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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 9, 2021
County plans to kill tax that funds local EDC

Commissioners will stop tax funding to the EDC by 2024 and reallocate economic development incentive fund monies to the general fund budget

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 13, 2021
$300 million construction firm builds smooth succession plan

A nice dinner out paved the way for Owen-Ames-Kimball to formulate ideas for top executives to exit the firm gracefully.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 17, 2021
Who says you can't come home again?

Tech entrepreneur comes back to Tampa to rebuild company he found two decades ago, and to spur the next generation of local innovators.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 9, 2020
Suit up: Venerable menswear shop makes savvy moves to survive downturn

Martin Shine, owner of Kirby's Men’s Wear in South Tampa, Florida, says he has never faced an existential threat like the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Strategies
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 16, 2019
Admitted workaholic heads to ‘Hilton on wheels' to recharge

Karen Mosteller has a welcome respite from the grind.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 20, 2019
Credit union gets bigger — and dismantles more of the community bank model

Suncoast Credit Union seized the buy-to-grow strategy when faced with a obstacle to its asset expansion.

  • Finance
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 6, 2020
Producer, former television network head shares keys to success

Nely Galán was president of entertainment for Telemundo. The producer of over 700 television episodes spoke in Sarasota recently.

  • Strategies
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 10, 2020
As businesses reopen after COVID-19 shutdowns, signage becomes more prominent than ever

From messages about social distancing to messages of gratitude, area signage companies say signs can help businesses make customers and employees more comfortable.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 11, 2018
Affordable housing champion, businessman Harvey Vengroff dies

Harvey Vengroff, described by those who knew him well as a near-perfect case of a life well lived, died Oct. 11.

  • News
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 14, 2018
q&a: Julia Silva Rettig

"Last-mile distribution" is shaking up the industrial real estate industry, and causing investors to look twice at older, smaller properties that are close to urban centers and could be retrofitted for today's logistics firms

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 15, 2019
q&a | Premier Airport Park, Fort Myers

Colliers International's Dan MIller is directing leasing for Principal Real Estate investors' Premier Airport Park, a 1.87 million-square-foot development in Fort Myers

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 30, 2017
Like a Rocket

Multifamily complexes throughout the Gulf Coast are attracting buyers, sending prices to new heights.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 1, 2025
Reforms to new condo safety law may be coming

The Florida Legislature is expected to take up changes and tweaks to a safety law passed to prevent a repeat of the Surfside condo collapse in 2021.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 27, 2023
Clearwater firm buys five senior living facilities decade after exiting sector

Ten years later, TJM Properties again seizes an opportunity to cash in on senior living facilities, this time as a buyer.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • November 4, 2024
$14M Naples golf club renovation has big support — and fans

Countryside Golf and Country Club has pulled off an impressive feat: keeping residents happy during a major renovation project.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • August 23, 2024
Tech leader creates statewide women-empowering platform

Raechel Canipe is helping women find their way in technology — one Slack post at a time.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 9, 2026
Tampa attorney gets hands-on with woodworking hobby

Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Alan Higbee says carpentry helps him leave the stressful work of a lawyer where it belongs — at the office.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 25, 2007
Letters: Gov. Crist Recall

Our comments two weeks ago to begin a petition drive to recall Gov. Charlie Crist generated strong pros and strong cons. One reader sent in a $100 check to help jump-start the funding for the campaign.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 18, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Commercial Real Estate Briefs

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 6, 2007
'Best Year Ever'

Rising interest rates boosted income at Bank of Tampa, which had as much as 36% of its deposits in checking accounts in 2006. As for real estate loans, the bank has a lower percentage than other community banks.

  • Entrepreneurs
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