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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 8, 2017
Time to hire

Finding and keeping the best is hard.

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  • October 29, 2017
Global insurance giant buys another area firm

Lutgert Insurance had $16 million in revenue in 2016.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 9, 2018
Wage relief

Hillsborough, Pinellas rank at top in the percentage of wage gain.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 4, 2014
Blackrock Development Holdings buys high-traffic school parcels

Blackrock Development Holdings purchased two parcels from the School Board of Manatee County for a total of $2.95 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2014
Hospitals in Sarasota, Tampa, ranked tops in U.S.

Tampa General is the second-best medical center in the state, report says.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2014
Fort Myers apartment sells for $24M

Northland Investment Corp. purchased the 180-unit Bay Breeze Apartment Homes from DeBartolo Development.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2014
National Hospitality Consulting Group buys, renovating Fairfield Inn Fort Myers

Fort Myers-based National Hospitality Consulting Group purchased the 104-room Fairfield Inn Fort Myers for $4.22 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2014
Biter buys Marcia Wood building, final piece for apartment development

The price equated to $155 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2014
Medical tourism on the upswing

It appears Tallahassee officials want a ride on the medical tourism bus, which has motored through the Gulf Coast for a few years.

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  • April 11, 2014
Money people: Things look good

After years of the doldrums, senior accounting executives are the most optimistic they have been about the economy since the recession.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 9, 2014
Investors' Security Trust Co. moving to Summerlin office building

Fort Myers-based Investors' Security Trust Co. purchased an 11,940-square-foot office building near Summerlin Road for $1.43 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 13, 2013
Advice firm foresees growth

John Woelfel was confident he would find a receptive audience of middle market executives and entrepreneurs when he helped opened a branch of the Newport Board Group in Tampa in early 2012.

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  • September 19, 2016
Downtown Sarasota office owner seeks $12M for one floor

Jamatt Properties LLC has owned the space since December 2005.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 21, 2016
Group plans $1.2M restaurant for Siesta Key

The design maximizes parking and views of the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 3, 2016
MARKET SPOTLIGHT: Sarasota/Bradenton office market

The Sarasota and Bradenton office market has been marked by shrinking vacancy over the past 18 months, and select sales of assets — including the four-building Gateway Professional Center, which sold for $37.1 million in May 2015 — have spurred investor interest.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • January 14, 2016
Best to go it alone

Hotel flags and established names, for real estate developers, are often the easiest and fastest way to get a solid return, given the built-in brand.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 1, 2016
Downtown Tampa Office Market

Tampa's downtown office market surged in the final half of 2015, the result of shrinking vacancy, a dearth of new construction and improved leasing activity, an analysis of CoStar Group data shows.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 31, 2014
Rays might say au revoir to Tampa

The surprise departure of Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon could be a worst-case scenario for area business and economic development leaders.

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  • January 15, 2015
Four new execs to bolster fast growth at Datum

One of the new hires previously oversaw 60 employees at Bloomin' Brands.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2015
Headquarters sweepstakes heats up

The big to-do in national corporate headquarters relocation news so far for 2015 is Mercedes-Benz blowing out of New Jersey for metro Atlanta.

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