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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 6, 2017
Take that, hurricanes

Developer building a strategy to battle storms.

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  • June 5, 2015
High-tech expansion is afoot

The first time Bill Robinson helped build a sporting goods chain, a Bradenton company that later became Champs Sports, technology was an afterthought.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 28, 2024
Orioles plan high-tech expansion of Sarasota spring training site

A proposed clubhouse addition would bring high-tech batting cages, player facilities and additional parking.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 14, 2024
Prolific multi-brand firm buys another Midwest manufacturing business

The Hoffmann Family of Cos. in Naples has announced its second manufacturing company acquisition in the past 10 days.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 11, 2024
Pounded twice but Lee waterfront restaurant ‘ain’t giving up’

The Mucky Duck promises to come back.

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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • December 15, 2025
Pinellas artwork manufacturer completes $13.5M facility expansion

Wendover Art Group expanded its Largo facility to nearly 200,000 square feet with help from Pinellas County's Employment Sites Program.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 19, 2023
Ex-attorney successfully ventures into winemaking

A happenstance discovery of historical documents led attorney Desiree Noisette to quit her job and go full on into a new career: winemaking. The high-risk move is paying off.

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  • April 8, 2011
Calling Dr. Gridlock

Traffic problems near your business could be resolved easily.

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  • October 7, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Saunders donates $100,00O to USF's Sarasota-Manatee campus: Michael Saunders, the head of the well-known Sarasota-based real estate firm that bears her name, is donating $100,000 to the University of South Florida's Sarasota-Manatee campus.First Watch continues aggressive growth: First Watch Restaurants Inc. has beefed up its management team with three newly created positions in an effort to support its aggressive growth strategy.Sanibel resorts for sale in a "seller's market": Meristar Hospitality Corp., a publicly traded real estate investment trust in Northern Virginia, has five properties for sale on Sanibel Island in Lee County.Confusion from our bank rankings: Well, we know the bankers are reading our annual banking edition. We heard from them.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 17, 2010
Do It Again

WCI Communities was largely written off when it filed for bankruptcy protection. But after emerging from reorganization, the residential development company now plans to build homes again.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 16, 2009
Special 40 under 40: The Right Mix

Patricia Entsminger, 39 • Belinda Holmes, 37 Jennifer Glassmoyer, 36 Chris Chiaro, 32Ben Jones, 26 • Kerkering Barberio

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  • November 14, 2008
Moving down market

Persystent Technologies has a new chief executive that is expanding the company's customer base.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 2, 2011
A New World

An entrepreneur who built a $200 million business has started over in a different industry. It's a gamble that could test his patience — and his wallet.

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  • December 23, 2011
Making a Comeback

Rodney Hershberger is CEO of PGT Industries Inc. in North Venice.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 9, 2016
Retail Market: Tampa to Sarasota

The retail market from Tampa to Sarasota has been steadily adding space during the past four years, even as overall vacancy has fallen and rental rates have increased. This stems, in large part, from the regional economy's recovery and population growth.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 23, 2016
Hotel deals flourish on Gulf Coast

Last week in this space we addressed the seemingly endless appetite investors and developers appear to have for apartments along the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 25, 2015
New lingo

Dino Lingo aims to help parents teach another language to children. It starts with fun and games.

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  • November 24, 2006
Framing the Fight

After several business gyrations, Ken Sanborn thinks he's found his focus: Cameras that serve as life preservers for overseas soldiers.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • March 18, 2011
Looking Ahead

As UnitedHealthcare's top executive in Florida, Tampa's David Lewis oversees the state's second-largest health care provider network. Certain issues need to be addressed for the benefit of all involved.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 18, 2022
Economic downturn no cause for concern for pet industry executive

Royal Pets Market & Resort founder and CEO Denise Wolin is more worried about the effects of another wave of COVID infections.

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