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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2008
Corporate Report

Hyde Park Capital Advisorshelps guide Zickgraf saleRealtor Sellstate launchesnew branding campaignSource Interlink, XMrev-up consumer promoBrown & Brown subsidiarybuys assets of Reed BrothersEntel PCS picks Syniversefor mobile roaming processAn Aerosonic Clearwatersite is damaged by firePeoples Gas, Tampa Electricask for rate increasesArmy expands contract withGeneral Dynamics OrdnanceValpak, Food Net serve-upGrill It! sweepstakesNaples Wild Oaks closing,new Whole Foods Market to open T.O.P.S. Staffing mergeswith Ad-Vance Screening Sky Angel inks on-demanddeal with Exploration FilmsMinSURG Corp. launchesinternational division

  • Industries
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 10, 2020
Clean-up hitter: Real estate veteran targets car wash industry disruption

Property developer Don Phillips wants to shake up the car wash industry with Woodie's Wash Shack, his nascent chain of high-tech car washes.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 6, 2018
Leader behind $800M business shares success secrets

From the importance of profit sharing to not bothering employees on weekends, retired Southwest Florida executive Glenn Hasse has learned lots of business lessons.

  • Leadership
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • December 2, 2025
Pair of uber-luxury beachfront condos in Naples listed for $35M each

Units at Olana Naples Residences include chefs, butlers and sommeliers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 31, 2007
Wings War

Ker's, Beef's and Hooters, three casual restaurant chains with Tampa Bay area roots, feel more heat from other chains that also market their signature menu item: chicken wings

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • August 12, 2020
Private jet firms in region hope to land new opportunities during pandemic

The pandemic has caused turbulence for the commercial aviation industry. Area companies involved in private aviation, on the other hand, are seeing new customers in the midst of the coronavirus.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 27, 2023
Survey of local architects reveals tempered enthusiasm for 2023

The experts say Tampa Bay’s development-related economy is likely to see only modest growth compared to the past few years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2008
Against the Flow

Chris Markowski scours the investment community for scams, not sure things.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2008
Bottled Up

A Gulf Coast entrepreneur hits the bottle, with the hope of grabbing a piece of a billon dollar-plus industry.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2012
Banker seeks to get back to the life

Neil McCurry likes to tell the story of how he worked 500 days in a row when he founded People's Community Bank in Sarasota in 1999.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 25, 2011
Program the Future

Universities will be the key to attracting new technology companies to Florida. One professor at Florida Gulf Coast University is planting tech seeds at the young school.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 3, 2020
Nonprofit begins construction on $3 million restaurant, training facility

Naples-based Connor & Gaskins Unlimited recently broke ground on the project.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 5, 2020
Federal Reserve issues warning about CRE values

Federal Reserve Board report says commercial real estate prices nationwide could face a correction as a result of COVID-19 pandemic

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2019
Brains behind big — and profitable — ideas get their due

The National Academy of Inventors spotlights the University of South Florida's many entrepreneurial faculty members.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 13, 2014
Franchise leader pumped for growth

An ambitious effort to marry franchise-based marketing and branding techniques with the physical therapy industry is paying off for Jim Abrams.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 6, 2023
Business as usual for Clearwater company — despite NYSE delisting

A credit agreement with lenders remains in place after Digital Media Solutions was stripped of its place on the exchange.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 21, 2026
One year in, growing St. Pete insurer posts $2M profit

Patriot Select Property and Casualty Insurance Co. was launched at a time Florida regulators and leaders were looking to lessen the burden on homeowners — and state-run Citizens Property Insurance.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • December 2, 2023
Tampa hospital completes $300M acquisition, forms new unit

Tampa General Hospital has acquired Bravera Health, the hospital's largest expansion in recent years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2007
Stay Fresh, Reinvent

Taking a cue from pop-diva Madonna, star jewelry designer Erika Pena constantly reinvents her merchandise. Erika and her sister, Bielka, have big ambitions for their young firm.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 22, 2019
Convergent Capital Partners focuses on what's next

Covergent Capital Partners, of Tampa, has discovered a new way to profit from the current robust commercial real estate market, even as the distressed asset deals it specialized in are today few and far between.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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