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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • August 1, 2014
Laser Focus

With more than 30 years' experience with retail giants such as Nike, Calvin Klein and Warner Brothers, Bruce Fabel knows what it takes to build and expand. He's laying the groundwork at Ideal Image.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 9, 2013
Couple gets listening lesson

Cinzia Forbes and her husband, Michael Forbes, ran a small olive oil distribution business in Sarasota for more than a decade that was, in their words, mostly a money-losing hobby.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 22, 2021
Miami developer sells two area properties for nearly $27.5M

Tricera Capital sells properties in Tampa and St. Petersburg; says it remains committed to market

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 7, 2021
Prominent shopping center listed for $45.8 million

Tampa's The Corner at Westshore, home of The Container Store, LongHorn Steakhouse, for sale

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 14, 2020
Area coffee company teams with supermodel

Kahwa Coffee Roasters has struck a deal with supermodel and businesswoman Kathy Ireland, who will serve as a global brand ambassador for the St. Petersburg, Florida-based firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 1, 2018
Sarasota County offers key downtown corner for sale

Sarasota County will take bids of at least $3.1 million through June 19 for nearly one-acre site at 20 N. Washington Blvd.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2018
University launches market research lab

USF St. Petersburg’s Kate Tiedemann College of Business has officially opened a Consumer Insight and Sales Lab in St. Petersburg, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 14, 2018
Henderson joins Avison Young capital markets team in Tampa

Allen Henderson joins commercial real estate brokerage firm Avison Young in Tampa to beef up the company's capital markets group amid heightened investment activity.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 20, 2017
Blast from the past

The Business Observer has always been about the people behind the companies. Do you recognize some of these faces from our archives?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2014
Real estate brokerage in good company

A commercial real estate market rebound is in full force at Sperry Van Ness in Sarasota-Bradenton.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 2, 2025
Vinik home in Tampa listed for $19.8 million

The south Tampa nine-bedroom, 10-bathroom house is nearly 15,000 square feet and in a prime city neighborhood.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 21, 2014
Follow the rooftops

Commercial roofing contractor Michael Shephard diversified his company to improve margins. Now it's positioned to accelerate with the market.

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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • September 11, 2015
Craft peer

Experience has fueled World of Beer's current expansion. Will it be enough to create the next big chain?

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • July 22, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A pair of Hillsborough County apartment sales surpass $200 million in the week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • November 6, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for Oct. 3-9 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

An RV Park sale in Lee County for $52 million paces the week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 19, 2013
Food distributor moves HQ to Bonita Springs

Innovative Food Holdings acquired a 10,000-square-foot building.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2012
Lee hotel revenues rise

Revenues at hotels in Lee County rose 5% in March compared with 2011.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 16, 2015
Restaurant chain promotes exec to president

Chris Tomasso was previously chief marketing officer of First Watch.

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 2, 2025
Sarasota chamber leader wins global recognition

Heather Kasten, president and CEO of Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, has earned the highest certification of the chamber profession.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 9, 2010
Survival Trot

Gulf Coast nonprofits are getting pounded by the recession. But one is surviving by embracing for-profit business principles.

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