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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 1, 2014
Directory Assistance

It's tough to make money in online publishing, but Joe Buckheit knows how to do it. Connecting people is the key.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 25, 2013
Bigger funds

TerraCap Management has raised more than $125 million for two real estate investment funds. It's planning a third one next year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 5, 2016
In the zone

At London Bay Homes, every employee gets a Fitbit tracker and a free gym membership. CEO Mark Wilson says the focus on a healthy workplace is a great recruiting tool.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 9, 2016
A day on Broadway

In summer 2015, prominent Fort Myers public relations executive Tina McCain Matte faced a messaging problem while on vacation with her significant other and her two daughters: They were about to buy tickets to the Broadway show “Hamilton,” which uses a combination of hip-hop, rap and rhythm and blues to tell a story about American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • July 1, 2016
Award worthy

Building its own property, after years of holding off, and embracing efficiency have keyed recent growth at Tucker and Amy Alford's company. Another key: Never be afraid to ask for someone's business.

  • Strategies
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • July 1, 2016
Award worthy

Building its own property, after years of holding off, and embracing efficiency have keyed recent growth at Tucker and Amy Alford's company. Another key: Never be afraid to ask for someone's business.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 29, 2016
Iron man

The heavy construction equipment industry is light on technology. A trucking entrepreneur aims to change that.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • March 4, 2016
Corporate report

India company buys firm for $460 million; Real estate brokerage names CEO; Window maker closes $100 million acquisition; Real estate society names president; IT firm recognized for service

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
Alex Miningham, 29

President, Discount Park and Ride

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
Eric Rosenthal, 37

President and Owner, Florikan

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 22, 2015
Senior boom

A Michigan developer of senior housing is following its snowbird customers down Interstate 75. He joins a crowded field.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 26, 2015
Memory lane

Developers are building facilities for the coming wave of baby boomers with Alzheimer's and other dementia. These are not your parents' nursing homes.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2015
Jenny Alday Townsend, 33

President, Suncoast Connections and Music Compound

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • November 6, 2015
'All in'

Youth sports is highly competitive — both on the field and for a franchise firm. A full-time focus is part of one company's winning formula.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 4, 2015
Looking beyond The Vue

As its hotel and condo project sells out, Kolter Group has designs on a pair of premier Sarasota properties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2015
Four legs

A large stable of owners hasn't diluted the growth strategy at an architecture firm.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 5, 2024
Sarasota County closes $19M deal for former fruit orchards

The county plans to use the property, previously owned by the Albritton family, for soil to cover the nearby landfill.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • February 20, 2025
Siesta Key estate hits the market at $31.5 million

"Crystal Waters" is a custom-built West Indies-style mansion on 2.7 acres and 217 feet on Little Sarasota Bay.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2022
Well-known Bradenton fruit farm may be looking to sell

Heading into its 84th season, Mixon Fruit Farms has been dealt a couple of tough years and now the owners are considering making some changes.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 9, 2023
Lakewood Ranch executive earns Builder magazine 'Legend' award

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch CEO and President Rex Jensen was honored for leading Lakewood Ranch to its standing as the No. 1-selling, multigenerational, master-planned community.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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