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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 28, 2014
Smother up some expansion

The Tampa area really goes all in for cheese.

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  • By Amanda Heisey |
  • February 10, 2014
10-month-old co. buys 93-year-old factory

That's right, Harry's, an online shaving retailer that focuses on “a great shave, at a fair price,” bought Feintechnik, a company that has been manufacturing razors since 1920.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 28, 2014
Mobile firm surpasses milestone

News that Sarasota-based mobile health company Voalte received a $36 million capital investment, courtesy of a New York private equity firm, was certainly a big deal for the fast-growing business.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 19, 2016
USAA building spec industrial project in Lakeland

Continuing a wave of speculative industrial construction in the Interstate 4 corridor between Tampa and Orlando, USAA Real Estate Co. is building a 275,226-square-foot distribution center in Lakeland.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2016
A+ for strategy

Tampa commercial real estate broker David Sobelman, a national expert in net leases, where the tenant pays some or all property expenses, in addition to rent, senses a shift in the niche market.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2014
Shady brokers flock to Fla

Collier, Lee and Sarasota counties recently scored high on a not-so-good list, of places nationwide with high concentrations of stockbrokers who face some sort of red flag for alleged shady business practices.

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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • May 15, 2015
Entrepreneurs of the Year | Lorna Taylor

Premier Eye Care Tampa

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2015
Teco burns off coal division with new buyer

Kentucky-based Cambrian Coal couldn't close the deal, and Tampa energy company says new buyer will be all cash.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2015
Capitalism leads the way

Officials at Benderson Development, by far the largest retail developer in the Sarasota-Bradenton market, and one of biggest landlords on the Gulf Coast, get the “why?” question a lot. As in, why does the firm continue to build and develop when it already has so much?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 27, 2015
Builder hearts Sarasota

Former Orlando area homebuilder Nathan Cross, with a company that will do $4.5 million in sales this year, is a dream come true for a chamber of commerce official.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 21, 2015
How to ... Turn it off while on vacation

Turning off all work-related communications while away from work can be agonizingly difficult, says executive coach and consultant Doug Van Dyke.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 1, 2015
Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota up for sale?

Don't be surprised if the next major Gulf Coast hotel deal involves the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 21, 2024
Fort Myers medical group expands in Maryland

American Oncology Network now has more than 35 medical practices.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 15, 2023
Naples waterfront home on the market for $174.7 million

The Port Royal house is one of three neighboring properties selling for total of $295 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • January 31, 2024
Former Hillsborough elections supervisor, state senator dies at 88

Jim Sebesta, a former Hillsborough County elections supervisor, Florida state senator and St. Pete businessman, died on Tuesday. He was 88.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 13, 2025
L.L. Bean hiring ahead of store opening at UTC

The outdoor lifestyle brand is readying to open its first store in Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By AG Lafley |
  • November 27, 2023
Sarasota businesses help with free programming at park

The Bay seeks to increase the number of businesses it partners with.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • September 18, 2023
Pasco EDC opens new innovation center

The Holiday center will join Dade City and Wesley Chapel's incubator network in Pasco County.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 2, 2023
Prominent art collectors list Siesta Key home for $21M

The 7,756-square-foot Guy Peterson design in Sanderling Club features Gulf of Mexico frontage.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 25, 2023
Michigan credit union acquires $160M SWFL bank division

DFCU paid nearly $12 million for MidWestOne Bank’s Naples and Fort Myers division.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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