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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 11, 2022
Downtown Tampa skyscraper sells to New York firm

The Wells Fargo building was sold by its owner of 10 years to The Feil Organization.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2008
Links to Profit

Golf clubs are notorious money losers, but one entrepreneur believes he's found a profitable way to run such a club.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 26, 2018
Opinions wanted

The Business Observer is conducting a reader survey.

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  • November 15, 2017
Region beats NY, D.C., wins 165-job expansion project

The Penny Hoarder cut the ribbon on its new headquarters in St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 15, 2011
School of Fish

Randy Essig hopes to parlay his seafood restaurant's success into a national brand of specialty foods. He already sells 50,000 Key lime pies a year.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 23, 2021
Nerd alert: Comic Con to debut in St. Pete

Thanks to a PR pro and his teenage daughters, St. Petersburg, Florida, finally gets its own Comic Con.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 6, 2008
Corporate Report

Clockwork Home Services buys plumbing, electric companynFinanSe plans $15 million credit lineOdyssey Marine protects new shipwreck sitesStinger Systems Band-It orders already beat 2007Source Interlink doubling Kentucky warehouse spaceAdministrative Concepts expands into California

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  • November 21, 2014
Algenol is hot

Algae fuel company Algenol is the third-hottest company in the field of bioenergy.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 1, 2020
Penler buys Manatee County apartments

The Tradition at Palm Aire apartments become the latest suburban multifamily rental property to trade amid the oronavirus pandemic.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 5, 2012
Pop-Up Retail

Al Mueller has been an entrepreneur since he was 15 years old, when he started selling Christmas trees.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 15, 2024
47-year-old Fort Myers retail plaza sells for $4.8 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a new hotel is coming to Sarasota, a new subdivision to be built near Tampa, and a Naples industrial property brings $1 million.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 16, 2023
Prominent Naples developer to build car condos in the city

The new car condo concept, the latest in a string of them, will be built on the site owned by the Naples Italian American Foundation.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • May 21, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Attorneys not as trustworthy as clerks?Creative Tampa Bay unveiled a study entitled: "The Young and the Restless: How Tampa Bay Competes for Talent."Clearwater attorney's gang takes 2004 Oyster Roast Cup

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 9, 2024
Benderson grows footprint to 40 states with Montana purchase

A Treasure State Walgreens was the latest in a series of acquisitions for the East Manatee County-based developer.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 11, 2011
Sarasota biotech firm hires 164

Rapid Pathogen Screening Inc. qualified for $820,000 in incentive grants.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 27, 2024
SRQ adds flight to Cincinnati

Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport is offering a new flight from Frontier Airlines.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 20, 2013
Profit Play

More than half of all Gulf Coast-based community banks posted an increase in quarterly net income. Yet profitability still lags at several institutions.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2014
Still in it after they win it

Winning the lottery, it turns out, isn't a ticket to the good life for many entrepreneurs.

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  • June 10, 2011
352 Media opens Tampa office

The $4.5 million web design firm has 50 employees, with more hirings planned.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 22, 2025
Rays take next step in sale to Jacksonville homebuilder with MLB approval

The two-decade Stuart Sternberg era of owning the Tampa Bay Rays is coming to a close.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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