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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 28, 2014
Smother up some expansion

The Tampa area really goes all in for cheese.

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  • March 26, 2014
Colleges appoint new academic chiefs

Leaders come with decades of higher education experience.

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  • April 7, 2014
Patient firm gets cooking

Executives at MenuPad have been unusually patient for the last three years.

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  • September 23, 2016
Investors flip over home sales

Gulf Coast cities led the nation in the second quarter in home flips, according to a new report from Attom Data Solutions, the new parent company of real estate researcher RealtyTrac.

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  • October 14, 2016
Progressive company looks upward

When one private equity firm bought Manatee County-based Progressive Employer Management Co. from another private equity firm late last year, executives promised a deep investment in finding and executing on growth opportunities.

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  • November 7, 2014
Shareholder slams Hertz relocation

Hertz shareholder Jana Partners says the car-rental giant urgently needs to select a new CEO to regain its lost credibility with investors, blaming the company for a “disruptive headquarters relocation.”

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • October 9, 2015
Roper buys legal software provider for $675 million

The Lakewood Ranch company will acquire Aderant Holdings to help expand its client base and offer new products.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 26, 2024
Tampa drive-in theater site to make way for 354 affordable apartments

Work is set to officially kick off Tuesday on the affordable housing complex being built on the site of the former theater and flea market on Tampa's Hillsborough Avenue.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 6, 2024
Clearwater McDonald’s property sells for $3 million

The property was sold as a ground lease sale to a New York investor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 8, 2024
Child welfare nonprofit names new board officers

The Safe Children Coalition named three new officers for its board of directors.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 22, 2025
Lakewood Ranch Medical Center appoints new CEO

A Texas health care executive has been selected to lead the hospital in Lakewood Ranch.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 26, 2025
Report: Home and condo prices keep falling across the region

April median home sale prices from Tampa Bay to Naples again decreased year over year.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 7, 2024
Builder quickly sells nearly 30 homes in new Babcock Ranch neighborhood

This is the first time Christoper Alan Homes has built homes in the community.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 22, 2024
Tampa health care REIT pays $86M for Texas, Arizona portfolio

One day after disclosing a new $250 million financing agreement, Sila Realty Trust announced it had bought a five-building hospital portfolio for $85.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 17, 2024
Sarasota daiquiri bar expands to Tropicana Field

Daiquiri Deck has signed a multiyear deal to partner with the Tampa Bay Rays at the team's St. Petersburg stadium.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • March 11, 2025
USF establishes new college with record-breaking $40M donation

The gift comes from a Tampa investor with a storied tech background.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By AG Lafley |
  • November 27, 2023
Sarasota businesses help with free programming at park

The Bay seeks to increase the number of businesses it partners with.

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  • November 13, 2023
12 retailers coming to new Babcock Ranch commercial center

Commercial real estate firm Katz & Associates has signed leases with a dozen retailers for 68,100 square feet of space in The Shoppes at Yellow Pine.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 23, 2025
Fort Myers pest control company opens Bradenton location

All U Need Pest Control operates 11 offices in Florida and Texas.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 5, 2025
Tampa Publix-anchored center included in $395M portfolio sale

The New Tampa Center on Bruce B. Downs was one of 10 open-air retail properties included in the deal.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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