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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2014
Two Tampa-area centers part of $261M in deals

Real estate investment trust expands its presence by 1.6 million square feet.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 6, 2016
JLL fund buys Tampa warehouse

JLL Income Property Trust, a Chicago-based non-listed real estate investment trust, has acquired the Madison Business Center in Tampa for $28.3 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2014
Publix buys second area center, acquires Publix at Bee Ridge

Lakeland-based grocer Publix Super Markets purchased the 47,800-square-foot Publix at Bee Ridge retail center for $8.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2015
Stonegate cheers trading

Stonegate Bank has been marching up the Gulf Coast, snapping up banks from Naples to Fort Myers, Sarasota and Tampa, including Florida Shores Bancorp in January 2014.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 6, 2025
Casey Key waterfront estate listed for $16 million

The 2-acre estate with views of the Gulf of Mexico and the Intracoastal Waterway is "primed for redevelopment."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • February 26, 2025
Tampa tech firm lands six-month gig with Comcast NBCUniversal

Satisfi Labs is among 10 companies joining the SportsTech program from around the world.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 1, 2025
Local real estate company keeps buying up St. Pete land

The Clearwater firm's holdings in a single neighborhood rises to 17 acres.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2007
Drive to Succeed

From poor beginnings to pouring concrete, Bill Manfull has come a long - and prosperous - way in a colorful life. Says Manfull: "I'm just a simple working guy who happened to make a lot of money."

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 15, 2022
New Frontiers: Cryptocurrency and the metaverse are here to stay

Success in the commercial real estate industry of the future — and maybe even the now —requires an embrace of technologies that take the real world digital.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • November 4, 2021
The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee

Construction for the redevelopment project began in late 2020.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 4, 2014
Sweet Lou

Buying insurance can be confusing, if not maddening. One executive aims to take away the pain, an approach that clearly works: Annual premiums at his firm are up almost 60% since 2011.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 7, 2013
How the Florida Gators' defense managed to stymie FGCU ... for 25 years

In 1973, Southwest Florida was deemed too small for a university. It would take another 25 years until Florida Gulf Coast University formed to meet demand in the area

  • Opinion
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 15, 2026
Natalia Levey: Hospitality-centric leader has a soft spot for 3D printing

"If there's an error that happened, then we look at it, and we address it. … I like to sort of reframe that as opportunities." –Natalia Levey, Hi Hospitality Group

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 6, 2010
Keep the Cool

Not even a highly successful, specialized medical technology company on the Gulf Coast has been spared from some recession woes. A new top executive hopes some transformative moves will pay off.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 27, 2005
Fur-flying Fun

With Fun Friends' manufacturing done in China, entrepreneur Julian Parry has parlayed furry cell-phone coversinto a fashion accessory for teenaged girls.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 20, 2022
Flood insurance firm finds positives, negatives in storm's aftermath

Neptune Flood executive says data from Ian will help the company better serve customers before the next giant storm.

  • Insurance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 6, 2006
Lou Lasday: Brand loyalty is a two-way street

Marketers want customers to be loyal, but are they loyal to their customers?

  • Opinion
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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • September 23, 2011
Upsell Utopia

The recession downed a Pasco homebuilder's business. But custom homes are back in vogue and the firm is on the rise.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 16, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: Dec. 16

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • August 31, 2012
All In

David Osterweil cashed in everything and took out a loan against his house to start his own healthy prepared food chain. Eighteen months later, he is planning his fourth store and is catering the Republican National Convention.

  • Entrepreneurs
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