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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 6, 2015
Chico's CEO: Too much email

Is there such a thing as too much promotion of your brands?

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  • March 20, 2015
Mexican miners pay hefty price for Odyssey

Looking for buried treasure takes more than just a map and an “X” to mark the spot.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 4, 2025
Airline adds flight from Fort Myers to upstate New York

JetBlue will begin service between Southwest Florida International Airport and Buffalo Niagara International Airport in Buffalo, New York.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 15, 2025
HSN updates layoff numbers, 375 people to be let go in July

Almost three times the number of spring layoffs are expected to occur, Home Shopping Network's parent company QVC announced.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 14, 2017
Sarasota parcel sells for $8.3 million

It took eight years of marketing, but Michael Saunders & Co. commercial agent Lee DeLieto Sr. has closed on the sale of an eight-acre tract in downtown Sarasota that was the city's most infamous casualty of the past decade's economic recession.

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  • March 4, 2010
Starwood Land Ventures buys 5,000-lots, models

Lakewood Ranch-based residential real estate investment firm Starwood Land Ventures purchased 5,449 residential lots and 36 model homes in Florida from TOUSA Inc. for $81 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 2, 2013
Entrepreneurial booster

Fusion Pointe plans to help young startups through the valley of death.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 19, 2017
Keep on keeping on

Regional economic development organizations are going to become more important than ever.

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  • January 14, 2011
North Port, county buy Warm Mineral Springs

The city of North Port and Sarasota County purchased the 81-acre Warm Mineral Springs spa and surrounding property for $5.5 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 3, 2019
Jaxi Builders puts One, Allure sites in Fort Myers on the market

Jaxi Builders abandons plans for two ambitious condo projects in downtown Ft. Myers, One and Allure, and brings sites to market for $16.2 million

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  • June 6, 2008
Corporate Report

Clockwork Home Services buys plumbing, electric companynFinanSe plans $15 million credit lineOdyssey Marine protects new shipwreck sitesStinger Systems Band-It orders already beat 2007Source Interlink doubling Kentucky warehouse spaceAdministrative Concepts expands into California

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 1, 2022
Developers remaking hall where Count Basie, Duke Ellington once played

A joint venture looks to restore the historic Fort Myers property and bring life to an often underserved and overlooked community.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 24, 2021
Accountant arrested in murder-for-hire scheme

Tampa accountant charged with trying to hire a hitman on the Dark web and pay for the murder with Bitcoin.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 1, 2016
Trak deal shows lack of flex availability

Trak Microwave Corp. looked at roughly a half-dozen sites before deciding this month to renew and extend its commitment to its Tampa headquarters, a sign that available “flex” and manufacturing space is in short supply along the Gulf Coast.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • October 9, 2024
Sarasota Memorial Hospital set to ride out Hurricane Milton

Facilities are self-sufficient and ready for Hurricane Milton, SMH CEO David Verinder says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2016
Roofing firm spurned in Sarasota lands in Tampa

North American Roofing Co. plans to move its corporate headquarters from North Carolina to Tampa.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 25, 2025
Downtown Sarasota redevelopment to carry Waldorf Astoria brand

Waldorf Astoria Residences was named as the redevelopment of the Zenith tower at Five Points. The mixed-use project will include seven attainable housing units.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 22, 2017
Sarasota developers grappling over site

As part of a comprehensive effort to redevelop its downtown, Sarasota officials last year sold a slice of land for $260,000 adjacent to a municipal parking garage to a development team that included Dr. Mark Kauffman and Joseph Hembree, head of commercial brokerage firm Hembree & Associates.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2008
Gulf Coast Week

Tampa water vision: Tampa's growth northward and increasing demand for water has city leaders thinking about using reclaimed waterApartment tower proposed: Although the condominium market has taken a hit, Crosland, a Charlotte, N.C. developer, thinks a 26-story apartment tower can work in downtown Tampa.Rail supporters fight on: A $649 million deal with CSX Transportation to create a commuter rail network in Florida has collapseProject delayed again: More than 25 acres of undeveloped waterfront property in downtown Bradenton is undergoing a foreclosure sale later this month, the latest problems facing what was supposed to be a mixed-use project with the potential to reshape the cityMills sells insurance firm: Former Sarasota County Commissioner David Mills sold his independent locally based insurance brokerage to Insurance & Benefits Consultants, a subsidiary of a publicly traded Southfield, Mich.-based firm.Project expansion denied: Citing congestion concerns, Sarasota County Commissioners voted down a major expansion for Thomas Ranch, a large-scale mixed-use project in the southern edge of the county.Naples mandates recycling: The Naples City Council on May 7 voted to require businesses to recycle. The vote was 6-to-1 in favor, with Teresa Heitmann dissenting.Business program incubating: Economic development groups from Sarasota, Charlotte, Glades, Lee, Hendry and Collier counties are working to create a small-business

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 5, 2016
Sarasota exploding with apartments, hotels

Downtown Sarasota had quite the run-up during the last decade's development cycle, with projects ranging from the 16-story Plaza at Five Points mixed-use tower to the 10-story Courthouse Centre.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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