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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2014
Farm operation earns global certification

Selovita's urban aquaponic and vegetable farm in Fort Myers earned international recognition for its program.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 24, 2014
Home-price surge continues in Lee

Prices of existing homes and condos continued to rise at annual rates of more than 20% in January.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2014
HCI Group buying Prepared Holdings

The Tampa-based property and casualty insurer and IT company agreed to pay $27 million for Prepared Insurance's parent.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2013
Local tech exec joins U.S. Senator in hall of fame

The Wireless History Foundation honors xG Technology chairman George Schmitt.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2014
Griffin heirs sell remaining land

Fresh from the sale of their controlling shares in Fort Myers-based agribusiness company Alico, the heirs of citrus magnate Ben Hill Griffin Jr. sold their remaining land holdings recently.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2015
LaPlaya Beach Resort sells for $182.3 million

The Pebblebrook Hotel Trust purchased the real estate for the 189-room LaPlaya Beach Resort & Club in Naples for $182.3 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 18, 2025
Hotel near MacDill Air Force base sells for $10.5 million

The Sleep Inn & Suites in Tampa has sold.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 4, 2025
$15.95 million waterfront estate listed on Siesta Key

The property comes with a guest house and deepwater dock.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 23, 2025
Tampa Starbucks sells for nearly $4 million

A local investor paid $3.75 million for the south Dale Mabry property next to famed Wright's deli.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 17, 2013
IMG Academy announces expansion, new three-phase multi-sport complex

IMG Academy has started construction on new multi-sport complex addition to its Bradenton campus.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2018
Landscaping company expands with new facility

Greenscapes of Southwest Florida is building a new warehouse and office in Fort Myers, adding to North Naples, Punta Gorda locations.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2014
Hertz tops off new headquarters

Employees of car-rental giant Hertz celebrated the placement of the last piece of structural steel to the company's new global headquarters in Estero.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 12, 2025
Allegiant adds routes at Sarasota-Bradenton, St. Pete-Clearwater airports

The new flights starting next year will connect the local cities to Huntsville, Alabama, and Rochester, New York.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 15, 2009
Express Success

Brian Cardinale and Jim Matzke's online seafood business was just a few months old when a whale of the restaurant business came calling last year. The recession kept them from capsizing.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 24, 2023
Naples theaters, long a boon for the region, are primed for a big year

After taming numerous challenges, two nonprofit theater organizations are getting in a position to wow audiences with $90 million in new facilities.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2004
General Store No More

New blood revives a century-old, family-owned retailer of home furnishings.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • May 22, 2026
Tampa-based THC beverage designed for athletic recovery, alcohol fatigue

Entrepreneurs Stephen Samson and Jay Ashton have created Last Rep, the first THC-based seltzer designed for athletic recovery and hydration.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2013
TECO to purchase New Mexico gas company

The Tampa company will add a half million customers in the acquisition and expand its geographic reach.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 10, 2010
Trust us

Independent non-deposit trust companies on the Gulf Coast have been quietly and steadily making money, largely avoiding the turmoil in the rest of the financial-services industry. That's just the way they like it.

  • Finance
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 5, 2019
Realtors find a better model to sell homes

An independent Southwest Florida real estate agency went looking for a strategy to compete with national brands. Although change wasn't easy, some benefits are percolating.

  • Strategies
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