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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • March 21, 2024
Busboy-turned-owner builds on Tampa Bay Village Inn empire

Daniel Lehan IV has turned a teenage busboy gig into a multimillion-dollar restaurant enterprise. One simple key to success: You have to like people.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 21, 2024
Upscale Sarasota clothing boutique and its building up for sale

In the week's top commercial real estate news, North Port land is preserved, a Fort Myers firm has a really good week, and Tampa is getting more industrial space.

  • Florida
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • July 8, 2020
Car maintenance subscription company provides services on the go

A pair of enterprising brothers are steering growth in their upstart business using a simple strategy: give people what they need when they need it.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 11, 2019
More mountains to conquer for orphans

Haven of Hope International founder and executive Alice Skaff climbs Mount Kilimanjaro

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 11, 2022
Longtime investment industry official named board chair of New College Foundation

Alison Gardner has served the board since 2018.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

MAB Investments relocating to Bee Ridge sitePacific Tomato Growers buys Taylor & Fulton buildingsPennsylvania mover buys University storage buildingInvestors pay $11.5 million for Bank of Florida CenterPunta Gorda building leased for urgent care centerDeltona Corp. increases Cape Coral holdingsRENOVATION COMPLETED ON FIRST STREET CENTERHilltop Center sells for $3 millionTri-Tech Inc. acquires Tampa West buildingHealthy Vision buys Eye Institute building

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Lindsey Nickel-de |
  • March 13, 2013
StartUp Bus: The ups and downs of building a small business

After five days of competing in two startup competitions — pitch and interactive — as part of the StartupBus experience, Storedrobe didn't fare too badly. We might not have made it to the Pitch semifinals, but we ranked fifth in the interactive competition, scoring close to 1,800 points!

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 27, 2011
Steak and sizzle

Commercial real estate brokers Randy Mercer and Stan Stouder converted a steakhouse into office space. The effort proved successful, but took longer than expected.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 19, 2019
Carlyle Group buys Citrus Park project for $72 million

An affiliate of the Carlyle Group has acquired the Citrus Park mobile home and RV park in Bonita Springs for $72 million

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2016
Selling your business? Consider the taxes, first

How the sale of a business is structured, and the structure of the business itself, can affect a seller's tax liability greatly. Do your homework so you net the largest reward for your work.

  • Strategies
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • December 4, 2015
A live life

TV shoppers don't have access to the physical element of making a purchase. That's when selling an idea becomes key.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 28, 2021
Beware of the hidden, insidious tax: inflation

Food prices are rising 8% to 10% a month for restaurants. Don’t blame the suppliers. Blame the Washington looters for printing too much money.

  • Opinion
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • July 1, 2011
Opportunity Knocks

The state's new Department of Economic Opportunity presents new ways of doing business for developers and local governments. The challenge is finding out how it all will work.

  • Florida
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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 Business Observer Staff |
  • October 31, 2003
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Fewer regioanl venture-capital dealsHow SMH is stopping the bleedingLongboat company disputes claim

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 6, 2013
Retailers lament what could have been

Former Apple executive Ron Johnson was pounded for his failed effort to replace price markdowns and giant discounts with set prices at J.C. Penney.

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 8, 2021
Massive spec industrial project in Interstate 4 corridor completed

CenterState Logistics Park East becomes the largest project of its kind to be developed in Central Florida.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 13, 2020
BB&T marketing space in Sarasota

BB&T's downtown Sarasota offices and branch could be vacated in the wake of the bank’s merger with SunTrust

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2020
Former Florida Speaker of the House to host Business Observer book club

Will Weatherford will lead a discussion about the book “Grit” by Angela Duckworth.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2019
Prominent national outdoor retailer to make debut in region

Seattle-based outdoor retailer REI Co-op has chosen Bromley Companies’ Midtown Tampa development in Tampa, Florida, for the company’s first location on Florida’s west coast.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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