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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 23, 2007
Where the rubber meets the road

Rick and Rosie Johnson built a chain of seven auto-and-tire stores and aim for a dozen more in Southwest Florida. They offer valuable lessons in growing a service business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 19, 2013
Hooked on Comedy

Comedian Pauly Shore helped establish Off the Hook Comedy Club on Marco Island as a must-play destination for the nation's top comics. Now, owner Brien Spina has even bigger plans.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2007
Commercial RE Briefs

Creative Events and Rental builds new warehouseSutter Roofing buys new Naples locationDevelopers plan community on Orange River BoulevardScaffolding maker moves to SarasotaVenice chiropractor buys East Side PlazaAmSouth buys Willette auto parcel for future branchZaremba group buys land for apartmentsNewport Property Ventures buys Normandy ParkCustom Components Co. buys Lynmar office, plans expansion

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2012
Corporate Report: September 21

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 16, 2018
Taking Flight

Tampa International Airport's expansion will include one of the first new office buildings in the Westshore area in a decade.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 25, 2020
Ad agency owner delivers confidence in a tough time

Peggy Wilson discovers that in a difficult and complicated environment, going deeper, and doing more, for every client is always a winning strategy.

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  • By Cheryl O'Neill |
  • November 18, 2013
How to establish credit and improve your scores

When starting a business, it's important to separate your personal finances from those of your company. Follow these steps to get good credit scores in both areas.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Gibraltar Homes preps for new officeKimal Lumber building new window-door facility, officeBlackpoint Group starts third, fourth flex buildings84 Lumber buys land for store

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2021
Local developer sees surge of new home starts

Metro Development Group in Tampa, Florida, has seen a surge of new housing starts between September 2020 and 2021, according to a new study by Zonda, a housing market research firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2018
A new castle for aviation support company relocation

Newcastle Aviation begins construction on new headquarters in Fort Myers

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 7, 2018
Sarasota luxury hotel plans starting to gel

New York investment banker turned developer L. Ron Gray's plans to create a five-star hotel on the site of a Sarasota County-owned parking lot are gelling with new partners, a defined timeline and a set number of rooms.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 6, 2017
County woos high-tech factory with $2.5M tax break

The Siemens joint venture would create up to 350 jobs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 13, 2024
Prominent homebuilder donates $1M to New College for baseball field

The construction timeline will be announced next year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anya Pardy |
  • November 14, 2025
Recent Changes to Warranty Requirements for New Homes Impact Contractor Agreements

The new law which began as Florida House Bill 623 was approved during last year’s state legislative session, and became effective as law on July 1, 2025, as Section 553.837, Florida Statutes.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 8, 2014
The New Gladesmen

The Patel family is now the biggest employer in Everglades City, a small outpost of 400 residents on the edge of the swamp. Thousands of tourists now fill their airboats.

  • Strategies
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 11, 2005
Newsmakers (Sara/Mana edition)

Newsmakers is available free of charge.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 15, 2010
Circle grows around accused swindler

Sarasota financier Arthur Nadel is no longer the only person to be officially accused of wrongdoing in an alleged Ponzi scheme where hundreds of investors lost $400 million.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2010
PBSJ sells to WS Atkins

Another of Tampa Bay's local corporate citizens will soon be bought out.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2010
Cryo-Cell rejects takeover bid

A Utah company offered a 17% premium above market value late last month.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2011
WSM Performance buys Bradenton warehouse

Bohemia, N.Y.-based WSM Performance Parts purchased a 9,750-square-foot warehouse in the Pines II Industrial Park for $525,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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