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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 18, 2025
Sarasota garage door company grows reach with acquisition

D&D Garage Doors & Gates expanded its footprint into central Florida.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 1, 2023
South Carolina medical group buys Sarasota County eye care practice

Medical, Laser, & Surgical Care of Vision and Eye Diseases, a Venice eye practice, has been acquired.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • March 6, 2025
MarineMax completes latest acquisition

Shelter Bay Marine, a full-service marina and storage facility, now counts itself as one of 65 such facilities under the MarineMax company umbrella.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 23, 2026
Fort Myers contractor to rebuild two Sanibel condo communities

Both complexes were severely damaged during Hurricane Ian and are being completely rebuilt.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 23, 2026
Bank of America reopens Sarasota office; plans $29M investment in region

The bank was renovated following damage from Hurricane Milton.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2008
Corporate Report

New Coach House motorhome gets 20 mpgOdyssey Marine gets N.C. shipwreckSeaBridge Freightchooses Port ManateeTampa software firm chosen by Iowa physician groupFlanders' Bartow plantto rise from ashesBrown & Brown buys Subway accountsRaymond James chooses BlueThreadSarasota's Cap Creative launches event divisionMotorSports promotes new COOSirion drug under review by FDA

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 14, 2025
Captiva's South Seas moves forward as fight with neighbors continues

The resort's owners are readying to open a new beach front restaurant as it goes before Lee County to win approval for a plan opposed by some locals.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 15, 2020
Higher grounds: Coffee company hits its stride as it aims for the top

Raphael and Sarah Perrier, the husband-and-wife team that runs St. Petersburg, Florida-based Kahwa Coffee Roasters, have seen big rewards come from big risks.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 6, 2021
Industry Scorecard

RealTrends’ rankings of residential real estate brokerages offer insight into the state of the market in Florida and beyond.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • August 6, 2010
Government Digest: Aug. 6 - Aug. 12

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 17, 2004
Weathering the Storm

Commercial real estate industry is knocked about by the hurricanes, but still afloat.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • July 31, 2020
Pier ahead: Amid a new reality, rebuilt $92M amenity finally opens

After nearly a decade without one, St. Petersburg, Florida, again has a pier, with the $92 million project, more than seven years in the making, opening on July 6.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2009
Corporate Report

Kinetic Concepts wound-care patent negated in Germany

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  • By Denise Kalette |
  • December 28, 2012
A Whirlwind Year

Entrepreneur Nancy Tedeschi's invention took off, and now she's traveling the world to grow her company.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 23, 2012
Reengineered

Al Reynolds led WilsonMiller through the real estate boom and now Stantec in the recovery. But his map has gotten a lot bigger.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Ted Carter |
  • September 18, 2017
'Burden of excellence'

An intensely focused entrepreneurial couple, with a rarely satisfied mindset, targets dizzyingly fast growth.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • June 2, 2017
Sherri Morrison Creative Design

Morrison runs her business from her home in Goodland, on Marco Island. Most of her clients are in Naples and Marco Island.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • August 8, 2014
Pinting Pivot

Ray Sikorski's printing company has evolved from a one-person shop in his dining room to an 18-person company with big-name clients. Now he's looking at his next pivot to keep the company growing in a challenging industry.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 14, 2016
On the fence

Buying a business has a dark side, an enterprising couple discovered. They found an untapped fortitude and battled through.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
Emily Stroud, 35

Owner/Designer, Hayden Reis

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