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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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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 31, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Developer gears up for Alinari start Stokes & Griffith buys 270 acres in Parrish National Constructors breaks ground on new park Sarasota County buys railroad for rec trail Boca Raton resident buys Lloydis Trailer

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 13, 2009
Tijuana Time

Stephen Martin is touting a funky-themed Tex-Mex restaurant chain as his way of beating back the recession. And get this: he's even growing sales and opening new stores.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 28, 2010
Mold a Winner

Investment banker Jim Westman recently made one of his gutsiest calls: In the throes of the recession he bought a manufacturing company he could call his own.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 19, 2009
Orion's Fallen Star

Jerry Williams grew Orion Bank into one of the largest lenders in Florida during the real estate boom, only to be shut down by regulators in the bust. A last-ditch gamble to raise capital backfired.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2010
Corporate Report: Oct. 29 - Nov. 4

The latest news from Whitney Bank, Masonite Inc., Syniverse, and more.

  • News
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 30, 2010
Land Bust

This is the state of the Gulf Coast land market: Buyers aren't buying and sellers aren't selling. But that may be about to change as banks start unloading large tracts of distressed property.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 9, 2010
Bank Lifeline

A group of former Bank of America executives plans to invest as much as $350 million in TIB Financial, the Naples-based bank-holding company. The fresh capital saves the company from the unfortunate fate of some of its cross-town rivals and gives existing shareholders another chance.

  • Finance
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 9, 2013
Fully furnished

Matter Brothers Furniture is targeting Sarasota for expansion, scouting locations for a new store thanks to the recovery in residential real estate.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 27, 2012
The Brewmeister

Neal Knapp retired to Cape Coral, but now he' helping entrepreneurs launch craft breweries around the world.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 25, 2023
FPL pays $30 million for 3,400 acres in Manatee County

Florida Power & Light has bought the acreage in Myakka City as state records show it plans to build three solar centers in the county.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jim Stinson |
  • August 12, 2023
Boutique hotel brand popular in LA to make Florida debut in Tampa

Palisociety and WS Development will make its first hotel foray into Florida with its Palihouse brand.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 18, 2023
Naples real estate firm tops $1 billion in sales in first months of 2023

John R. Wood Properties is off to a hot start with 993 transactions, including a $46.8 million-dollar sale, in first quarter of the year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2022
Education nonprofit named semifinalist for $1 million prize

RCMA is one of 32 up for the Yass Prize.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 26, 2022
Lee county surpasses 1 million yards of debris collection, covering 1,000 miles

The county is on a faster pace than post-Hurricane Irma in 2017.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2022
$11M soap company names new top merchandising executive

Katherine Way has four decades of marketing and branding experience.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 11, 2010
Entrepreneur has no fight left

Oscar Parsons has given up on his dream to turn a deserted Sam's Club near the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport into a thriving convention center.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2011
Transportation secretary do-over?

After the Florida Transportation Commission sent a short-list of candidates for the secretary of transportation post about six weeks ago, Gov. Rick Scott may want a new list.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 15, 2013
Rack attack could be on the way

Speculation is high that the Sarasota-Manatee market could be the next target for Nordstrom Rack.

  • News
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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.

  • News
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