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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 8, 2010
Technology firm earns validation

Sarasota-based xG Technology, which is on a decade-long business mission to provide an inexpensive way to make cell phone calls over the Internet, recently made inroads into a new market.

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  • September 1, 2011
Big growth for Big Frog

A new hire proves that a hip-replacement surgery on Leeward Bean, CEO of Dunedin-based Big Frog T-Shirt Company, has not taken the “hop” out of the young firm's growth hopes.

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  • July 26, 2013
Atlas Real Estate Partners buys Huntington Place apartments

The price equated to $86,310 per unit.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • March 5, 2012
Hot Brands expands globally

Canadian firm chooses Manatee County for site of new U.S. headquarters.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 10, 2021
Florida is a national leader in new business creation

The Southeast is a leader in new business starts.

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  • August 13, 2019
Airline adds eight destinations from airport

New destinations from Sarasota include Knoxville, Tenn., St. Louis, Mo., Louisville, Ky., and other Midwestern cities.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • May 23, 2018
Senior living center breaks ground on $20 million project

Sarasota's Sunnyside Village senior living community will construct a new and expanded health, rehabilitation and memory care center, a project that's expected to cost about $20 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • May 31, 2018
Bank builds presence in region with new office

The Bank of Tampa looked south, to Sarasota, for its 12th full-service branch.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • October 30, 2018
Giant manufacturer, coming off slight dip in sales, names new CEO

Welbilt Inc., a New Port Richey, Florida-based foodservice equipment manufacturer, has hired William Johnson as its new president and CEO, effective Nov. 9.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • November 28, 2018
Health care group names new officers

New chairman Charles Idelson joins Hope Healthcare slate of officers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • June 22, 2018
New retail chain reveals first area location

The first Home Centric store opened in Cary, N.C., in May.

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  • August 7, 2018
Manufacturer renames parent entity

A fixture in the Sarasota-Manatee business community for decades, hydraulics and electronics manufacturer Sun Hydraulics Corp. has introduced a new name for its parent holding company.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 22, 2018
Foundation announces new CFO

Christine Stobaugh, the new CFO of Gulf Coast Community Foundation, was most recently CFO of Grain Management.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 27, 2022
Hotel management group promotes Sarasota leader

Danika Smith-Josiah will guide general managers within Scarlett Hotel Group in her new position.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • May 23, 2017
City's 'pro-business' vibe leads to new project

Dart Container recently announced plans to expand into new warehouse space in Plant City.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 21, 2014
New York City's Sung family buys Shoppes of Venice

The price equated to $273 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • November 13, 2014
Premier Sotheby's opens Sanibel office

Naples-based Premier Sotheby's International Realty opened a new office on the barrier island of Sanibel after notching the highest-priced sale so far this year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • October 23, 2015
Hospice names new CEO, CFO

Collier County hospice operator Avow named Jaysen Roa president and CEO and Phyllis Hall chief financial officer.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • August 7, 2015
Mall gets national attention

The Sarasota-Bradenton region, specifically the Mall at University Town Center, recently got some love from the New York Times.

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  • March 18, 2015
National firm plans 548 homes in North Naples

Pulte Homes says it has acquired 507 acres in North Naples where it plans to build 548 homes.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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