy Gyrocam Systems, one of Sarasota's rising corporate stars, is a major vindication for local entrepreneur Ken Sanborn.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • May 28, 2010
Government Digest: May 28 - June 3

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 31, 2021
Senior living community prepares $41 million redevelopment project

Improvements at Naples senior living community Vi at Bentley Village will begin later this and be completed in early 2023.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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