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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 21, 2014
Platinum Health Care LLC buys Emeritus at Fort Myers

The price equated to $36,018 per bed.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 25, 2016
Home prices march higher

The median price of existing single-family homes in the Fort Myers and Naples areas continued to rise in December compared with the same month a year ago.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2015
Mexican miners pay hefty price for Odyssey

Looking for buried treasure takes more than just a map and an “X” to mark the spot.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 15, 2025
HSN updates layoff numbers, 375 people to be let go in July

Almost three times the number of spring layoffs are expected to occur, Home Shopping Network's parent company QVC announced.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 21, 2010
Asolo buys building for production center

The Asolo Repertory Theatre purchased the 36,963-square-foot former Athco flex building on Tallevast Road north of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport for $1.65 million

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 7, 2023
International philanthropy couple donates $25M to Sarasota Memorial Hospital

Jerry, retired co-CEO of a meat processing giant, and Karen Kolschowsky have donated $25 million to Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, with the money geared toward innovation, education and research.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2010
Murphy: Here's to you, Gulf oil spill

Anna Maria Island restaurateur Sean Murphy has yet again taken a page from the headlines to come up with his latest drink concoction.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 7, 2011
THURSDAY'S CUP: Is the recession moving out of town?

The latest anecdotal evidence of an economic rebound on the Gulf Coast lies in an unlikely place: An 11-year-old moving company that suffered its two worst years in 2009 and 2010.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 20, 2019
Noted family buys water sports firm, adds 55 employees to payroll

The Hoffmanns have invested about $500 million in buying numerous Southwest Florida properties the last three years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 25, 2017
Fit for growth

Prepared-food company launches delivery service amid expansion.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2015
Houston firm doesn't have a problem

The latest sign of a burgeoning boom in the construction sector comes from Satterfield & Pontikes, a Houston-based construction firm that opened its first Florida office, in Lakewood Ranch, in March 2014.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 8, 2015
Realtors roll into growth days

The latest sign of a robust residential real estate market: The membership roster at the Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee has swelled.

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 7, 2011
Scott's first bold act: Drop high-speed rail funding

Congratulations to our new governor, businessman/entrepreneur Rick Scott. As of Wednesday morning, the bigger test than getting elected has begun.

  • Opinion
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 13, 2019
Iconic Sarasota "Vault" building is purchased by investor

Doug Libertore, a Sarasota investor, has purchased the city's "vault" building for $4.1 million, where he plans to open a new brain and autism spectrum research center.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 12, 2013
Sunny Days

Nearly 90 million people visited Florida last year, where they spent more than $70 billion — both record highs. The challenge for area hotels: Repeat the success in 2013.

  • Industries
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  • May 7, 2009
Government Digest

A look at government events from around the Gulf Coast

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 20, 2013
Profit Play

More than half of all Gulf Coast-based community banks posted an increase in quarterly net income. Yet profitability still lags at several institutions.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2020
Area media firm announces layoffs, CEO pay cut

Company’s stock price is down 57% since Feb. 14.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2021
Hospitality industry confab picks area for major late summer event — in person

Connect's hospitality marketing event in Tampa in August is expected to provide a major economic boost for the region’s hospitality industry later this year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 7, 2022
Survey says: Affordable housing is the top concern for businesses

With housing prices exploding, businesses are having a harder time getting workers to come — and stay.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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