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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 15, 2016
Chicago investor buys complex for $5.2 million

The Orion Center is on Daniels Parkway in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 17, 2016
Turf firm takes it to the top

The business world is full of advice on how to build a great workplace, where employees love coming in to the office and are engaged, happy and productive.

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  • July 1, 2016
Back at the ranch

Kitson & Partners is wasting no time since it unveiled plans for Babcock Ranch April 22.

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  • July 7, 2015
Raymond James refunds $8.7M in mutual fund overcharges

The St. Petersburg financial company and two other firms failed to follow through on waivers for charitable and retirement accounts.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2015
Nearly 1 million-square-foot industrial park sells

High Street Realty purchased Tampa Distribution Center from MetLife Real Estate Investors.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2015
Developer selling life

At first glance, the $12.4 million sale of 30-year-old apartments in Tampa's Carrollwood might not be the most attention-grabbing.

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  • March 2, 2015
Bain cashing out of Outback chain

Stock sale could generate $464 million for company that helped buy Bloomin' Brands back in 2006.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 7, 2023
Site of just-closed St. Pete brewery for sale

The Brutalist Temple of Beer closed last month, and its building is now on the market.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 18, 2025
ESPN report: Naples' Hoffmann family buying NHL hockey team

The family does not deny a report from sports network ESPN that it has agreed to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 14, 2005
Westwater Transformed

Mark Miller looks to the new waterfront - out east. He continues building companies, too.

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  • August 29, 2008
Corporate Report

Study: SinoFresh spray kills MRSA in nosesIntertape Polymer Groupreleases new roof productCryo-Cell, EndGenitor planjoint research programMIVA rearranging itsEuropean operationstate approves site forSeminole clean coal unitHSN Inc. leaves IAC,listed on NASDAQWellCare Health Plansmakes payment agreementGevity plans 5-cent dividend,31st quarterly paymentBrown & Brown buys assetsof Pennsylvania-based firm

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  • October 15, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: Oct. 15 - Oct. 21

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • March 1, 2019
The robots are coming to Florida's west coast — for these jobs

According to a January report from the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institute, four of the top 25 and eight of the top 50 metro area most vulnerable to losing jobs to automation are on or next to Florida’s West Coast. No. 3 is Lakeland-Win

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  • August 11, 2017
At the CORE

Lakewood Ranch life sciences park is gelling with a trio of new projects.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • October 16, 2015
Matt Simmons, 31

Partner, Maxwell, Hendry & Simmons

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 20, 2025
YouTube star becomes partner in Bradenton Motorsports Park

A race car driver who is also a YouTuber is now 50% owner of the drag racing facility off State Road 64 in Bradenton.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • July 21, 2023
Clearwater private flight company soars as clients seek comfort in clouds

A nonstop demand for white-glove private air service that began during the pandemic pushes a nimble and opportunistic company to new heights.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • October 22, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Vector Properties buys Wildewood Professional Park Earthworks Land Development to develop industrial park Quay ownership closes on land for roundaboutFlagship National Bank buys downtown

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 21, 2020
'Crazy times'

Although LSI Cos. says the Southwest Florida real estate remains healthy for now, COVID-19 is casting a long shadow over the future of the market at present

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 26, 2017
First look

Want to find and retain top talent? Look for one factor above all else, says a top HR executive: true grit.

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