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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • January 29, 2025
Former hotel sales exec eyes big growth for SWFL home inspection business

Hotel sales executive-turned-entrepreneur Joe Nugent, in seizing opportunities for his now 10-year-old home inspection company, has a never break rule: "I won't just hire a warm body."

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 20, 2022
New York firm gets $28M loan to buy two-thirds of a condo complex

ESG Kullen of New York is buying 161 units at a Palm Harbor condominium community.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 7, 2021
Mixed-use project adds 47,000 square feet of office space

Project includes new headquarters for Stevens Construction.

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  • December 20, 2020
Area electronics company expands in Southwest with deal

Dow Electronics looks for growth in Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada.

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  • March 12, 2020
Architecture firm breaks ground on new office

The new facility for Clifford M. Scholz Architects will be at 2724 Fruitville Road in Sarasota.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 7, 2022
Activewear online retailer to invest $15 million in new Pasco County headquarters

New facility will help Clearwater company streamline process of delivering to 170 countries.

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  • November 4, 2019
College foundation names new advancement leader

Kevin Hughes was previously the assistant dean of development and alumni relations at Stetson University College of Law.

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  • March 4, 2019
New town announces retail center

Babcock Ranch will build 85,000-square-foot center and a new entrance.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 16, 2022
Chef returns home to Tampa with modern Chinese concept

Richard Hales promised his mother he'd return to Tampa to open his own restaurant. Just 25 years later, he's finally fulfilled that promise.

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  • November 9, 2012
Corporate Report: November 9

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • July 29, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Tampa warehouse changing hands in $94.5 million deal paces the week in transactions.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • May 6, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

$65 million in land deals in Manatee County highlight the week's transactions.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • April 29, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A nearly $18 million land deal in Manatee County paces the week in transactions.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • March 3, 2025
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

FPL's acquisition of land in Collier County for $23.43 million paces the week in transactions.

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  • October 14, 2022
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  • December 29, 2008
Brand awareness

When the economy softens, marketing is often cut. But some Gulf Coast companies are doing the opposite.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 23, 2009
Family Focus

Growing an organic clothing business organically takes the right combination of industry buzz and business savvy, two sisters are learning.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 3, 2013
Sense of Urgency

Jacob and Elisabeth Nassberg built their home care business by responding quickly to patient needs.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 16, 2011
Long Ride

Mark Trudeau says personal service is the key to sales, whether it's a $20,000 bike or a cup of coffee.

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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 1, 2012
Natural Growth

As John Ramil closes out his first full year as president and CEO of TECO Energy Inc., he stands firm in his goal to grow the firm independently. Despite competitors combining, a growing customer base buoys his hopes.

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