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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2016
Boating retailer expands mega yachts business

MarineMax is a Clearwater-based recreational boat and yacht retailer.

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  • November 9, 2015
Big builder promotes shareholders

Each of the executives has been with the firm for at least a decade.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • December 17, 2015
Builder secures $38M loan

The MacFarlane Group has secured a $38 million construction loan to develop senior housing in downtown Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2015
Sarasota means business (friendliness)

Sarasota has turned around its reputation for being a tough place to do business, at least according to one new report.

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  • February 20, 2015
Wine fest boosts board

Fresh from raising more than $12.5 million over a long weekend at the Naples Winter Wine Festival in January, the Naples Children & Education Foundation announced new star power to its board.

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  • April 3, 2015
Banking on small business loans

The banking industry has rediscovered small business loans, according to a new survey from Sageworks, a Raleigh, N.C.-based data analysis firm.

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  • April 10, 2015
Confidence rises, doubts loom

Small business owners' confidence is on the rise, according to a new survey, yet the “cautious optimism” cliche lingers.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • November 26, 2024
Texas construction firm breaks ground on Valrico senior living community

The new facility will be 240,613 square feet.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 27, 2025
Naples Realtor group relaunches leadership academy

The curriculum includes work to improve public speaking and presentation skills.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 3, 2024
South Florida healthy eating restaurant makes regional debut in Sarasota

Pura Vida Miami will open at University Town Center on Friday, Oct. 4.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 18, 2025
Fort Myers, Sarasota renters among most mobile in US

A study finds that renters in both local communities move more often than in other localitiesx.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 4, 2025
Sarasota office building — with a twist — listed for nearly $4M

The property is just off Tamiami Trail and comes with a second rental property.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 9, 2005
Speculative Growth

Decreased vacancies in the I-75 corridor submarket accounts for why Duke Realty decided to build a new Class A spec building at Highland Oaks.

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  • November 17, 2006
Coffee Talk

Icahn buys 4% of WCI, credit downgradedSource Interlink chief resignsNaples-based TIB Financial Corp., the parent of TIB Bank, acquired The Bank of Venice for about $16 million. That's about 1.9 times book value.Private companies in need of capital might find what they're looking for at the Florida Venture Forum's 16th annual conference Feb. 6-7 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton.Goldman Sachs investment banking division co-chief Scott Kapnick and his family recently gave $10 million to the Naples Botanical Garden for the development of 160 acres that will include cultivated gardens at Bayshore and Thomasson drives.Naples-based International College named its business school for Kenneth Oscar Johnson, a former ExxonMobil executive and CEO of Florida-based Belcher Oil.eal Estate executives from across the country converge on the Gulf Coast to talk strategy.

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  • October 12, 2023
Anthony Wilson, 38

An entrepreneur finds that work its own reward.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 4, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

Money talks louder than props: Kenneth D. Lewis found himself in an unusual position in Tampa.Walls crumble down: The Oyster Roast, the Clearwater Bar Association's biggest shindig of the year, no longer is the most exclusive. Divesting of assets: In 2003, the property at 6824 N. 50th St. in Tampa was in the news for all the wrong reasons.Last straw: Don't ask a banker about his CAMELS.All things fair: While thinking about all things fair, Coffee Talk wondered whether either Tampa criminal defense lawyer John Fitzgibbons or Hillsborough Circuit Judge Wayne Timmerman attended the Law Follies on Feb. 24 at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 28, 2006
Disciplined Approach

Software entrepreneur Gary Harpst observed the management styles of his customers. Now he's selling what he learned.

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  • April 4, 2008
Gulf Cost Week

Poe officials face lawsuit: Florida insurance and financial regulators are suing several members of the Poe familyPols still getting money: Some things never change in politics, such as politicians.More development delays: The weight of the slumping housing market has recently forced several developers of residential real estate projects in and around downtown Bradenton to scale back or completely postpone the projects.Arena sale close: After several years of starts and stops, the foreclosure sale process of a partially built hockey arena in Lakewood Ranch could finally be on the verge of happening.Lee permits continue slide: Permits for residential and commercial construction continued to fall at a steep pace in March, according to figures from the Lee County Community Development Department.Collier's foreign buyers: Home sales to non-U.S. buyers in Collier County rose in January and February by 67% and 43%

  • Finance
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 4, 2010
Retail gourmet

Innovative Food Holdings has been supplying restaurant chefs with luxury gourmet delicacies. Now, the company is hoping to bring more than 3,000 specialty foods to the public.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • April 8, 2011
Uneasy Money

For smaller banks, TARP was supposed to be a welcome relief in a tough economic climate. Now some institutions accepting funds find themselves missing their own loan payments.

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