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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 26, 2017
See it through

After a decade of success in Great Britain, a company has brought its different kind of doors stateside. It has some hurdles to overcome.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 26, 2015
'Business within a business'

The Keller Williams Lakeland office has turned into a regional powerhouse over the last decade, and a top office for the brand nationwide. Its secret: Easy to explain, hard to execute.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2008
Stabilized Success

All it took was two years - and a crafty $20 million risk - for Ken Sanborn to turn his company from a $5 million small business to a $150 million-plus juggernaut. Up next: Managing it.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 23, 2026
Report: Florida leads nation in new business creation

Nearly 700,000 new businesses were formed in Florida in 2025, a new report says.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 7, 2023
Once promising used car chain closes Tampa location, its last store in Florida

CarLotz, once seen as revolutionizing auto sales, has closed all of its East Coast stores after merger with San Francisco tech company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 19, 2022
Waterfront hotel sold, will undergo 'extensive' renovation

The 33-year-old North Redington Beach hotel was sold by its longtime owners to a South Carolina development group.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 11, 2005
Newsmakers (Sara/Mana edition)

Newsmakers is available free of charge.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 17, 2021
Nearly 70-year-old lumber company sold

Tibbetts Lumber Co. buys Largo truss manufacturer founded in 1954

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2022
Sarasota bank sale, a $54 million deal, closes

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida has completed the purchase of Sarasota-based Sabal Palm Bank.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 1, 2019
Home run: Ex-MLB star’s $16.5 million mansion sale shatters record

A three-story, 19,000-square-foot mansion in Belleair Shores has sold for a record-breaking $16.5 million, making it the highest-priced residential sale in the Tampa Bay area. The home belonged to former Philadelphia Phillies star first baseman Ryan Howar

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 1, 2019
Pour house: Beer flows but profits slow

Largo, Florida-based WingHouse discovered unacceptable losses stemming from its primary source of sales: draft beer. It contracted a company to help monitor the situation and the results have been impressive.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 17, 2018
Priam Capital buys eight buildings in Tampa for $52 million

Priam Capital expands its geographic reach with the purchase of an eight-building office portfolio in Tampa's Sabal Park from IP Capital Partners in a deal brokered by Cushman & Wakefield

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 29, 2024
Shuttered roadside attraction launches auction. Want a 7-foot Santa?

The virtual auction is first of two events for the Shell Factory & Nature Park.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 4, 2023
Two multimillion-dollar Pinellas beachfront homes hit the market

Two houses sitting on the Gulf of Mexico have been listed for sale, one for $10.5 million the other for $6.99 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 14, 2023
St. Pete man faces decades in prison for stripping liens from 100 vehicles

The 44-year-old man was convicted by a federal jury in Tampa and could get more than 60 years when sentenced in May.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 28, 2023
Report: Florida is on (economic) fire with projected $46 billion in revenue

Forecasters also project that 142.4 million visitors will come to the Sunshine State in fiscal year 2023.

  • Florida
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • August 2, 2023
Tampa logistics firm buys three Dutch companies

Quala and Boasso Global of Tampa go Dutch with three firms that do tank-related business in Rotterdam.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 7, 2022
Helios acquires Indiana-based company

Daman Products Co. is no stranger to Helios, having collaborated with Sun Hydraulics before.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2022
Tampa logistics firm hires senior vice president of operations

College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving welcomes Marc Richard, a veteran of Smoothie King and Domino’s Pizza.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2003
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