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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2014
Jam on: Service design grips Gulf Coast

Sarasota and Tampa are among 120 worldwide locations to host conferences.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 8, 2014
Bradenton tourism data float higher

Solid hospitality figures celebrated during National Tourism Week.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 23, 2014
Tampa contractor faces five years in case

Paul Pinet, owner of Premier Corrosion Protection Services Inc., has admitted buying false training certificates from an instructor for his employees.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2013
Think tank that studies aging appoints COO

Stacy Prouty will run day-to-day operations at the Institute for the Ages.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2015
Home prices surge 21%

The median sale price of an existing single-family home in Lee County rose 21% in September compared with the same month in 2014.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2015
Food firm looks to hone pitch

Healthy Earth, a Sarasota-based sustainable food company that launched a $25 million capital raise in July, is taking its pitch out west.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2015
Shipwreck firm swims out of debt

Odyssey Marine Exploration sold tangible and intangible assets.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 10, 2015
Airport nears all-time high in passengers

Punta Gorda airport passenger traffic jumps 58% in July.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 8, 2015
RV company expanding to Colorado

Seffner-based Lazydays is buying RV America and its three Colorado dealerships.

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  • December 19, 2014
HCI Group subsidiary assuming 36,000 policies

Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Co. is assuming the policies from Citizens Property Insurance.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2015
Banking on small business loans

The banking industry has rediscovered small business loans, according to a new survey from Sageworks, a Raleigh, N.C.-based data analysis firm.

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  • April 10, 2015
Save your sand dollars for this trip

Heading to Marco Island for a fun weekend? Be sure to bring your beach towel, suntan lotion and a stack of cash.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 27, 2025
Clearwater Beach waterfront apartment property listed in 'fire sale'

The hurricane-damaged multifamily building is in foreclosure and listed for $1.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 3, 2024
South Florida healthy eating restaurant makes regional debut in Sarasota

Pura Vida Miami will open at University Town Center on Friday, Oct. 4.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • October 9, 2024
Many hotels relax pet policies and fees around Florida ahead of Milton

The decision was made with evacuees in mind.

  • Florida
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 6, 2023
Is Matt Gaetz really the bad guy?

Matt Gaetz’s outspokenness wouldn’t make it in a business. But his brazenness just may be the disruption that is needed in Washington. Finally.

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  • October 27, 2006
Commercial RE Briefs

Liberty Property Trust makes long-term play with Renaissance Miami nonprofit buys Largo's Shadow RunColonial Bank plans Bloomingdale branchDeveloper buys Palmetto land for flex park, building-research firmRingling School buys nearby Shell station landCritical Path Development planning office, flex parkRam, Myrtlewood Partners buy Cleveland Ave. retail propertiesFlorida Gulf Bank buys Cape Coral rehab centerInvestors compiling industrial assemblage on Bruner Lane

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 30, 2021
As retail struggles to find the new normal, one mall remains strong despite the headwinds

Two decades in, Tampa's International Plaza has found a niche for itself and is thriving, as other malls consider a perilous future.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 20, 2014
Corporate Report

Pegasus TransTech buying TripPak, ACS Advertising from Xerox; Heritage Insurance debuts commercial residential offers and more corporate news.

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  • By Bob Andelman |
  • August 12, 2016
Urban eats

A onetime merchant marine, Andy Salyards started a restaurant business on impulse and instinct three years ago. How did he hit the big-time so quickly?

  • Entrepreneurs
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