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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • March 8, 2023
Original owner returns, plans to open new Sarasota brewery, restaurant

With lessons of growing the first go-around of his business too fast fresh on his mind, Sarasota chef and craft beer entrepreneur seeks to do things differently in act two.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2007
More Space on the Way

Despite the real estate slowdown, retail space continues to expand, giving tenants more leverage on rents. The national chains want in.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2006
Meet the Bold Prediction Maker

A business consultant built a reputation on economic forecasts tied to demographic trends. He says his predictions are usually right, though timing may vary.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 26, 2007
Back to the City

More Tampa Bay residents are looking to cities for places to live, play and work and the real estate industry is churning to serve them.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 12, 2012
Discovery Daze

The handling of all electronic data in Florida courts — from tweets to emails to blogs — is now subject to new rules. Attorneys aren't the only ones with a sizable stake in the changes.

  • Law
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 23, 2017
Quality, Quickly

One of the region's fastest-growing restaurant chains invests heavily in research and testing ideas and concepts. The strategy is working.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 15, 2019
Medical device maker wakes up a bedroom community

Thanks to a $30 million investment by TouchPoint Medical, a subsidiary of Concordville, Pa.-based TouchPoint Inc., Pasco County, Florida, will receive an influx of 116 good-paying jobs and a division of a multinational company.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 30, 2018
Citizen-led group clamors for economic development

The growth vs. no growth conundrum is on full display in one Manatee County town. Will the business community win the day?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 4, 2006
Real Estate Briefs

Developer plans Longboat townhomesMarriott Vacation Club completes Radisson purchaseBarfield Bay Holdings buys Carlyle, Central ParkAnd other large real estate transactions.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2008
TO WATCH (Tampa Bay): Bob Johnston

Bob Johnston's best decision as an entrepreneur is one he admits he would never recommend to his children.The decision: At 21, dropping out of college, marrying his wife and moving from Tallahassee to Tampa to help run a little fondue restaurant business called The Melting Pot in 1985.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 30, 2009
Saw blades buzzing

Adams Group is just one of a dozen firms in the country that can build large-scale casework in public and corporate buildings.

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 30, 2009
Staying on Top

Tech Data has been hurt by declining demand for technology, but it has used the past year to position itself for the economic recovery.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 15, 2010
In it Together

Even companies that aren't in a struggle to survive the recession could use a makeover now and then. A Gulf Coast accountant has taken hold of that philosophy.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • November 11, 2011
Rags to Roaches

Bruce Barry developed a wild imagination while living under a New Jersey boardwalk. His vision has helped his firm defy the downturn.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 23, 2012
Out of the Rough

One way to measure Southwest Florida's economy is to gauge the traffic on the golf course. Consumers are dusting off their clubs.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 17, 2020
Homebuilders hammer away at digital transformation

With showings plummeting, builders get creative on selling homes.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 2, 2018
Lead Change

Good exit strategies take time to create — and execute. An architecture firm enters the last stage of the plan in good shape.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 30, 2018
CRE market snapshot: Charlotte County attracts investor attention

A look at the county's office, industrial and retail markets

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Alicia Ceccarelli |
  • December 30, 2016
Back to business

Media Vista Group, coming from humble beginnings, has big plans for the future. A new $2 million headquarters and studio will be a big ally.

  • Strategies
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  • By Ted Carter |
  • January 27, 2017
All aboard

A onetime train station — and later a museum — is primed for a rebirth as a technology hub.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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