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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 30, 2017
How to avoid the next real estate bubble

The market is doing fine. But one government proposal might turn fine into a fiasco.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 13, 2017
Firm faces $1.1M fine for hazmat shipping violations

Sarasota company faced an $8,000 civil penalty in 2013.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 2, 2018
Triple Play

Some of the region's biggest business titans have a lot riding on the future of the Tampa Bay region. Their confidence outperforms their worries — for now.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 12, 2014
Fee down

Banks nationwide have slashed or abandoned deposit account fees that previously made up for income lost in other areas. The trend goes both ways on the Gulf Coast.

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 7, 2014
Protection patrol

A former elected official knows from personal experience the havoc state government can drop on small businesses. He's out to even things up.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 21, 2014
Relationship builders

Client retention is a drop-everything top priority at Kellogg & Kimsey. The strategy enabled the commercial construction firm to come out of the recession intact.

  • Industries
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 4, 2014
A wider lens

Paradise Coast TV is expanding its hotel-room programming to visitors in Sarasota by building on its success in the Naples area.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 5, 2014
A Better Box

Donald Avery designed a better box for shippers who complain their goods get damaged in transit.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 13, 2014
Protectors at the Gate

High-tech data security breaches are no longer a problem reserved for big businesses. Small and mid-size firms are also vulnerable. That creates a growth opportunity for one area firm.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 29, 2016
Having a ball

A developer sheds the land game for boutique beach hotels, with more than $4 million at stake. Success, says Henry Rodriguez, is all in the details.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • April 22, 2016
Sea of opportunity

The idea for her company started during a scuba diving trip. Now Autumn Blum, with financial support far from the water, aims for a big splash.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 17, 2016
Universal model

An ATM that spits out $1 bills is part of a major technology transformation of PNC Bank's Gulf Coast branches. Other banks have seized the trend, too.

  • Finance
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • June 24, 2016
'Employer of choice'

To alleviate workers' child care stress, window manufacturer PGT decided to build its own facility. It looked to Disney for the model.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 25, 2014
'Like, wait, shouldn't we pay our bills first?'

Something I hear often when I talk to business executives about their biggest challenges is the quality of young employees.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 3, 2015
Beall's 100-year anniversary

Bradenton-based Beall's Inc., corporate parent of Beall's Department Stores and Beall's and Burke's Outlet Stores, turns 100 years old in 2015.The milestone has been marked with multiple celebrations and ceremonies.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 10, 2015
Canadian investor latest on multifamily bandwagon

Continuing a wave of multifamily deals throughout Florida this year, a Canadian apartment operator has spent nearly $46 million to purchase a 13-building rental community in Lakeland.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 30, 2015
Senior housing

Robert Gillette, 75, was one of the first developers of the modern senior housing concepts. He traces his success to staying in the trenches.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 11, 2015
Oil pressure

The collapse in oil prices has implications for Florida tourism and real estate. Will a possible recession in Canada slow growth in the Sunshine State?

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 11, 2015
The return of retail

Developers and merchants flex at annual confab in a fashion similar to a decade ago.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • September 18, 2015
Medical marketing

Multiple hospitals and institutions are sitting on medical device inventions that never get to market. A Tampa company looks to change that.

  • Strategies
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