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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 11, 2025
Allegiant officials: Deal for Port Charlotte's Sunseeker could be done by summer

Allegiant's president and CEO told investors that talks to sell a majority stake in the resort have advanced to the due diligence stage.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 6, 2023
Technology industry to turn attention to environment in 2023

The big question technology is up against now is whether customers will buy into it.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 21, 2017
New in Town

A new resort utilizes an old name in targeting tourists on a prominent barrier island.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 19, 2018
Electric Avenue

Bruce Barone leads Fifth Avenue South marketing efforts through next stage of evolution

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • July 15, 2016
Build-a-Brand

A business with 90 years of history certainly has plenty of stories to share. McKibbon Hospitality is ready for its storytelling moment.

  • Strategies
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 12, 2026
Aldi, Publix open three stores in a week across Tampa region

The grocers opened the local stores in the past week on the heels of Aldi announcing a new South Sarasota location.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 14, 2022
$618 million resort signs sponsorship deal with pro racecar driver

Sunseeker Resorts is preparing for its 2023 opening.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2009
Micro-managed Health

Avalon Healthcare faces giant competition, but itis gaining contracts in the Florida health care market.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2009
Positive Thoughts

George Rauch still holds out hope that his$3 million bet on beachfront tourism pays off. He is keeping his 'fingers crossed.'

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 25, 2012
Wheels of Advertising

A group of entrepreneurs plans to sell advertising on virgin territory: the wheels of taxicabs.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Schlichter |
  • November 15, 2019
Economic forecast 2020: Boating

Travis Fricke, Fish Tale Boats, Fort Myers

  • Industries
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 1, 2019
As housing hot streak continues, builders throw money at creature comforts

While location will always be the No. 1 priority for buyers, amenities have become a key influence on home purchases in the Tampa Bay, Florida, region.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 3, 2017
Face to the chair

A Naples company can honestly lay claim to putting on a new face whenever, and wherever, it wants.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 21, 2015
How to ... Manufacture in China

Four times a year, Daniel Fisher travels to China with a small entourage of agents and translators to meet face-to-face with some 60 manufacturers.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2015
St. Petersburg: Tampa's cooler cousin

Miami attorney-turned-real estate developer Frank Guerra aims to bring a new kind of multifamily project, with green space and apartments in a resort-style setting, to a neighborhood outside downtown St. Petersburg.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 22, 2024
A graphic breakdown of housing affordability in Florida

Data from the Florida Housing Summit held earlier in May puts a spotlight on the state's lack of housing available in a variety of price points.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 3, 2026
St. Petersburg Gas Plant RFP draws nine proposals

The city's mayor will now evaluate the plans to determine who will get to redevelop the historic district.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 8, 2021
County to negotiate sale of administration building

Sarasota County Commissioners approve negotiations with six developers bidding on county admin building; amount offered "spit in a bucket" one commissioner says

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth M. Stamoulis and Adrienne C. Phillips, Corporate and Intellectual Property Law Attorneys, Williams Parker |
  • September 13, 2022
What Are You Getting When You Purchase an NFT?

What Are You Getting When You Purchase an NFT?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2009
Largo publisher takes on the NBA

It's not every day Random House is forced to make such a late change to their publishing schedule. But when the book in question tells all about what could be the most damaging breach of officiating integrity in sports history, it can be one of those days.

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