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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Gibraltar Homes preps for new officeKimal Lumber building new window-door facility, officeBlackpoint Group starts third, fourth flex buildings84 Lumber buys land for store

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 13, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Gevity Announces Relocation to Lakewood RanchCharlotte Development Corp. Finding Success in North PortCzaia & Gallagher Relocating to Fifth StreetSoutheast Roofing Buys Vacant Land on 26th CourtThree Investors Buy Sarasota's JJJ NurseryWillette Automotive Changes Stores

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2005
International Intrigue

Wall of confidentiality cloaks identify of a private European trust that bought several high-profile office buildings in Tampa, Orlando and elsewhere.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2008
Geriatric Shift

An established Gulf Coast home health care company is trying to avoid complacency - and embrace growth - by combining technology with elder care.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 23, 2018
Auteur developer believes new Sarasota condo project will be a work of art

The development team behind the planned 18-story Auteur condo in Sarasota believes that its project will succeed despite heightened competition and macro-economic forces thanks to its water-view location and unique design and amenities

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 16, 2024
Developer pays nearly $18M for 195 acres along I-75 in Punta Gorda

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Sarasota tower is approved, four Tampa properties are included in $1.5 billion portfolio sale, and a Cape Coral pizza joint opens.

  • Florida
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  • By Jay Heater |
  • April 17, 2024
Sarasota brewery readies third location and second in Lakewood Ranch

With a "nothing ordinary" kind of menu and a customer-first beer selection, Big Top Brewery has big plans for location No. 3.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2007
Coffee Talk

Sarasota company hopes to shine in India: Sarasota-based cartridge valve manufacturer Sun Hydraulics has a good grip on at least six global markets, from Korea to Germany.Lee County: Anotherday, another tax: Not a week goes by in Lee County that county government doesn't dream up another tax on builders.Cold storage creates trifecta for Sarasota warehouse: The latest tenant for the Meridian Distribution Center, a 950,000-square-foot warehouse facility on Clark Road in south Sarasota, is especially apropos, given the sweltering Gulf Coast summerAnother public company going private: First, there was Outback Steakhouse. Now, St. Petersburg-based Catalina Marketing is headed to the private companies club.Nightline dumbs down Ave Maria: Ave Maria, the new town being built in eastern Collier County around the newest Catholic university, has been getting lots of national publicity lately opening to new residents, students and faculty.Good guys sometimes lose: Ethical companies don't always win, even when their employees do the right thing.Call the sign shop, again: MacDill Federal Credit Union, an institution of sorts in the Tampa area financial services industry, is changing its name to Grow Financial Federal Credit Union.Kottkamp bashes Hometown Democracy: Gov. Charlie Crist has been notably absent from the raging debate over the Hometown Democracy movement that seeks to put every major land-use change in Florida on the ba

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2007
Deborah Martohue: Impact-Fee Explosion

To put it bluntly, Florida has an impact-fee crisis. On average, impact fees in Florida are some of the highest in the nation with no cap in sight.How did these fees jump so dramatically in the last two to five years?

  • Opinion
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 28, 2006
'Not Good Enough'

The Cyberstates technology-jobs ranking places Florida No. 2 in the nation for adding tech jobs. The not-so-good news is Florida still ranks below the national average of tech positions per 1,000 jobs and in tech pay.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2008
Gulf Coast Week

County mayor blockedThree judges upheld an earlier judge's decision to remove a charter amendment from the November ballot that would allow voters to decide whether Hillsborough County should move to a county mayor form of government.Zoo audit requestedThe head of Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, Lex Salisbury, is being asked to prove that his entrepreneurial work in Polk County hasn't created a conflict with the taxpayer-backed zoo.Annual budget doneFor the second consecutive year, Manatee County commissioners have approved a budget that will decrease countywide spending.New LWR anchor storeOne of the largest retail commercial developments in east Manatee County, Lakewood Ranch's Main Street, is getting a new anchor tenant.Mega-dorm at Ave MariaAve Maria University, the new Catholic institution in east Collier County, plans to build a 552-student "mega-dorm."Lee housing gets absorbedTwo areas particularly hard hit by the real estate decline in Lee County - Cape Coral and Lehigh Acres - showed strong gains in sales of single-family homes in August, according to the Southwest Florida Real Estate Investors Association.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2008
Gulf Coast Week

Racing in St. Pete: Although some residents complained about the noise and the crowds, the economic impact won out.A gas-price break: A Tampa hotel hopes it has an answer for people thinking about canceling a summer vacation due to high gas prices: Offer gas stipends.Pinellas ballpark money: St. Petersburg may not be the only source of public money for the proposed $450 million downtown open-air, real grass ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays.Murdock Village help: Charlotte County commissioners have hired Orlando-based planning firm Tramell Webb PartnersBenderson builds roads: Sarasota-based Benderson Development is planning on spending more than $4 million in road improvements for the land surrounding its massive shopping mall projectPlanning vote delay: An effort to update the city of North Port's comprehensive plan has been delayed until at least June.Mining bills stall: Proposed Florida Senate bills that would have made it more difficult for local politicians to prohibit mining of economically critical limestone rock recently stalled in committees.Frontier takes off: Frontier Airlines, which provided Southwest Florida's only nonstop link to a Mountain-time-zone city, will end service between Fort Myers and Denver this summer.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 17, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: William Monroe has raised more concerns about how state court officials assess and collect fees and fines.Tampa Courts fall for Ivan tractPassengers, airline seek protection

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Chief judge of the judicial circuit for Pasco and Pinellas counties, and the court clerk in Pinellas battle over guardianshipsFlorida Legislature increases 6th and 13 circuit judicial staffs Congressman Jim Davis honors

  • News
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 4, 2019
After area plays host to two film shoots, officials hope to woo more movies to town

The Tampa Bay area provided locations for two recent Hallmark Channel film shoots.

  • Strategies
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 26, 2025
$31 million freestanding ER opens in Wellen Park

The new emergency room is an extension of HCA Florida Englewood Hospital.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 22, 2023
Mississippi investor pays $14.5M for Tampa vacant lot

In the week's top commercial real estate news, construction starts in Cape Coral, apartments sold in Sarasota, and work on Pasco project reaches a milestone.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2007
Wrap it up

Sign Zoo was the first into the water wrapping boats in colorful signs. That now accounts for a growing portion of the company's business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2006
Alternative Trader

Entrepreneur James Lennane has spent millions of dollars to build a stock-trading platform. With the stock market on the rebound, his time may finally have arrived.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2008
Fountain Fantastic

Going from $6 million in annual revenues to a projected $30 million in two years - even in this economy - can be done. Rigorous employee training is essential.

  • Entrepreneurs
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