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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 25, 2006
Corporate Report

The Sembler Co. adds new logo, changes nameCheckers 'Official Burger' of FalconsSarasota Memorial doctor trail blazes with da Vinci surgeryCadence Financial completes SunCoast purchaseHillcrest Bank Florida opens first branchTeltronics' net income falls by nearly half in quarterHunter Warfield adds four new clients

  • Industries
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 7, 2006
Corporate Report

Look at briefs from Gulf Coast businesses for free.

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 10, 2019
Retailer — in stealth mode — launches new product line

Even big companies can shift quickly to new market opportunities. An example comes from $2.1 billion retailer Chico's FAS— with a team that broke a few rules along the way.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jay Schlichter |
  • September 13, 2019
Luxury hotel on barrier island remarketing itself following $320M renovation

JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort is aiming big in the intense hustle for high-end clients.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 1, 2019
Prominent homebuilder readies for a new realm of competitors

Neal Communities has bevy of units, including Neal Signature Homes, Neal Land Ventures and Charlene Neal PureStyle, among others. The 266-employee company had $453.4 million in revenue in 2017, up 5.3% from $430.30 million in 2016.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 22, 2019
Master class: Restoration firm takes big step up with new property

With the help of a $2.5 million loan from American Momentum Bank, Master Restoration — a 10-year-old Clearwater, Florida, firm that helps residential and commercial property owners across Florida and the Southeast recover from fires, floods, hurricanes an

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 28, 2024
Sarasota officials shelve $25M records storage building project

Sarasota County commissioners task staff to explore the commercial real estate market for a better deal on an existing structure.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2004
Airport Subsidy Ignores the Invisible

When Fred Piccolo, president of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, stood before Sarasota and Manatee counties' elected officials April 26 to ask for a $500,000 taxpayer subsidy to attract a low-fare airline to the airport

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 27, 2022
Hospitality firm promotes from within for CEO role

Tommy Del Zoppo has succeeded Alex Hodges at St. Petersburg-based New Hotel Collection.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 12, 2021
Florida defeats all others states in adding taxable income

Sunshine State attracted a net gain of 126,789 new people and $17.7 billion in new taxable income in 2019.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2019
Theater hires three new executives to help build new center

The new hires come after the Naples theater recently reached its $20 million fundraising goal.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2004
Ethnic Foods, Hot Niche

Several owners have opened Bravo Supermarkets, large-scale ethnic stores, in Bradenton and Orlando. With the success of these stores and the growth in the Hispanic market, more are on the way.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 2, 2018
Entrepreneur finds fuel for leasing success

Peter Wasmer reconstitutes Chrome Capital as Fuel Capital with plans to capture the pre-owned Harley-Davidson leasing market

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 6, 2005
Renaissance Restaurateur

Paul Mattison is a culinary renaissance man - right down to the obligatory Italian connection.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 20, 2006
Bigger Boats

As recreational boats get bigger and more sophisticated, manufacturers turn to companies like Marine Concepts to help design them.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • March 4, 2026
Dalí Museum plans $65M expansion

Construction on the planned 35,000-square-foot expansion could begin as soon as this fall.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • March 14, 2023
After 20-plus years, thrill of the hunt continues to fuel investment firm

Ballast Point Ventures has a knack for launching new investment funds at counterintuitive times, but opening the checkbook when others are pulling back has proven to be effective.

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 18, 2023
Airport balances urgency with demand in massive expansion project

Passenger growth keeps on coming at airports across Florida. One of the biggest, in Fort Myers, relies on a strategy of prudence and patience.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 7, 2021
Thomas O'Riordan, 34

Collier Capital Club, founder and president

  • Class of 2021
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 2, 2016
Industrial revolution

McCraney Property Co.'s latest speculative distribution offering is part of a new paradigm for logistics firms.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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