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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 10, 2025
Avelo Airlines extends 9 flights into 2026 at four airports in region

The low-cost airline will provide service from LAL, SRQ, RSW and TPA.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 16, 2025
Prominent Lakeland commercial real estate firm grows

Saunders Real Estate, a to Polk County CRE firm best known for conservation easements, is expanding into Tampa, with a new office on Westshore Boulevard.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 7, 2005
Ahead of The Curve

The Bonita Bay Group plans to replicate its successful business model throughout Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2007
'If not us, then who?'

A Gulf Coast nursing home is plowing ahead with a $23 million renovation project, despite being part of an industry that's a nasty combination of costly and unprofitable.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 16, 2005
Retire? Too Many Opportunities

Peninsula Bank CEO Simon Portnoy keeps a low profile on the Gulf Coast. But this experienced Gold Coast banker knows what he's doing. Keep your eye on Peninsula.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Denise Kalette |
  • January 17, 2013
Taking charge

PODS are sprouting in driveways across the country. New CEO John Koch tackles the logistics of growth, and may take the company public.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 8, 2021
Grocers look for an edge as competition gets even tighter

To stay competitive in a brutal market, grocers need to find ways to differentiate themselves. A cheaper can of beans no longer cuts it.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 23, 2025
New SRQ airport CEO reflects on first month on the job

New Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport President and CEO Paul Hoback equates SRQ and the region to living and working in paradise.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 4, 2006
Latino Media Powers Up

A Venezuelan couple started Media Vista with just $15,000 in equipment five years ago. Now the company has its own television station and high-tech studio. Revenues are expected to hit $2 million next year.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 9, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Thayer Lodging Buys Allens HotelsBlackpoint Group planning Washington CrossingSarasota investment group buys apartment developmentFifth Third Bank buys in Sumter Crossing

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Group buys Tidemark Resort, saves from bankruptcyConstruction starts on new phase of University Health ParkMGA Insurance Services constructing new buildingFirst Priority Bank plans new branch

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 9, 2008
Merchants of Hope

Providing death with dignity on the Gulf Coast is big business. It requires big-thinking executives.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 6, 2012
12 Bold Predictions for 2012

Our writers offer a dozen bold predictions about the Gulf Coast economy for 2012.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 14, 2023
Serial business owners buy a pair of Sarasota bagel businesses

From skiing to schmear, the core of the Koffman brothers’ business model remains straightforward: Treat people well, and avoid micromanaging.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2008
Unique 2.0

Mike Montgomery couldn't believe how little technology there was inside a $15 million air conditioning company. So he bought it. And then he changed everything.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • July 15, 2016
Build-a-Brand

A business with 90 years of history certainly has plenty of stories to share. McKibbon Hospitality is ready for its storytelling moment.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 13, 2023
Retailers shift mindset — and sometimes size — but continue to grow across Florida

Retailers have been expanding across the region to meet the demand that comes with the population spike.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 27, 2026
Hulk Hogan's beer brand looks to grow — while moving beyond iconic pitchman

Real American Beer is grappling with a core business problem: how to evolve beyond an iconic founder without alienating its ride-or-die demographic.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • December 14, 2018
Sub chain CEO: 'I'll clean the worst restrooms'

Don Fox was recently in Tampa for a University of South Florida Muma College of Business “Conversation with a CEO” event. In an interview with the Business Observer, Fox talked about leadership, franchise best practices and connecting business with philan

  • Leadership
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 27, 2021
Industrial real estate sector is experiencing sustained growth

The design of industrial real estate today reflects logistics changes that have been influenced by a move to e-commerce. Experts say those shifts will propel new development for years to come.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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