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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 25, 2013
Transition Turn

One sector of the market has seen a shift in the buy/lease continuum. It could have deep ramifications.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 19, 2015
Better net

Banks make money on the difference between what they earn on loans and what they pay depositors. That measure is rising at most Gulf Coast banks.

  • Finance
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • March 27, 2015
Elegant flair

Brent Kraus is in his third year of building his Tampa-based bow tie business, Ella Bing. Jonathan Boos, a successful Sarasota-based entrepreneur, shares advice for growth.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 20, 2019
New Commerce

Online shopping is changing the industrial real estate sector in Southwest Florida, and new projects are delivering.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • April 26, 2019
Master-planned community has eye on more growth, opportunities ahead

Lakewood Ranch, in Manatee and Sarasota counties, is expanding by increasing its land area.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 18, 2025
Plant City approves 3.4M-square-foot, 410-acre industrial project

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a land company buys a new Lakewood Ranch HQ, questions linger about Foot Locker's St. Pete HQ move, and a new Naples shopping center is full.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 8, 2023
Food truck-entertainment concept is off to a fast start

Fort Myers restaurateur Mathew Baum invested $5 million into a concept that links eating with entertainment and seeks to expand across the region.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 24, 2024
Naples golf club for sale, 'best and final offers' encouraged

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Port Charlotte apartments sell for $66.5 million, and an experimental Tampa redevelopment gets a new leasing agent.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 26, 2025
Fort Myers concrete company pays $7 million for industrial site

In the week's top commercial real estate news, portfolio sale includes Lakeland property, dealership completes remodel in Naples and a shopping center sells in North Port.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 18, 2025
Rays CEO talks childhood baseball, fan experiences and new ballparks

Ken Babby, who recently took over as one of the owners of the Tampa Bay Rays, says baseball is a game that creates bonds and wants those memories made at Tropicana Field and a new ballpark.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 9, 2022
Self-proclaimed 'monkey whisperer' sentenced for illegally selling capuchin monkey to celebrity client

A Parrish man will serve house arrest and pay an almost $100,000 fine for trafficking protected primates.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Alex Walsh |
  • November 22, 2022
Tampa CEO says insurance industry on verge of highest price hikes in decades

Trevor Baldwins says Tampa-based insurance firm BRP Group is up for the challenge.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 23, 2007
A New Drawing Board

An ambitious condo project erases high-priced units for less expensive, smaller ones. Will buyers respond?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2007
Nice on the Ice

NHL hockey coach learned to supervise with positives and yelling moments that were few and strategic.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 12, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Sarasota-based Central European Distribution Corp. boasts stellar five-year returnsArgus Foundation points out the school board "will be required to shift money" Class action lawsuit being fought in Lee County over school

  • News
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • January 6, 2011
No Slowdown

Entrepreneur/philanthropist John Sykes remains active in Tampa years after retiring from his namesake company. His latest projects are restoring ethics to financial services and strengthening faith among college students.

  • News
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 4, 2011
Support Success

A Gulf Coast IT firm has found business-to-business success by hammering one point nearly every chance it gets: A good backup system pays for itself.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2022
Prominent developers announce luxury Sarasota waterfront project

The 18-story luxury development will be situated on the Boulevard of the Arts.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 18, 2021
Architects: region will bounce back strong

Many in the industry are confident in a solid pipeline of projects.

  • News
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  • By Denise Federer |
  • April 24, 2020
Challenges, opportunities and change in the time of coronavirus

FInd ways to come out of the pandemic a better business leader.

  • Advice
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