• Alternate Text
  • Loading

  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Healthcare
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Healthcare
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login

Results for:

  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2022
Lakeland charter air-travel service expands Plant City fleet

TRYP Air Charter has added an eight-passenger turbo-prop aircraft.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2011
Largo to be more business friendly

Over the next two months, city officials in Largo will reach out to businesses trying to learn more about their needs and concerns in working with local government.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 15, 2011
Craigslist founder to speak at coolTECH

Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist.org, will be the keynote speaker at the Tampa Bay Tech Forum's annual coolTECH event slated for June 10 at Tampa's Museum of Science and Industry.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2015
BMX world champ will earn crown in Sarasota

Sarasota is one of five places worldwide selected to host events in 2016.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2004
Wonder of It All

Tampa developer Rick Wolfe believes a 78-year-old former Wonder Bread factory will convert nicely to upscale condominiums. He's betting his money on it.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • October 4, 2013
Bold and bright

Tracy Negoshian, 31, dreamed of affording the beautiful clothing created by Lilly Pulitzer, Trina Turk and Tory Burch. So she decided to make her own.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 18, 2024
Investor building 178,000-square-foot Lakewood Ranch industrial property

In the week's top commercial real estate news, an architectural marvel hits the market in Polk County, a developer borrows money in Naples, and more apartments are planned for Bradenton.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2020
Nonprofit compiles list of employers with jobs available now

CareerSource Suncoast is also offering virtual workshops, job search and one-on-one career coaching.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 29, 2020
Developer makes big gains in self-storage

It doesn’t have the sizzle of multimillion-dollar construction projects. But self-storage done right, discovers one area firm, could deliver a tidy profit.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 3, 2020
Get busy: Venerable courier service, amid pandemic, sees surge in demand

Busy Beaver Express, a Dade City, Florida-based courier company founded in 1995, has weathered massive shifts in the way business documents and products are transmitted.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 14, 2010
Serious Action

John Lemp built a $120 million company in eight years — in a place not exactly known for technology gazelles. Despite the doubters, he predicts much more growth to come.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 9, 2023
Tampa liquid bulk logistics firms to merge

By joining forces, Boasso Global Inc. and Quala will have approximately 3,400 employees and be able to better serve clients throughout North America and Europe.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 26, 2013
Glenview Capital tries to oust HMA board

The hedge fund urges shareholders of the hospital operator to elect a new board.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2021
Master-planned community continues sales surge

Ave Maria in Collier County sells 400 homes in first half of 2021, on pace to triple sales from two years ago

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 10, 2020
University cuts ribbon on $130M downtown health center

USF Health's new Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute officially opened in downtown Tampa, Florida, on Jan. 8.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2020
Route change for entrepreneurial Grand Prix driver

Race car driver and winemaker Kevin Buckler promoted his new red wine collection in St. Petersburg despite the cancelation of the Firestone Grand Prix.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 17, 2019
Need a fresh look for your headquarters? Just Google it

Inspired by the emphasis on employee creature comforts at tech giants like Google and Facebook, Tampa, Florida-based health care technology firm MHK — until recently it was known as MedHOK, short for Medical House of Knowledge — has moved to new corporate

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 14, 2019
Company's founding CEO plans retirement, successor named

Stellar Partners Inc. founder and CEO Susan Stackhouse has announced her retirement after leading the Tampa, Florida-based airport retailer for 30 years. Padraig Drennan will succeed her.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 27, 2017
Market in outperform mode

The real estate market in Tampa and St. Petersburg — both commercial and residential — continued to outperform during the third quarter last year, notching milestones not seen since prior to last decade's economic recession.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2014
Willner Realty & Development buys Lincoln Shores apartments

Willner Realty & Development Co. purchased the real estate, furnishings and business operations of the 631-unit Lincoln Shores apartments for $53 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
« 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 »
The best of Business Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest business and commercial real estate news from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Sign Up

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-362-4848

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Podcast
  • Big Book of Business

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Distribution Points
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Your Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
×
3 Articles Remaining!
Not a Subscriber?

Click here to Subscribe

Already a Subscriber?

Click here to Login

Sign Up for Daily Brief

Start your day with the top Gulf Coast business news you need to succeed.

Sign Up for CRE Central

Stay updated with a weekly roundup of big deals, market shifts and the people shaping commercial real estate from Tampa Bay to Naples.


Smart People Subscribe.

Turn headlines into game plans. The playbook’s right here.
Subscribe to the Business Observer today.

Subscribe Now