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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2008
Coffee Talk

Location, pricing ... still the success keys: Amid the gloom surrounding residential real estate, there are pockets of sunshine based on the fundamentals of the industry.Fort Myers back on Grubb & Ellis map: Grubb & Ellis is back in Fort Myers.Southwest Florida still bankers' trouble spot: Of all the regions in Florida, the southwest area and Lee County in particular, remain tough places for bankers. Pro-business campaign receiving high marks: When a few of Sarasota's top business leaders gathered together late last year to combat a growing anti-business sentiment in the community, they expected a positive responseWait it out, the affluent remain: Companies selling luxury goods and services have felt the changes in the economy. Consumers of those items have seen the impact on their portfolios.Zirkelbach Construction builds for Honda, FedEx: Two of the most well-known brand names in the country - Honda and FedEx - now symbolize a lot more than reliable cars and on-time overnight deliveries to one Manatee County construction firm.Tense times for Tampa Tribune: First there were layoffs at The Tampa Tribune during the last two years. More recently, some sections of the newspaper have been cut or consolidated.Former elected official running for new office: Donna Clarke couldn't stay out of the game for long. The former Florida State representative, who ran an unsuccessful campaign for Congress in 2006, is getting back into poli

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 8, 2018
Rowdy return: Leader comes back with a plan

Tampa Bay Rowdies owner Bill Edwards had double-bypass heart surgery last year, but he's back and ready to resume his visionary role in St. Petersburg.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2006
Time to Buy

One real estate trainer advises clients to buy while others are selling. He expects prices to go up and insurance costs to tumble.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2003
A Fair Count

Two Clearwater entrepreneurs say they have come up with a smarter way for state fairs to get all the money coming to them.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 27, 2016
In question

Hospitality numbers for the first three months of the year showed Gulf Coast hotels' year-over-year occupancies declined, but average daily rates went up. With several hot spots of hotel development occurring on the Gulf Coast, we asked four leaders in the industry: Is the region in danger of over-saturation? Why or why not?

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • February 6, 2015
Making tanks

Rick and Kyle Cureton started making stainless steel tanks for breweries a year ago. Now they can't keep up with the demand.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 5, 2021
Sought-after attorney takes on bigger leadership role at firm

Recently promoted to a firmwide management role, Jennie Compton doesn’t plan to give up what got her to the top: relentless preparation and a never-back-down attitude.

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2008
Corporate Report

New Coach House motorhome gets 20 mpgOdyssey Marine gets N.C. shipwreckSeaBridge Freightchooses Port ManateeTampa software firm chosen by Iowa physician groupFlanders' Bartow plantto rise from ashesBrown & Brown buys Subway accountsRaymond James chooses BlueThreadSarasota's Cap Creative launches event divisionMotorSports promotes new COOSirion drug under review by FDA

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Layton, Russell plan Foundation ParkCentre Park developers build for VivaTechLineberry Properties buys Cracker Barrel buildingWalgreen Co. plansnew North Port store

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2004
Marquee's Maker

As construction starts on the Marquee en Ville, Sam Hamad turns his attention to Sarasota's Main Street and a new 15-story condominium building.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 23, 2007
Corporate Report

Jim Walter joins gas-reductions groupWorld Energy Solutions, Rajax trading lawsuitsSource Interlink reaches deal with Thomas NelsonRadiation Therapy Services buys second Arizona facilityMangrove Software buys BenefitOne of America

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2007
Revenue Rescue

Cliff Carothers grounded his corporate career to invest $500,000 in life savings - plus $1.5 million in loans - into a flying ambulance firm. The results have been sky-high success, with more expansion on the horizon.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 12, 2006
Time will Tell

Teltronics hopes it can get past the lumps to produce consecutive strong sales periods. The hopes lie with a new and improved sales force.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 10, 2010
Edison Lights

When the financial crisis finally recedes, only a handful of community banks will be left standing on the Gulf Coast. It's a good bet that Edison National Bank will be among those.

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 16, 2021
The art of impactful leadership lies in the middle

Nico Hohman encourages leaders to utilize a disparate balance of virtuous pillars. The list includes anger, empathy and transcendence.

  • Advice
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 8, 2021
Pent-Up Optimism

Gulf Coast commercial real estate industry sees improvement ahead in the coming year after virus-related setbacks in 2020.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 18, 2018
Stock Development diversifying to mitigate risk

Naples developer and homebulder is branching out from its core business

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 27, 2025
Follow the reading habits of a local million-dollar tech startup founder

From a police officer to the global C-Suite to starting his own company, Casey Marquette remains steadfast on one get and stay ahead factor: reading leadership books.

  • Leadership
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 26, 2005
A Good Trade-in

Clearwater entrepreneur Peter Vosotas used to sell business software. That was before he saw the real money was in sub-prime automobile finance.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2009
Commercial Real Estate Tampa Bay

Gurley Leep buys, renames Gateway Honda

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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