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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2013
Businesses get break on workers' comp rates

Florida businesses won't see a large increase in 2014 rates for workers compensation.

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  • May 3, 2016
Housing permits dip

Homebuilders in Lee County pulled fewer building permits for new homes in April compared with the same month one year ago.

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  • June 23, 2016
Construction firm expands, opens third office

The new office will be located in Boynton Beach.

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  • February 12, 2016
Housing organization adds three board members

Habitat for Humanity helps build and provide affordable housing.

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  • October 9, 2014
Prolific Gulf Coast homebuilder notches 650 sales

Sales director at Neal Communities says the sales pace hasn't slowed down.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • November 9, 2015
Airport posts best October ever

The airport's passenger traffic is up 33% for the year

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  • November 11, 2015
Three Tampa attorneys bolt to new firm

The attorneys previously worked in the Tampa office of Arnstein & Lehr.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • November 27, 2015
Builder completes major makeover projects

Gerdes Construction specializes in dental/medical office work.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 28, 2015
Housing remains on track

Recent concerns about an economic slowdown haven't hurt new-home construction in the Lee-Collier area.

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  • September 2, 2015
Major project boosts apartment construction sector

Lee County reported a jump in apartment construction last month as employment rose in Southwest Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • January 2, 2015
Icahn boosts Hertz stake, again

Carl Icahn recently boosted his stake in Hertz. Again.

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  • February 6, 2015
Fort Myers eyesore sells

The most hideous building in Fort Myers has finally sold.

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  • March 20, 2015
Book it: Hotel industry on a roll

Profit levels of hotels and motels nationwide nearly tripled in 2014 over 2013, according to a new report.

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  • December 22, 2025
New York firm buys Lakeland apartments

The 320-unit community was 97% leased at the time of the sale.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • April 29, 2011
More mush from the wimps; they blinked

When Florida Gov. Rick Scott delivered his first State of the State address in March to the full Legislature, he urged lawmakers: “Don't blink.”

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  • April 5, 2024
Eager entrepreneurs aim to shake up the Tampa networking scene

Skip the chicken dinners. Pass on old-style meet-and-greets. An energetic group of young Tampa entrepreneurs are out to change the way networking is done.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • June 1, 2007
Senor Gates

Entrepreneur of the Year: TODD GATESTodd Gates has ambitions to become the top construction and real estate development company in Central America. If his track record in Southwest Florida is anything to go by, there's a good chance he'll achieve that goal.

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  • July 20, 2012
Schweet!

Benjamin Fleischer is on a mission to sell a healthier sweetener. Pyure Brands became profitable last year.

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  • October 4, 2013
Michael B. Gentile, 32

President, CEO, Founder, The Gentile Group LLC; Director, Gentile Family Foundation

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 31, 2022
Investors transforming buildings for today's workers tackle major multi-million dollar renovation in Tampa

New York real estate firm run by two brothers — including one who is a musician and former hedge fund manager — reimagines what office work in Tampa looks, and feels like.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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