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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 31, 2020
What They're Saying: JLL

Commercial real estate brokerage firm JLL says the surging industrial sector in Tampa is expected to continue in 2020, while office development remains in the "peaking phase" of the economic cycle in the region

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • February 14, 2020
How to buy out a business partner

One key is to take emotion out of the process.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2017
Follow the Storm

Lakeland airport officials scored a big win when they wooed the Hurricane Hunters. Will it lead to more victories?

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 3, 2017
Institutional Magnet

The pending sales effort for Urban Centre is expected to generate interest from large, institutional real estate players.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • January 21, 2026
Prominent Tampa financial adviser, philanthropist dead at 57

Stephen Segundo was well known for both his expert financial advice as principal of Private Wealth Group and his heart for family, friendship and making his community a better place.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2004
Construction Growth

Most sectors grew, even though home construction declined in some areas.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 15, 2009
Government Digest

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 14, 2020
"A development opportunity unlike any other in the Southeast"

St. Petersburg officials have requested proposals for the redevelopment of an 86-acre tract surrounding Tropicana Field.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 9, 2026
Global mountain-climbing Sarasota couple seeks new challenges

Jennifer and Dan Vigne look for hikes and climbs where they can push themselves mentally and physically.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • March 3, 2026
Tampa Bay Water breaks ground on $181M plant expansion

The regional water utility is expanding its Surface Water Treatment Plant to meet projected water needs through 2033.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 24, 2022
Popular Southwest Florida Tex-Mex restaurant opens fourth location

The debut Tacos & Tequila Cantina opened nine years ago.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2022
Raymond James completes $1.1B deal for Pittsburgh financial services firm

TriState Capital Holdings and its subsidiary will continue to operate under their established brands.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 5, 2022
Air charter company extends lease, hires 12 people to handle growth

New hires include seven pilots.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 18, 2022
$2B bank CEO is blunt: The recession is here — and might stick around through 2024

"To me the question is how long and how severe this recession will go," Sunwest Chair and CEO Eric Hovde says.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 4, 2022
Annual household income: Florida lags most other states

More than 30 states have higher earning power than the Sunshine State.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2022
More than half the hotel rooms in Lee County reopen post-Ian

Tourism leaders believe the available rooms will be quickly reserved.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2008
Calendar of Events

View events from around the Gulf Coast for free.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2009
$24K per clunker claim fuels White House backlash

The federal government's $3 billion investment in last summer's Cash for Clunkers program ended up costing taxpayers $24,000 per vehicle that would not have been sold anyway, according to an analysis by an Edmund.com team of Ph.Ds and statisticians.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2010
Budget politics in bloom

A proposed drop in the state corporate income tax from 5.5% to 4.5% is a bit mind boggling for Senate Democratic Leader, Sen. Al Lawson, D-Tallahassee.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 23, 2009
Sarasota County, North Port offer to buy Springs

Sarasota County and the city of North Port have offered to buy Warm Mineral Springs in North Port. The two municipalities proposed paying Cypress Lending Group Ltd. $6.5 million for the roughly 81-acre property.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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