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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2016
Rising banking star, civic leader leaves region

Brian Lamb has been with Fifth Third since 2006.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 4, 2016
Overtime rules stake claim

Attorneys and accountants across the region have held seminars for businesses and warned clients for months about new federal overtime rules that go into effect Dec. 1.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 18, 2017
Naples apartments sell for $67 million

Advenir Inc., an Aventura-based multifamily investment firm whose portfolio contains assets valued at $2.3 billion, has acquired the Aventine at Naples apartments for $67 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2017
Be cool

StratTech lands Gartner designation

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  • June 2, 2017
Fast-growing firm gets new digs

Outgrowing its Sarasota location, Environmental Pest Services finds home in Tampa

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  • August 1, 2014
Northland Investment Corp. buys Bay Breeze apartments

Newton, Mass.-based real estate investment company Northland Investment Corp. purchased the 180-unit Bay Breeze apartments for $24.15 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2014
American Realty Capital Properties buys six Gulf Coast Red Lobster restaurants

American Realty Capital Properties Inc. purchased six Gulf Coast-area Red Lobsters restaurants as part of a larger acquisition of the seafood restaurant's sites nationwide.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • January 30, 2014
Taubman sells share of International Mall for $499 million

The real estate investment trust sold nearly half of the Tampa upscale retail center to a joint venture of TIAA-CREF and APG for $499 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 7, 2014
Retailer Taubman Centers Inc. sells 49% of International Plaza

The purchase price consists of $337 million in cash and $162 million of beneficial interest in debt.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 21, 2014
Williams Automotive Group buys Tampa Honda Land

Wesley Chapel's Williams Automotive Group purchased the property and business operations of Tampa Honda Land on Florida Avenue from an affiliate of Jacksonville-based Scott-McRae Group.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 19, 2016
Colliers International snags Osprey listings, staffers

Ending months of speculation over the fate of Osprey S.A. Ltd.'s portfolio of more than a dozen office buildings in Sarasota, St. Petersburg and Tampa, the Michigan-based firm has awarded listings to commercial real estate brokerage Colliers International Tampa Bay.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 29, 2016
Talk it up at conference

Toastmasters International, a nonprofit that helps people improve communication and leadership skills, will host a conference in Tampa from May 13 to May 15.

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  • April 29, 2016
How the other coast lives

Christopher Roog recalls a time in the not so distant past where many communities on Florida's east coast were rather unfriendly, if not downright hostile, to businesses.

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  • February 19, 2016
Daymond John is more than a shark

Just before Shark Tank star and FUBU founder Daymond John emerged from the green room at Sarasota's Ritz-Carlton for his speech Feb. 15, the audience of 500 attendees was instructed: No flash photography, no videos, no recordings ... You know the routine of the big media celebs.

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  • March 11, 2016
Teams look to connect

The game of spring training moves is in full swing, again, with multiple municipalities across Florida set to compete with each other — in many cases dangling taxpayer money.

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  • November 7, 2014
Bank CEO backs Cook's announcement

Trevor Burgess, CEO of St. Petersburg-based C1 Bank, has talked for years about how being an openly gay CEO of a publicly traded company — like he is — shouldn't matter.

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  • June 5, 2015
Bay area mayors join forces

There was a time not too long ago when the mayors of Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater wouldn't just ignore each other, they would practically pretend each area didn't exist.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 16, 2024
Benderson spends $70M on acquisitions in Sarasota, Sumter counties

Manatee-based Benderson Development bought a 95,000-square-foot Sarasota shopping center and 3,400 acres in Sumter County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • January 29, 2024
TECO manatee viewing center outside Tampa sets visitor record

Tampa Electric's Manatee Viewing Center in Hillsborough County hosted 1,100 manatees at one time, which beats the previous record of 850, set last winter.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 8, 2024
Visits to Sarasota County trend down in May year over year

The May 2024 visitor data shows a slight increase in cost of lodging but overall decreases in terms of visitors, occupancy and expenditures.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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