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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 4, 2023
Prolific homebuilder tackles new niche: Attainable housing

SimplyDwell Homes is focused on becoming a leader of attainable housing in Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 24, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Roaring Toyz to roar into national bike show: Could a small sport bike shop in Sarasota be the next Orange County Choppers?Rushing takes top honor: Karen Rushing, clerk of the circuit court and comptroller for Sarasota County, received the President's Clerk of the Year Award from the Florida Association of Court Clerks and Comptrollers at the organization's annual summer conference in Ponte Vedra.It's a done deal, almost: The Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice is going to be a landholder real soon.Cracker Barrel pegged: The folksy restaurant chain, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc., is being sued over a peg from one of its tabletop brainteaser games.Concrete solution: Mexico?: The Associated General Contractors of America has called on U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez to intervene in the increasingly dire shortage of cement in the United States before major economic disruptions occur.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 15, 2010
Rock & roll on the river

Al Hoffman, the Florida developer best known for building some of the largest residential communities on the Gulf Coast, sold his Fort Myers mansion to the heavy metal rocker Cliff Williams.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2013
Saunders breaks $2B barrier

Prominent realty firm had its best year in 2012 since the boom.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 19, 2018
Gulf Coast MPCs sales soared last year

Two Gulf Coast master-planned communities were tops in the nation in sales last year, and a third Florida community posted the best numbers in the U.S.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 16, 2016
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROFILE | Carl Roeder

Carl Roeder has been involved in commercial real estate lending for more than three decades, and today is head of BB&T's Commercial Real Estate Lending Group for West and Southwest Florida, an area that covers from Tampa to Naples.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 8, 2024
Don't let Florida become California

Increasing the supply of affordable housing takes a few common-sense steps. But local politicians are the big obstacle. They don’t have the will or courage.

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2020
Popular restaurant reopens — without some theatrics

Vergina Restaurant has been closed since April.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 11, 2020
Museum names new on-site food service vendor

The Ringling’s restaurant will undergo a major facelift and revamping of the menu, with a focus on fresh, locally sourced ingredients.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 3, 2024
New Jersey family pays $14.6M for Fort Myers shopping center

The Lee County center on College Parkway was bought by a family of investors who owns a popular amusement center in New Jersey.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 6, 2024
Tampa college official, co-conspirator convicted of embezzling aid for students

The two are facing at least 20 years in federal prison for a scheme that cost local unnamed college hundreds of thousands of dollars.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 17, 2019
After selling a funeral home business, duo breathes life into customer service

Who says great customer service is dead? Nikki and John McQueen believe they have the clues to help others.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2020
Cancer center receives $25 million donation from late CEO’s family

Gift is the largest in is in the history of the Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 10, 2009
WCI bankruptcy moving slowly

It's been eight months since Bonita Springs-based homebuilder WCI Communities filed for bankruptcy reorganization and there's still no plan.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2010
Q3 real estate data disappoints

While condo sales picked up, home sales dropped as prices fell from 2009 levels.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2010
Florida consumer confidence up

Confidence is back to where it was in May, but still much lower than in April.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 16, 2010
Gulf Coast jobless: 247,474

Nearly a quarter of a million people living on the Gulf Coast are without jobs.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 16, 2010
Business investment decreases

This week's economic snapshot suggests business spending may soon stabilize.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2011
HMA brings in $1.3B in Q3

Health Management Associates' third quarter revenues grew by 12%.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2011
Florida merger activity up 191%

Florida companies engaged in 86 mergers, with total value of $10.8 billion.

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