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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 1, 2023
South Carolina medical group buys Sarasota County eye care practice

Medical, Laser, & Surgical Care of Vision and Eye Diseases, a Venice eye practice, has been acquired.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • March 6, 2025
MarineMax completes latest acquisition

Shelter Bay Marine, a full-service marina and storage facility, now counts itself as one of 65 such facilities under the MarineMax company umbrella.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 23, 2026
Fort Myers contractor to rebuild two Sanibel condo communities

Both complexes were severely damaged during Hurricane Ian and are being completely rebuilt.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 23, 2026
Bank of America reopens Sarasota office; plans $29M investment in region

The bank was renovated following damage from Hurricane Milton.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 29, 2008
Coffee Talk

Of fairy tales and housing sales: When Michael Saunders recently addressed the 400 or so real estate agents that make up the bulk of the sales force at the Sarasota-based firm that bears her name, she wanted to combine a pep talk with humor.New Dillard's store may mean transition: Dillard's has started construction on a new store at the sprawling Wiregrass Ranch mixed-use development in Wesley ChapelPopulation slowdown threatens Gators: Construction isn't the only thing that's going to suffer from a decline in population growth in Florida.Non-profit CEO, for-profit style: Mary Labyak, 59, is president and CEO of the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast in Clearwater.Retired entrepreneur gives big for Wellness: An ambitious fundraising campaign for a new building for the Wellness Community, a Sarasota-based support group for cancer patients and their families, is off to a rousing start.Luxury hotel secret officially official: One of the worst kept secrets in the Sarasota development community is no longer a secretCalling GULF COAST entrepreneurs: The Review is seeking the best and brightest Gulf Coast entrepreneurs for its 2008 Entrepreneur Award.

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  • By Cheryl O'Neill |
  • May 17, 2013
The facts behind factoring

Understand how receivables factoring can improve your cash flow. It's not as expensive as you think.

  • Strategies
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • March 25, 2026
SWFL fire service training academy surpasses milestone

Ricky Rescue Training Academy, founded as a free service 15 years ago, is now a growing company that helps firefighters worldwide get career-advancing education.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 7, 2012
A Welcome Return

Nearly half the community banks on the Gulf Coast have a positive quarterly return on assets, more than double the 2009 tally. Bankers hope the turn has staying power.

  • Finance
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • August 6, 2010
Government Digest: Aug. 6 - Aug. 12

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 24, 2009
Click Through

One of the top online advertising firms in the country — by at least one financial calculation — calls the Gulf Coast home. It hopes to stay on top partially by stiff-arming small competitors.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 12, 2024
SWFL catering company delivers 15,000 hot meals in Sarasota, Tampa

Artichoke & Co. worked Thursday and Friday to get the meals from kitchen to helicopter to hungry people in need.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 21, 2023
Hospital CEO gets 10-year contract extension

John Couris has been with Tampa General for six years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 6, 2023
Fort Myers Beach forever changed as developers swoop in

Six months after Hurricane Ian, the character of Fort Myers Beach is likely to become a thing of the past.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2010
Gag order on redistricting study?

Millions of dollars have been flowing from left-wing interests outside the state to support FairDistrictsFlorida.org, the elections redistricting campaign.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 17, 2024
MarineMax founder retires from board, executive chairman role

MarineMax founder and longtime boat industry entrepreneur Bill McGill Jr. has retired from his role as board director and executive chairman.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 6, 2025
3 RE/MAX franchises merge on Florida's west coast

The real estate firms now serve an area from Hernando to Collier counties.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2020
Printing company provides discount on coronavirus-related materials

Performance Copying & Printing is offering discounts on black-and-white and color printing of restaurant takeout menus and COVID-19 materials.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 29, 2019
Bonita Springs hires planning firm for upgrades as developers plow ahead with projects

Bonita Springs has hired Duany Plater-Zyberk to overhaul its zoning code and make other urban planning improvements to the city, but Hovland Real Estate is forging ahead with a pair of new projects near the municipality's downtown.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 4, 2023
Hundred-year-old Bradenton building on the market

An office building sells, a new luxury housing development is on the way, and a much-needed affordable housing program about underway top the week's commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 26, 2016
Commercial Real Estate Profile: Al Rogers

Al Rogers began his banking career with Charlotte, N.C.-based First Union Corp. in the company's Tampa office in 1987.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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