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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 30, 2016
Wheeling and dealing

Many community banks have been hit with a double-whammy in the battle for profitability: low growth in loans mixed with a high amount of regulations.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2016
Tampa retail center sells for $24.75 million

The Fountain Oaks Business Center was purchased by a Dallas-based company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 10, 2016
Canadian builder buys Naples tract for $8.7M

Mattamy Homes expects to build apartments on the site.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2016
CEO will ring you up

The next time you shop at a Chico's clothing store, don't be surprised to see the CEO working the register.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2014
Food distributor makes acquisition

Innovative Food Holdings acquired Organic Food Brokers, a Colorado-based distributor of specialty food brands.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 29, 2015
Surprise announcement

It was just a few weeks ago that women's retailer Chico's FAS filed its annual proxy statement to shareholders.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 4, 2015
Where are my pants?

Someone should tell Chico's to get the bananas off the boat before more bad luck hits.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2015
Boca Raton investor buys Casa Del Toro apartments

Investor Paul Karram of Boca Raton purchased the 42-unit Casa Del Toro apartments for $4.23 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 10, 2015
Investment firm buys Venice Applebee's

A North Carolina investment firm, led by Ahtem Ozen, purchased a 5,106-square-foot Applebee's restaurant building in two transactions for a combined $3.15 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • December 14, 2023
California insurance giant hires Tampa exec to grow Southeast market

Alliant Insurance Services hired Logan Johnston as its vice president within its Alliant Americas division.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 5, 2025
Developer pays $12 million for piece of St. Petersburg YMCA land

The project will bring a retail center and apartments to a portion of the property while allowing the YMCA to modernize a center on remaining land.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 9, 2023
Hoffmann Family of Cos. properties brought nearly $200 million

The family calls the sale of Naples properties a “monumental transaction."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 20, 2025
Naples apartments sell to South Florida investor

The deal for the Wild Pines apartments closed with the help of $26.62 million in acquisition financing.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 2, 2026
Tampa company to lay off 255 amid business assets sale

Ideal Image Development Corp. is shuttering its corporate office.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 17, 2025
19 layoffs coming to Fort Myers as window installation hub closes

The Iowa owner of Avanti Installation Hubs is closing three facilities in Florida leading to more than 50 job cuts.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 28, 2013
Corporate Report: June 28

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 16, 2021
Homebuilding exec lands new gig with aviation businesses

Staying nimble helps fuel Elliot Mintzer's success.

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  • February 4, 2010
Free to Choose

A revamped “Consumer Choice Act” designed to gain the governor's support, encourage more competition and lower prices in the property insurance market, may run into election year politics and get vetoed again.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 28, 2014
Mall wars

The retail landscape in the Sarasota-Manatee market shifted significantly when The Mall at University Town Center opened in north Sarasota County Oct. 16.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2008
In the Loop

Developer John Madden pioneered a Denver suburb and transformed it into a high-tech hub for major corporations. Now he's planning a major technology park in Southwest Florida.

  • Entrepreneurs
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