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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 4, 2018
Retailer announces new chain focusing on home items

Bealls Inc. is launching a new chain of home stores called Home Centric.

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  • October 24, 2018
Growing community breaks ground on new Publix

Publix will anchor a 105,000-square-foot retail plaza scheduled to open in fall 2019.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • November 13, 2018
Airline announces nine new routes to airport

The year-round routes on Allegiant will start in 2019.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • November 20, 2018
Tampa Bay Rays’ $892 million Ybor City dream edges closer to reality

Tampa Bay Rays 2020, a nonprofit group of business and community leaders that’s drumming up support for a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida, has secured $160 million in support for the project.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 28, 2018
House money: Builder tops off resort project

The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has “topped off” the new 15-story hotel tower that serves as the centerpiece of the Tampa, Florida, resort’s $700 million expansion and renovation.

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  • August 22, 2019
Fast-growing hospice adds star-power to board

The Tidewell Hospice board recently added three new members — each of whom is a top official at an area hospital.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • September 6, 2019
Grant assists employers with advanced manufacturing skills training

The CareerEdge Funders Collaborative received a $125,000 grant from the National Fund for Workforce Solutions funded by The Boeing Co.

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  • September 20, 2019
Brand new hotel opens just in time to shelter East Coast residents from Hurricane Dorian

The hotel ultimately had about 80% of its 103 suites occupied in early September.

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  • November 8, 2019
Bank backs development project with $664M loan

Arkansas bank has increased its construction loan portfolio nationwide.

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  • November 18, 2019
Country club debuts $5.2 million renovation project

The new restaurant at Shadow Wood Country Club is named Golfside Grill.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • 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
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  • January 21, 2019
Federation announces board lineup

Lauren Fineman, Mary Gratehouse, Bob Israeloff, David Millstone and Mel Taub are new members of the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee's board of directors.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • March 2, 2019
Popular restaurant chain serves up new catering venue

Gecko’s Hospitality Group, one of the largest restaurant companies in the Sarasota-Bradenton region, plans to open a catering and event venue in Sarasota later in March.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 8, 2018
Batter up: Business community rallies around Rays

One-hundred Tampa Bay area business leaders have formed a group to help keep the Rays baseball team in the region.

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  • June 15, 2018
Program exposes interns to variety of in-demand occupations

Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s new oncology internship program with Sarasota Military Academy high school students aims to build interest in an ever-growing field.

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  • August 23, 2018
Engineering group announces leadership promotion, new hires

Karins Engineering Group promoted John Bonacci to vice president of engineering.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • September 7, 2018
Body of work: Syndaver hires veteran CFO

Tampa, Florida-based biotech firm Syndaver has hired a new CFO as it gears up for an initial public offering (IPO) in 2020.

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  • April 5, 2022
Luxury SWFL condo tower logs $10M in sales in 10 days

Grandview at Bay Beach on Estero Island, say the developers, "fills a void in the area for new luxury condominiums in the tower market."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • November 25, 2016
Open the bottle

The hip factor is high for the Tampa entrepreneur sector, according to a new study.

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  • 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.

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