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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2020
Global inventor, innovation awards coming to region in 2021

Fort Myers notches a big win with the Edison Awards.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 26, 2019
Dallas partners buy Fort Myers industrial land

A Dallas-based partnership has acquired a 100-acre tract zoned for industrial development for what will likely be a major new business park in Fort Myers

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 7, 2019
St. Pete tech firm makes French connection

Marxent, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based tech firm that creates interactive virtual-reality displays for home furnishing retailers like Macy’s, has found a strategic partner in Europe.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 15, 2018
Manufacturer moves headquarters to area, adds 80 workers to staff

S.S. White Technologies, a maker of flexible shafts for aircraft, automobiles and medical devices, has relocated from Piscataway, N.J., to a 90,000-square-foot facility in Seminole, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 11, 2019
Dilweg Cos. selling Sarasota City Center office building

The Dilweg Cos., which acquired the 13-story Sarasota City Center office building in downtown Sarasota in April 2017 and subsequently invested about $5 million to upgrade the property, is listing it for sale. The Durham, N.C.-based company is seeking abou

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2019
Husband and wife sentenced in loan scam

The state Office of Financial Regulation says the couple collected fees in advance of promised loan closings, an illegal activity.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Gail E. Farb, Attorney, Williams Parker |
  • November 1, 2019
Employers: New Overtime Rules for New Year

Employers: New Overtime Rules for New Year

  • Williams Parker
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 27, 2018
Tampa City Center tower coming to market

Alliance Capital HSP selling skyscraper after more than three years of ownership

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 4, 2022
Naples chef who beat Bobby Flay embraces White House visit

Asif Syed calls the White House visit "an extraordinary privilege."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 11, 2016
New York investment firms snap up St. Pete apartments

A pair of New York-based multifamily investment firms have spent a combined $149 million to acquire two St. Petersburg apartment complexes, Pinellas County property records show.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 24, 2017
TerraCap sells Tampa project for $45 million

Estero-based TerraCap Management has sold off its six-building Tampa International Business Center office project to a Richmond, Va., investment firm for $45.05 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 9, 2018
A flood of interest

Trevor Burgess back in St. Petersburg with Neptune.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2014
Lincoln Shores apartments sells for $53M

Willner Realty & Development acquired the St. Petersburg lakefront property for $74,754 a unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2014
Some see success, others see secession

A semantic struggle over the words succeed and secede is in play in the state capital over what some might call a silly, if not superfluous, flap.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2015
Weighty allegations against firm

Note to businesses: Having customers sign a gag order to not complain about products in online forums is probably a bad idea — if not illegal.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 20, 2015
Academic rigor

Universities in the Fort Myers area have banded together to research the local labor market with academic rigor to create the kinds of students employers need.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 26, 2015
Syniverse makes interim CEO permanent

Stephen Gray brings extensive telecommunications experience to the Tampa company's executive team.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2015
Embattled Oldsmar company goes bankrupt

Federal Verification Co. Inc. is under investigation by the Florida Attorney General and the U.S. Department of Labor, and has stopped soliciting customers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 26, 2024
Tampa drive-in theater site to make way for 354 affordable apartments

Work is set to officially kick off Tuesday on the affordable housing complex being built on the site of the former theater and flea market on Tampa's Hillsborough Avenue.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 10, 2024
New York manufacturer moving HQ to Pinellas County industrial site

SMP Nutra has leased more than 100,000 square feet in Largo, where it will move its headquarters and employ 100, including transferring executives and new hires.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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