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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 12, 2022
After monthslong delay, city closes $1.4M sale of grocery store property

The city of Tampa will build a multigenerational recreation complex on the site of a former Penny Saver Food Market and adjacent park.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2022
SMH announces plans to prepare for increased demand after Venice hospital shutters

In addition to expansions and transformations, Sarasota Memorial Hospital also announced it had hired almost 100 former ShorePoint Health employees.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 8, 2022
Mortgage rates fall for fourth straight week

Freddie Mac says the news is not good but a sign of “lackluster economic growth.”

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  • By Christopher Westley |
  • January 6, 2023
FGCU Business School dean says there's 'reason to think economy will sour in 2023'

Florida Gulf Coast University Lutgert College of Business Dean Christopher Westley says that uncertainty is causing consumers and investors to cut back.

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  • May 30, 2008
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  • January 5, 2009
Still on Fire

A Bradenton manufacturer of super tough fire trucks keeps on motoring. It's fueled partially by Army contracts.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 7, 2009
Chico's sales, same-store up

Lower consumer spending isn't holding back Fort Myers-based Chico's FAS Inc. from showing signs of a turnaround.

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  • December 3, 2009
Tampa General Hospital buys Kennedy building

Tampa General Hospital purchased the two-story former Bryn-Alan Photography building and several surrounding parcels on Kennedy Boulevard near Brevard Avenue for a total of $5.7 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 25, 2010
Exporting ranks low but can improve

The Gulf Coast's port cities ranked near the bottom of Brookings Institute rankings released earlier this summer for exports measured against the metropolitan economy.

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  • July 9, 2010
Developer looks to a new industry

The revival of Sarasota-based product design firm Robrady has added another component: A gatekeeper for the company's venture capital portfolio.

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  • May 3, 2013
Commercial brokers seek sky-high offers

Two of the more notable downtown office towers on the Gulf Coast remain without a name on top.

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  • December 27, 2012
Footloose: Entrepreneur dances to success

When Evelyn Squires launched her dance studio five years ago in partnership with her mother-in-law, Heather Squires, she made one crucial, yet common, misstep.

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  • February 25, 2011
Stronger team may not help state GOP

Republicans put themselves in “ ... a stronger position for elections in the future,” says former U.S. Rep. Dan Miller, a Bradenton Republican.

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  • November 8, 2011
Sen. Rubio ruminates on the economy

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Miami, has found himself on the defensive regarding the date of his parents' exile from Cuba — which happened 15 years before he was born.

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  • March 1, 2013
Warm Up

The pitfalls of government owning a tourist destination are front and center in south Sarasota County. Now the future of a multimillion-dollar site is in jeopardy.

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  • February 14, 2013
Founding Fathers honored

The Florida Venture Forum honored Jan. 31 two of the Founding Fathers of Florida's venture capital industry.

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  • December 7, 2012
For Sure

The Parkshore Grill has become a go-to spot for lunch in downtown St. Petersburg.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 27, 2012
Ship Sails Itself

The Ship on U.S. 41 in Bonita Springs has been a landmark for nearly two decades in various incarnations, including a steak house and a bingo hall. What will it become?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 21, 2021
$25 million nonprofit adds two trustees to serve three-year terms

The pair will help guide the institution's vision for the future

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 20, 2021
State's largest distribution center sells for $126.5 million

Tampa-based Cushman & Wakefield investment sales team brokers deal with IP Capital Partners and Torchlight Investors for former Sears space

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