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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 10, 2020
Banks across the region shore up capital levels

As the uncertainty of 2021 lingers, a positive sign shines through in strong capital ratios.

  • Finance
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 28, 2020
Senior housing project defaults on loan

Campo Felice, a Fort Myers senior housing complex, has suffered under the double weight of the pandemic and debt.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 16, 2020
Restaurant executive inspires team in troubled times

Diana Willis has operated Jason's Deli locations in the region since 2001.

  • Leadership
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  • May 6, 2020
Controlled chaos: How to use communication to manage crisis situations

Companies should keep one priority in mind, that communication needs to be constant.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 29, 2020
CRE industry sentiment dips to five-year low nationally amid coronavirus

NAIOP CRE Sentiment Index dips to five-year low amid coronavirus, but Tampa Bay chapter head says outlook is better in Florida

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 30, 2020
Mentor, 'dean' of real estate lawyers dies at 91

George Dietz was one of 10 Sarasota lawyers recognized as a Legal Legend by the Sarasota County Bar Association in 2013.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 26, 2019
County commissioner, business advocate, dies at 67

Larry Kiker was elected to his second term as a Lee County Commissioner last year.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 9, 2022
Tampa mayor: Rent control measures not the solution, could drive away developers

Mayor Jane Castor says city needs the inventory to ease rent hike at unveiling of housing assistance program for renters

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Ted Carter |
  • May 25, 2018
Co-work space landlord plots national, global growth

Co-work space, office space, commercial real estate , offices, work , growth

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • January 4, 2019
Airport poised for more growth in 2019 after airline, flight additions

Big buzz fluttered around Sarasota Bradenton International Airport in 2018 around new airlines and new routes. The airport, its CEO says, is on a continued upward swing.

  • Strategies
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 22, 2018
Area company heads up development of potential solution for opioid crisis

Sarasota's Robrady, working in tandem with physician assistant Afton Heitzenrater and others, is moving forward with a possible solution to the opioid crisis.

  • Health Care
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 9, 2018
Paying Off

MetLife's Tampa office park will house the area's first new office building with speculative space since 2012. A PwC expansion is making it happen.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • April 20, 2018
Atlanta Federal Reserve president on tweets, taxes and what's to come

Raphael Bostic — at the helm of the Atlanta Fed — shares his thoughts on interest rates, Florida business and what’s ahead in 2019.

  • Finance
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 30, 2016
2016 Top Deals | Southwest Florida

Like the Sarasota and Manatee submarket, Southwest Florida's largest commercial sales of the past year involved apartment projects.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • January 27, 2017
Corporate report

Landscape company wins national recognition; Fast-growing builder brings on more managers; Community bank adds Fort Myers location; Multifamily redevelopment project gets underway; Mortgage firm finds buyer for insurance unit

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 3, 2017
Institutional Magnet

The pending sales effort for Urban Centre is expected to generate interest from large, institutional real estate players.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Denise Federer |
  • May 2, 2014
Effective leadership starts with presence

The more you convey a strong sense of leadership through your actions, the more confidence others will have to follow you. Make no mistake — people are watching.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 2, 2016
Right on track

The $2 billion plan for Tampa's 42-acre Channelside district will come together in 2016, with infrastructure and other work set to begin.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 12, 2014
Loan recovery

Banks on the Gulf Coast are aggressively lending again as the recession begins to fade, real estate values recover and borrowers take on more debt.

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  • By Dominic M. Calabro |
  • November 1, 2024
Florida tax watchdog urges state to implement post-storm fixes

Florida TaxWatch says rebuilding after Helene and Milton will be a “multi-year endeavor.’ The state, the organization adds, can help by not overdoing it and over-complicating things on the taxation side.

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