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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 22, 2018
Gartner begins major Fort Myers expansion

Business consultant Gartner is expanding into three additional buildings in Fort Myers as job growth within the company continues

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2018
Hacker breaches area restaurant chain

Tampa-based fast-casual restaurant chain PDQ was hit by a cyber-attack that occurred over an 11-month period and involved the theft of customers' credit card info.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 31, 2018
Tech talent search gets under way in Tampa Bay

ETL Tampa Bay is a new group dedicated to grooming and promoting the leaders of the tech industry in Tampa, Florida.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 27, 2018
Tampa City Center tower coming to market

Alliance Capital HSP selling skyscraper after more than three years of ownership

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 4, 2022
Naples chef who beat Bobby Flay embraces White House visit

Asif Syed calls the White House visit "an extraordinary privilege."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 6, 2022
Sarasota and Naples apartments: pay more rent, get less space

Study analyzes how much space a renter can get for the average monthly rent for a Florida apartment.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 24, 2017
Sunny Days

An analysis of where people nationwide are moving to reveals a significant, albeit obvious, nugget: People love living in sunshine.

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  • By Jennifer Fowler-Hermes |
  • December 1, 2017
Florida's Minimum Wage Is Set To Increase: What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

There has not been much ado about the impending increase in Florida's minimum wage.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 22, 2017
Brixmor adds Venice center to portfolio

Brixmor Property Group, a New York-based retail property owner that controls roughly a dozen Gulf Coast centers, has acquired a Sarasota County shopping center for $33.5 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2018
Food business expands with gourmet purchase

Innovative Food Holdings looks to utilize igourmet's underutilized space.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2014
Some see success, others see secession

A semantic struggle over the words succeed and secede is in play in the state capital over what some might call a silly, if not superfluous, flap.

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  • May 2, 2014
Firm models good exposure

A Sarasota company that connects the fashion and movie industry with area locations to do work hit its latest jackpot this week: It helped set up a photo shoot that starred Victoria's Secret model Toni Garrn — known in tabloid magazine circles as actor Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriend.

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  • July 1, 2016
No rules, just big

Healthy eating, smaller portions and superfoods have been all the rage in the restaurant sector for a few years. Gluten-free and locally grown products top the trend lines, too.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2015
Developer sells Tampa portfolio slice for $66M

Parkway Properties parted with a quarter of its inventory, selling 456,000 square feet to a New York investor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 18, 2015
Commercial Real Estate

Floridays lands Hilton for Sarasota hotel, Brookside owners list marina

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2015
Weighty allegations against firm

Note to businesses: Having customers sign a gag order to not complain about products in online forums is probably a bad idea — if not illegal.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 20, 2015
Academic rigor

Universities in the Fort Myers area have banded together to research the local labor market with academic rigor to create the kinds of students employers need.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2015
Embattled Oldsmar company goes bankrupt

Federal Verification Co. Inc. is under investigation by the Florida Attorney General and the U.S. Department of Labor, and has stopped soliciting customers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 26, 2024
Tampa drive-in theater site to make way for 354 affordable apartments

Work is set to officially kick off Tuesday on the affordable housing complex being built on the site of the former theater and flea market on Tampa's Hillsborough Avenue.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 10, 2024
New York manufacturer moving HQ to Pinellas County industrial site

SMP Nutra has leased more than 100,000 square feet in Largo, where it will move its headquarters and employ 100, including transferring executives and new hires.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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