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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2018
Area owners take home top franchise award

Joe and Sandy Nelson bought the Molly Maid of Sarasota, Manatee & Charlotte Counties franchise in February 2015.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 23, 2019
College moves forward on 74-acre campus

SCF will have a presence in the Parrish area by offering noncredit classes near the future campus site.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2019
Social entrepreneurship conference brings together students, business leaders

The conference was held Sept. 21 at New College in Sarasota.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 14, 2017
Get them here, keep them here

The 'attrition rate comes from people who move here and don't get engaged with the community.'

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 13, 2017
Company admits to falsifying data in $26M settlement

21st Century Oncology has reached agreements with the federal government in other cases.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 29, 2016
Investors earn handsomely

After a decade in management roles at Morgan Stanley, including stints in New York and London, Trevor Burgess sought to get into community banking in 2008, somewhere in Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 5, 2016
Delayed condo tower sidelined by lawsuits

Construction on the Jewel in downtown Sarasota began in April 2014.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • May 6, 2016
Corporate report

Sarasota company expands national presence; Senior living executive adds new role; Superior Uniform grows through acquisition; Minnesota business adds jobs; Real estate firm appoints executive

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 17, 2016
Times building to receive upgrades

In the wake of its $19 million deal to acquire the Tampa Bay Times' flagship St. Petersburg building in April, Denholtz Associates of New Jersey and Tampa-based Convergence Capital are eyeing a series of renovations aimed at making the property more appealing to outside tenants.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 20, 2024
Report: Insurance, inflation dominate Florida voter concerns

A pro-business lobbying group finds that economic issues matter more than specific candidates to voters.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 29, 2025
Peachey's Baking Co. sets opening date in Sarasota

The wildly popular donut business is coming to the Landings shopping center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 25, 2025
Sarasota eateries report $1.2M in revenue from restaurant weeks

The revenue figure is with 42% of participating restaurants reporting.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 9, 2025
Naples luxury homebuilder behind two waterfront houses on $26M lot

A home just a half mile from where the two specs houses are being built sold for $113 million earlier this year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • January 13, 2026
Moffitt opens outpatient cancer center in Pasco County

Moffitt Cancer Center celebrated the grand opening of its 120,000-square-foot outpatient facility at the Speros campus in Pasco County on Jan. 9.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 31, 2026
Sheriff: Sarasota gambling probe nets 66 slot machines, two arrests

Spin 24/7 Social Club was shut down after a monthslong investigation into illegal gambling, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2007
Index Man

A heretic among his professional investing peers, Dan Solin recommends that most people put their money in index funds to outperform most investment managers.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 21, 2007
Business Cheer

Russ Whited has just three weeks to sell thousands of Christmas trees. He's got it down to a science.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 3, 2009
Respect the Elders

Senior housing isn't immune from the economic downturn. Two of the best operators on the Gulf Coast discuss the trends in their industry and how the recession and the Baby Boomers will change retirement. If you thought the recent health-care debates were raucous, you haven't seen anything yet.

  • Industries
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • October 1, 2010
For Love and Profit

Tampa's i9 Sports believes it has a solution to the crisis facing youngsters who may not get enough exercise or are unhappy on neighborhood teams. The concept is growing nationally.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 28, 2010
The perfect fit

Who says retail is in the dumps? Aqua Beachwear is expanding in Florida and Arizona.

  • Entrepreneurs
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