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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2010
Hoffman Development selling new condos fast

The Review declared that WCI founder Al Hoffman Jr. was back in the real estate game in 2008. Since then, his new firm's results are harkening back to the good old days

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 31, 2013
Company navigates rough road for sales

A unique local company with the technology and equipment to manufacture diamonds is dealing with some internal turmoil.

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  • August 12, 2013
Restaurant firm plans for Florida growth

The money trend in restaurants these days is fast casual, but Ed Doherty still believes in the lure of sit down, casual waiter-waitress service dining.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 12, 2012
Minute Gym

You only need 20 minutes of exercise a week. Really. Jorgen Albrechtsen is so confident, he won't make you sign a contract.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 14, 2021
Italian company outbids competitor, buys local manufacturer for $4.8 billion

New Port Richey's Welbilt Inc. purchased by by Milan-based Ali Holding in all-cash deal valued at $4.8 billion.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2021
Area toy company to launch first toy in April

Countdown is scheduled to launch April 6.

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  • March 31, 2021
Senior living community prepares $41 million redevelopment project

Improvements at Naples senior living community Vi at Bentley Village will begin later this and be completed in early 2023.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 9, 2021
New staffing platform turns focus to gig workers

Rather than hiring workers the traditional way, a new staffing platform is changing things up. And it's not a quick scheme to get hospitality industry workers back, either.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 20, 2021
Downtown hotel to get new life under upscale brand

Hotel will remain open while under construction.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By AUTEUR Staff |
  • December 16, 2019
A Home Among the Arts with Front Row Seats on Sarasota Bay

A Home Among the Arts with Front Row Seats on Sarasota Bay

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  • July 26, 2019
Fast-casual chain plans more restaurants in Florida

Nick Vojnovic of Little Greek Franchise Development says the state’s growth and tourist traffic spells an opportunity for high sales.

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  • October 18, 2019
Manufacturer marks opening of product incubator, micro-factory

Venice-based PGT Innovations' new iLab is a two-building, 24,500-square-foot facility.

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  • February 1, 2019
Labor short, materials tight in 2019

Hurricanes, fears of housing slowdowns may mean construction materials pinch for Florida builders. 

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 22, 2018
New training program takes aim at manufacturing leaders

CareerEdge, building on its health care leadership training program, started a training program for manufacturing leaders in Manatee and Sarasota counties.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2013
Northwood Investors pays $149 million for Waldorf Astoria, Naples Grande

The Waldorf Astoria price equated to $296,400 per room.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • March 18, 2016
Spigot shuns small businesses

Subsidies designed to woo businesses to Florida or stay in the state overwhelmingly favor big corporations over small companies, according to a new study.

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  • February 20, 2015
New flights

Bringing new airlines to Tampa International Airport means plenty of homework, and regular face-to-face.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 17, 2025
Developer seeks to build six-story hotel, apartments next to Michael's on East

The owner of the shopping center on U.S. 41 at Bahia Vista has submitted a site plan for the project.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 6, 2025
Report: New Tampa, Fort Myers apartments are shrinking

As apartments grow across the country, those in six of eight Florida cities studied got smaller in the past 10 years.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 13, 2024
Report: Sarasota industrial space vacancy rates reach 8-year high

The Sarasota and Fort Myers industrial space markets, long a rising star in commercial real estate, have begun to slide backward, according to a new report looking at 2024 first quarter data.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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