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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 17, 2019
Brew pubs tap into expanding craft beer trend

As popularity of local craft beers grows, so does the demand for places to drink them. To capture that market, beer pubs take on a new identity.

  • Travel-Tourism
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 4, 2019
Company, behind an empathetic model, aims to conquer senior living surge

The senior living sector in 2019 will be anything but static, from fancy food options to new home styles. How will the industry handle a sticky labor shortage?

  • Strategies
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • April 19, 2019
Community bank, fresh off name change, looks for big opportunities in new areas

Arcadia-based Crews Bank & Trust is moving into Sarasota with a branch opening downtown soon.

  • Finance
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 8, 2017
Outside the Lines

Outsourcing veteran Chad Nuss claims to have seen the future of sales training. He's since built a company to deliver that vision.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 22, 2023
Naples Beach Club work advances as developers go through approvals

The more than $1 billion redevelopment of the historic beach resort continues even as developers work on the many pieces and approvals needed to make the plans a reality.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 18, 2019
Pair of older St. Pete Beach hotels are ripe for repositioning

Gencom Group's $100 million acquisition of the Grand Plaza Resort and the Beachcomber Hotel & Resort on St. Pete Beach may be part of a corporate shift toward more intense management while preparing for an eventual redevelopment of the properties.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 28, 2023
2023 in deals: Big apartment sales, big Publix spending, big farms hit market

Despite worries about macro challenges, commercial real estate remained strong across Florida's Gulf Coast in 2023.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 10, 2025
$30M redevelopment heads to former Wimauma mobile home park

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Allegiant still pays for a Port Charlotte resort, a warehouse project comes to Tampa, and Ruskin apartments are getting refinanced.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 16, 2024
Creative entrepreneur helps beleaguered malls survive amid market shift

Mall operators seeking to draw more customers are turning to companies like US Design Lab to add a dose of fun to the experience.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 7, 2025
Tennessee investor pays $13 million for Fort Myers medical office

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a preview of St. Pete tower, a pair of properties sell to a California family, and land is for sale in Ruskin.

  • Florida
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • November 29, 2019
Well-respected real estate firm refreshes brand to prepare for years ahead, enhance current edge

Sarasota-based Michael Saunders & Co. honed in on the company’s key attributes and added more vibrant colors and patterns to the firm’s look.

  • Strategies
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 24, 2023
Amalie Arena named 13th best venue for NHL fans

Denver’s Ball Arena, home of the Colorado Avalanche, took the top spot in a study conducted by a Canadian sports-betting website.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • April 25, 2023
Pickleball Club expands to seven locations with $4.55M in land purchases

The Venice location was purchased for $2.8 million. The $1.75 million location in Pinellas Park is expected to close later this year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 29, 2022
Back to square one: St. Pete mayor trashes Tropicana Field redevelopment plans

Ken Welch cites the pandemic, supply chain challenges, soaring housing costs and inflation in his decision to relaunch the RFP process.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 26, 2022
Report: As rent and demand for apartments rise, so does fraud

Survey finds property managers are seeing more and more lease applications that include false information and fraudulent documents.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 4, 2011
Dollar Design

Luxury interior design has long been out of reach for many. One entrepreneur aims to change that.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 6, 2012
Good Vizibility

Sometimes, it takes years for a business idea to reach perfection. Patience often pays when the right technology comes along.

  • Strategies
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 27, 2012
Motor On

A Gulf Coast entrepreneur followed his passion, motorcycles, in his latest business venture. Now his prediction of pent-up demand has started to roar true.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2021
Prominent luxury beach hotel plans major renovation project

The renovation at the Ritz-Carlton Naples, beginning in May, will add new suites and a lounge and redesign interiors at the five-diamond resort.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 22, 2021
Music industry manufacturer seeks to regain pre-pandemic gust of growth

Company anticipates big rebound when schools reopen.

  • Industries
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