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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 25, 2011
Out of sight

Got a great idea? Rush it to market or get ready to spend big bucks to protect yourself from cheap copycats. One Naples couple found that out the hard way.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 4, 2011
USS Nemo: Seafood Surprise

USS Nemo is a popular lunch spot for executives and you're likely to run into people you know.

  • News
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 5, 2013
Internet office

Having a showroom helps to sell office furniture online.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 3, 2011
Big Fix

Owners of yachts more than 60 feet long now have to travel to Miami or Fort Lauderdale for maintenance. The Levi family hopes they'll change course for Fort Myers Beach.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2012
JRL Enterprises buying Wellcraft facility

Cape Coral-based JRL Enterprises Inc. announced plans to purchase the former Wellcraft manufacturing facility in south Manatee County to expand the composite tool-making business of an affiliated company, JRL Ventures Inc.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • July 13, 2012
Capitol Chatter: July 13

The weekly roundup of what's happening in government and how it affects business.

  • Florida
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2021
Large Tampa office landlord sells building for $43 million

Highwoods Properties Inc.’s sale of Preserve VII is the first in a series of dispositions planned by the Raleigh, North Carolina-based company.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 26, 2021
Luxury waterfront apartment tower sold for $71 million

This is Westside Capital Group’s first investment in the Fort Myers market.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2021
National builder announces new area neighborhood

Solstice at Wellen Park will have 270 new homes, including attached villas and one- and two-story, single-family homes.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 29, 2021
Planning firm names new president, shuffles leadership team

Longtime team member Bill Morris was named president of Morris-Depew Associates.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 28, 2021
Coworking giant signs deal for first location in county

The brand’s first Sarasota location will join two existing locations in the greater Tampa metro area as well as two locations in Jacksonville and a location in Plantation.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 19, 2021
TerraCap makes a big entrance into Phoenix

In its first Arizona deal, Naples investment firm TerraCap Management LLC acquires a pair of Phoenix office buildings for $103.5 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 12, 2020
Area art gallery sells a Picasso — with digital currency

The cryptocurrency sale is a first for the iconic artist's works.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2020
Cleansing spray product firm seeks to raise $250K — fast

Founder of Smile Saver looks to capitalize on marketing campaign.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 29, 2019
Craft beer, pizza restaurant opens fourth location

A 3,400-square-foot rooftop bar has views of the Manatee River.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 31, 2020
Silva to lead JLL statewide capital markets team

Julia Silva, a long-time industrial broker with Cushman & Wakefield, will make the transition to capital markets with her new firm, JLL.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 22, 2020
Moorings buys Grand Lake's first phase

Moorings Inc. acquired the first phase of its Grande Lake luxury senior living community from partner London Bay Development for $80.3 million as residents began moving in.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 21, 2019
Area architect redesigns industry's pay model

Barron Schimberg founded his firm, the Schimberg Group, in 2004.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 21, 2022
Local developer partners with national chain on new modular store design

Winter Haven-based Tom Wolf Co. helps create the first drive-thru Jimmy John’s in the style of a shipping container.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 15, 2022
Hotel gets $25 million boost it needs to go skyward

Construction is expected to wrap up in 24 months.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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