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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 23, 2021
Nerd alert: Comic Con to debut in St. Pete

Thanks to a PR pro and his teenage daughters, St. Petersburg, Florida, finally gets its own Comic Con.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2003
Children, Santa attend Bar's Holiday Party

Clearwater Bar Association members, their family and guests attended the Dec. 17 holiday party at the Harborview Center. The event included a visit by Santa, a puppet show and a silent basket auction.There were goodies for everyone, including the children

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 31, 2020
Lee County agencies offer loan application assistance

Small business counselors available by phone or email.

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  • By Brian Steiner |
  • April 10, 2009
Re-Visiting Refis

Rock-bottom interest rates are attracting more and more homeowners interested in refinancing. But the number of actual refinancings has plummeted.

  • Finance
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • December 2, 2016
Tech giant

The CEO of one of the largest companies in the region, Tech Data, has even bigger dreams. Think Amazon.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 7, 2021
Saya Heathco, 39

Moving to Florida "for a guy," marketing expert Saya Heathco's career took off despite Chicago colleagues' doubts.

  • Class of 2021
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2020
Area family donates $5 million for breast cancer research, treatment

The Benderson family operates Benderson Development Co., a real estate company that owns and manages over 700 properties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 7, 2018
Luxury condo project beats back challenges — and avoids tree

The 24-story, 71-residence Virage condo tower in Tampa, Florida, is rising on the land formerly occupied by the beloved Colonnade restaurant — a community icon since 1935 that closed in April 2016.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 23, 2025
Maryland buyer pays $72M for housing near Florida Gulf Coast University

In the week's top commercial real estate news, an insurance company takes more space in Tampa, a Fort Myers company plans to build homes, and a major Sarasota project gets a big loan.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 25, 2013
Real Estate Angel

Raymond Sandelli says commercial real estate will follow the residential growth if the economy continues to recover.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 12, 2013
Shooting stars

The founders of a new Gulf Coast business says the 'sell' job of their mission is a cinch. Now they have to prove it.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • January 2, 2016
Bottle bump

Tampa-based Refresh-a-Baby is stocking up for a strong start to 2016.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 8, 2015
Smells good

A company that provides coffee to offices has a solid share of two Gulf Coast markets. It craves more.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 25, 2024
$2B Tampa REIT: NYSE listing allows it to 'raise equity much more easily'

Days after ringing the bell at Wall Street's famed New York Stock Exchange, Sila Realty Trust's CEO talks about the future, the process and lessons he learned from his father.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 16, 2010
Short extensions, or short sight?

It's a good thing Lee County isn't your old history professor in college, the one who wouldn't grant that term-paper extension even if you had the best excuse.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2014
Psst, need an umbrella?

If you're caught on tony Fifth Avenue in Naples in your best suit without an umbrella, an unexpected summer rain shower can ruin your day.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 12, 2018
Big Drive

Kristina Vorndran, just getting going in her financial services career, has a unique past to share with clients: She's a world-champion auto racer.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Concession Developers prepares for fall start on golf courseTown & Country Developers starts Villas at Oak TrailMcClain buys land for fourth SonicsUnited Bank buys landon State Road 70

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • February 14, 2014
Golf's new color

Gary Hendrickson may be a golfer, but that's the not the only reason why the paint giant he leads just signed a four-year contract with the PGA Tour. It's all about targeting high-end customers.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 3, 2010
Back on Track

Haynes Corp. is consolidating its manufacturing operations in Naples, where it says Collier County has spread the welcome mat. Shunned during the real estate boom, manufacturers such as Haynes are getting love from counties struggling with high unemployment.

  • Strategies
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