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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 18, 2025
Manatee County lagoon community hits milestones

The developers of Seaire have announced the projected completion date for their lagoon as well as commercial and residential progress updates.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • September 30, 2025
Virginia builder to make Tampa Bay debut with 500 new homes

Reston, Virginia-based Stanley Martin Homes already has five new neighborhoods in development, two in Hillsborough County and three in Pasco County.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • February 9, 2026
Wright’s Gourmet House opens Tampa hospital location

The new restaurant, Wright’s first satellite location, will offer extended daily hours, an all-day espresso bar and grab-and go options.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • March 13, 2026
TPA launches new airside shuttles in $91M upgrade

Travelers began using the modernized, automated shuttles at Airsides A and C this week.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 26, 2022
Health care organization turns the tide on growth after rebrand

A rebrand and sizable boost in revenue have a Bradenton health care firm looking at multiple new opportunities for more growth.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 15, 2020
Ashley Drummonds, 32

Founder, ABS Protein Pancakes

  • Class of 2020
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Dennis Murphy, 37

Executive vice president, senior lending officer, Gateway Bank of Southwest Florida

  • Class of 2016
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 18, 2015
Knight's tale

A behind-the-scenes look at how an entrepreneur sold her company reveals important secrets.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 14, 2024
Sarasota office building sells for $5.5 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Nordstrom Rack is expanding into Fort Myers, a St. Petersburg property locks down half a dozen tenants, and an investor keeps getting bigger in Manatee.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 20, 2024
Sarasota County tourism ‘normalizing’ post-pandemic, optimistic for 2025

After a pandemic-era travel boom, Sarasota is seeing a return to normal, market researchers say, with indications of an uptick in some segments of travelers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 16, 2024
Behind the scenes of a transformative $50M hospital donation

The children of health care providers decided the best way to honor their parent's life work was a donation to a children's hospital.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 8, 2026
Punta Gorda apartment, commercial parcel listed for $3.4 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Venice apartment complex is on the market, a Naples industrial portfolio sells, and a Tampa office tower is nearly fully leased.

  • Florida
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  • By John Haughey |
  • August 17, 2018
College uses business best practices to grow

Florida Poly 2.0 launches Aug. 22 when the university begins its fifth fall semester. If Avent’s Florida Poly 2.0 vision comes together, the I-4 corridor, the surging area between Orlando and Tampa, could evolve into a high-tech nexus within a decade. Are

  • Education
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 17, 2023
Comcast names new top lobbyist for SWFL market

Role is a Fort Myers-area homecoming for Justin Damiano.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • May 22, 2023
Developer announces 582-home community in south Sarasota County

The new mixed-use project in Venice spans over 300 acres.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 23, 2023
SWFL specialty food company woos Kroger, Walmart executive

Brady Smallwood worked at industry giants for five years prior to this new role.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • July 3, 2023
Intimate apparel entrepreneur, actress, lists St. Pete home for $13M

Rhonda Shear and her husband Van Fagan listed the home in 2021 for $9 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 19, 2023
Tampa business advisory firm makes big westward expansion move

LCG Advisors has opened an office in Denver and hired industry veteran George Helock to serve as managing director.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 6, 2022
Former homebuilder-turned-real estate agent joins Belleair Bluffs firm

Realtor Bryan Daane brings a vast amount of experience to Engels & Völkers Belleair, a luxury real estate brokerage.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2022
Sarasota IT firm expands through new majority investment

The move was in line with Four Winds Technology Group's strategic growth plan, which includes acquiring technology companies.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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