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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2019
Is Florida losing its headquarters mojo?

Florida took a less publicized, but still tough hit, in early December. That’s when the PGA of America announced plans to jettison its headquarters for the past 50 years, Palm Beach Gardens, for a new home in Frisco, Texas, outside Dallas.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 22, 2019
Starwood Capital buys trio of Marriott hotels

Starwood Capital has invested $79 million to acquire a trio of Marriott-branded, extended stay hotels near major airports in Tampa and Fort Myers from an Atlanta company.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 19, 2019
New Yorkers continue to flee the state for Florida

The battle between New York and Florida has shifted, for now, from bagels vs. oranges, or snow against sun, to something more tangible: people. Florida is getting them, in droves, from New York (and several other northeast states.)

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 19, 2019
Carter Validus merging to create $3 billion real estate firm

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT and the related Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II intend to merge later this year and create a $3 billion company

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 19, 2019
Investment firm lands veteran leadership

Jim Cheatham — one of Wendy’s fast food chain’s first franchise owners and a former marketing executive for Holiday Inns — has joined forces with a trio of other Tampa, Florida, executives to launch a private equity firm called Eagle Rock Partners.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2018
Entrepreneur wants to offer a head start to startups

Dunedin entrepreneur David Ponraj left Nielsen to launch Startup Space, a company that specializes in helping other startups.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 14, 2018
Robo dock

Construction underway on Gulf Star Marina at Fort Myers Beach, the world’s first dry stack marina using automated storage and retrieval technology.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2018
Report: finding — and keeping — top salespeople is getting harder

Some 20% of a company’s salespeople account for more than half a company’s revenues.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 20, 2022
Downtown Tampa residential tower tops $75 million in sales

Pendry Residences, part of much-anticipated hotel project, sees brisk sales in first 45 days.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2016
Wait for it

Patience, and a lot of it, has paid off for Newland Communities.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 28, 2017
Area execs charged in $4.7M scheme to rip off county

VR Labs leaders face up to 45 years in federal prison.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • February 9, 2018
How to unretire

Sometimes, you're not ready for a life of leisure every single day.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2014
Naples college invigorated in its Obamacare battle

Ave Maria University official cites 'sharp rebuke of the Obama administration.'

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2013
Warren Buffett's firm smiles on Gulf Coast

Prominent residential real estate broker Helen Sosso says a key lesson she learned in the downturn was the power of a brand name to sell a home.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 2, 2013
Entrepreneurial booster

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

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2016
Spigot shuns small businesses

Subsidies designed to woo businesses to Florida or stay in the state overwhelmingly favor big corporations over small companies, according to a new study.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 31, 2014
Watchdog seeks to slow down

The Argus Foundation, one of the leading pro-business groups on the Gulf Coast, is searching for a new director after the recently announced pending retirement of longtime head Kerry Kirschner.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2015
Sharp words from angry executive

Sarasota area construction executive Lem Sharp, three years into retirement, feels pretty prickly lately.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 26, 2024
NBA's Cavaliers to hold weeklong training camp in Bradenton

This will also be the Cavaliers’ first remote training camp since the 2004-05 season at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 14, 2025
Legislature to address condo reform in January special session

Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling state representatives to Tallahassee to address rising costs of assessments, repairs and inspections.

  • Florida
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