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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 27, 2022
Apartment landlord rids complexes of unsavory characters

Mathieu Rosinsky doubles as something of a janitor for his properties.

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 3, 2014
Word for 2014: Revelation - alarm over the State

Happy New Year. Let's hope it is.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Medi-Weightloss Clinics buys new headquartersApartment investor Mallahbuys Oceanside ApartmentsLutgert Cos. renovatingVillage on Venetian BayCoral Gables bankerbuys St. Pete warehousesInvestment group buysOld Dixie Highway RV ParkCanberra Investments addsto White Lake park holdingsPennsylvania anesthesiologistsbuy Marco Island buildingArlington Garden getsrehab, new ownershipLowe's buys Sarasota land,for Palmer Ranch storeRKM Development buysland for Venice Walgreens

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

JKL Design Group relocates to 61stKauffman, partners plan to start Ringling PointeSarasota County, Swiftmud buy landFort Properties Inc. buys Shaw Aero facilityTerra Del Prado buys Merchant centerForge Capital, DeBartolo buy Sunshine PlazaEquity, NRI buy land, prep for startColorado investors buy assisted living propertiesForesight Holdings Inc. acquires Largo Bazaar

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 12, 2007
Corporate Report

Chico's income grows 11.9% in DecemberKraft's Carsello retires, numerous officers change jobsLawsuit charges tribe, Hard Rock rigged bidSeveral on Gulf Coast reach top 100 of golf communitiesRaymond James Financial COO joins board of SIFMAMIVA Inc. signs with Google ending Yahoo! ad dealPrice Donoghue Ridenour moves, becomes PDR CPAs

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2004
Big Business

Donald D. Conn and an assistant mostly rely on outside help to solve Tampa Bay Water's legal problems.

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  • By Kim Walker |
  • October 4, 2017
Board Members as Supervisors: The Boss's Boss

Few volunteers join a nonprofit board of directors to supervise or—the unthinkable—to remove the organization's chief executive officer. However...

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  • June 8, 2007
Home builder for sale

How much is WCI worth? Carl Icahn said $22 a share. When management didn't answer the question, analyst Ivy Zelman issued a stunning valuation.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 2, 2005
Traveling Man

Lawrence Hutson led the design and launch of Travelocity.com in 1996. Now, the software visionary is taking the online travel industry to the 'next generation' with Nexgen Travel Distribution Inc.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2003
Selecting a Contractor

It's almost like hiring a key employee - make sure there's the right match between you and thecontractor/construction manager. 'I can't stress communication enough,' says Tom Wessel.

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  • October 16, 2015
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Director of sales, Turbine Generator Maintenance

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 8, 2025
Beck Besecker scaled $20M 3D software firm through grit, perseverance

"The reason we do this is we like to build things. That's pretty intoxicating, getting to kind of build stuff all the time." –Beck Besecker, 3D Cloud

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 6, 2023
Work starts on massive 50-acre, 5,000-residence downtown development

A $95 million apartment sale, retail properties change hands and a new county admin building top the week's commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 23, 2020
Despite knockdown punch, tourism agency finds ways to innovate

Despite a knockdown punch from COVID-19, Visit Tampa Bay, a destination marketing agency, has found ways to innovate and lead a reeling industry.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • January 15, 2025
Entrepreneur aims to restore rotted structures with new franchise

The model behind Preservan, an Oklahoma-based company debuting in Tampa Bay, is to repair, not replace, wooden parts of structures.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 13, 2021
Angel investor looks to lead the next generation, fund dreamers and make money in the process

Steve MacDonald made a fortune in tech and health care. Now he's spreading the wealth to those with ideas that can change the world.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 12, 2022
Developer addresses Pinellas housing demand by buying two hotels — and a lake

A Miami developer purchased two Pinellas Park hotels and is turning them into nearly 200 apartments with the city's help.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2008
Network control

TruWave Networks is building a fiber-optic network in Southwest Florida that could improve telecommunication services for business. It's an expensive proposition, but CEO Frank Mambuca has been through it before on a massive scale.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2008
A Second Act

The multi-level marketing, mail-order vitamin business doesn't have the most stellar reputation. But for one desperate, riches-to rags entrepreneurial couple, it was the million-dollar answer.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Next Nine Golf & Grill owners buy North Port propertySchroeder-Manatee Ranch buys 2,900 acres, announces WindsorRingling School of Art plans new student life buildingBrenda, Milt May buy Anna Maria Island Beach Resort

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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