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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 25, 2011
Rocky Bottom

The office market on the Gulf Coast started to recover last year, but the first half of 2011 was disappointing as companies hesitated to fill up new space.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth Morrisey |
  • March 3, 2017
Play ball

Baseball teams have been swapping spring training cites with greater frequency across Florida in recent years. But not in Lakeland.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • June 30, 2023
Private aviation club denies allegations that firm’s fleet has been grounded

The company faces allegations on several fronts.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2007
Re-Creating the Bern's Experience

From the wine cellars to SideBerns to an "epicurean hotel," David Laxer builds on what his father, Bern Laxer, started five decades ago in a strip center.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 13, 2009
Puttin' on the Sales

A Gulf Coast hotel hit by the recession blanketed half the region in an all out sales surge. Results have been surprisingly good.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 31, 2007
Coffee Talk

Donut entrepreneur focuses on Far East: Sarasota entrepreneur Marvin Kaplan is selling a majority of his stake in 18 Gulf Coast Dunkin' Donuts shops, just as he gets closer to his long-stated goal of opening a series of stores for the franchise in China.Downturn claims advertising victim: AdvertisingWorks, a 12-year-old advertising firm in Naples that recently won several awards at the Collier Building Industry Association's annual Sand Dollar Awards, is closing its doors.Downturn claims advertising victim: AdvertisingWorks, a 12-year-old advertising firm in Naples that recently won several awards at the Collier Building Industry Association's annual Sand Dollar Awards, is closing its doors.Tampa International needs more international flights: CEOs that travel appreciate Tampa International Airport after sprinting through endless terminals and riding trams, escalators and moving sidewalks for what seems like miles at other airports.Nationwide pullout opens opportunity: You can appreciate cost cutting if you run a business. But it's a tad different when the cost cutting may affect you.Bank of America surge: made in Tampa: Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis made some headlines earlier this year when he urged his top managers to "Go for the jugular" in taking more market share.WCI's winners: Bankers and lawyers: Shareholders and bondholders of Bonita Springs-based WCI Communities are licking their wounds as the value of their holdings h

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2008
Power Pack

It took 20 years, but Alan Rash finally got his shot at runninghis own foam fabrication business. He's turned an unorthodoxapproach into a success story.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 8, 2008
Coal is the goal

Vic Patrick and Walter Industries want to take advantage of thedemand for coal in steelmaking to meet a soaring international demand.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 14, 2023
Tampa Bay homebuilder expands in Southwest Florida with 40-home project

Homes by WestBay is the fourth builder announced in the Everly neighborhood in Venice.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 28, 2022
Sarasota hotel gets $57.5 million refinancing

The owners of Art Ovation turned to a national lender to refinance the posh hotel.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 24, 2022
Local developer borrows $51M to buy 42-acre Pinellas shopping center

Belleair Development Group has bought a U.S. 19 shopping center and plans to add retail and housing.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 6, 2010
Florida Realtors publish study

Florida Realtors has completed a study on the effects of the state's recent wave of foreclosures.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2012
Unions target HMA

Health Management Associates executives warned analysts in a recent conference call that union activists are aggressively targeting the Naples-based hospital operator.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 28, 2012
Local businesses get RNC limelight

Live Webcast Front Row Tampa Bay spotlights the region's businesses.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2012
Region shows improvement

Tourism and taxable sales are bright spots in the regional economy.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 4, 2020
Simon to take over International Plaza, UTC malls

Lawsuit settlement with Taubman Centers Inc. means premier shopping hubs’ ownership will shift to Indiana-based Simon Property Group

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 8, 2021
Area homebuilder to chair industry political action group

Ryan Benson has been involved with the Florida Home Builders Association for several years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 7, 2022
Minnesota developer pays $22.8 million for affordable housing complex in Cape Coral

Dominium plans a $5.1 million renovation of The Crossings at Cape Coral

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 7, 2018
County collects $1 million from vacation rental website

Home sharing and vacation rental company Airbnb provided nearly $1 million to Sarasota County in tax revenue in the first year of its agreement with the county.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2017
Early bird special

Retirees really get a deal living in Florida.

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