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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 15, 2013
Rack attack could be on the way

Speculation is high that the Sarasota-Manatee market could be the next target for Nordstrom Rack.

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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • May 18, 2012
Innovating Ancient Industry

The recession tested many a business model, but the shift FreightCenter made to weather the downturn opened a new avenue of sales.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2012
High-end condos reach new height in sales

Any doubts New York real estate executive Dan Raffe had about selling luxury real estate on Siesta Key in the downturn have evaporated.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2012
Airport loses one airline, hopes to land another soon

Sarasota Bradenton International Airport officials called AirTran Airways executives Jan. 20 with some good news: The airline was due $250,000 — payout from the airport's fiscal year surplus rebate program.

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 2, 2021
Sarasota 55-plus living project gets financing

Trez Capital financing for Alloro at University Groves is the company’s second high-profile debt placement in the past month along the Gulf Coast

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2021
Airport blazes trail with innovative terminal upgrade for passengers

Tampa International Airport’s express curbsides, opening Nov. 16, are intended to speed up the departure process.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 17, 2021
Orlando health system moves ahead with new hospital in region

Orlando Health has finalized plans for its new hospital in Lakeland, Florida, set to open in fall 2024.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 21, 2020
Golf club completes $9 million renovation, expansion

Project marks 35th anniversary of Pelican’s Nest Golf Club at Pelican Landing.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 3, 2020
Increasing demand leads to new center for Lakewood Ranch manufacturing firm

Sarasota-based Florikan E.S.A. recently opened a distribution center in Bowling Green.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2020
Airport reels in new nonstop flights, old ones return

Cities in the Midwest in Northeast come back to SRQ’s flight roster.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 24, 2019
Cortland refinances Tampa projects with $106 million loan

Cortland Partners refinances Tampa-area apartment projects and reconfigures ownership

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2019
Philanthropist named president of foundation

Elizabeth Moore will begin her three-year term as president of TREE Foundation on Jan. 1, 2020.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2019
Is Florida losing its headquarters mojo?

Florida took a less publicized, but still tough hit, in early December. That’s when the PGA of America announced plans to jettison its headquarters for the past 50 years, Palm Beach Gardens, for a new home in Frisco, Texas, outside Dallas.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2019
Major retailer rolls out new tools for customers, employees in Florida

Walmart's retail innovations include grocery pickup and pickup towers.

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  • By Ted Carter |
  • December 23, 2016
Corporate report

Port expands capabilities with the new cargo area; Law firm grows again, adds three attorneys; School opens second campus in region; Construction underway on senior living complex

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 11, 2017
Business leaders to form new community bank

Onetime Gateway Bank of Southwest Florida executive Dennis Murphy is the proposed president and CEO of the new bank.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2014
Observer buys The West Orange Times

The Observer Media Group has added another member to its family of community newspapers this week.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • September 23, 2016
Corporate report

Health care firm hires new medical director; Mosquito company wins innovation award; Payroll firm announces health care partnership; Law firm names new managing partner

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 18, 2015
Commercial Real Estate

BayView forms finance arm; 'It's 2005 all over again'

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 28, 2024
Report: Some Floridians, pointing to high rents, are moving to Georgia

A new Florida TaxWatch report finds signs that rents are beginning to hold steady and that Florida residents have been migrating to Georgia.

  • Florida
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