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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2022
Home furnishings retailer to open first Florida location in Sarasota

Homesense is expected to open Nov. 10 at University Town Center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2009
Turf company Bethel Farms buys 300 acres of cattle land

Arcadia-based Bethel Farms purchased 307 acres of grazing and wilderness land on Ryals Ranch and Knotts Berry roads for $1.13 million. The purchase price equated to $3,659 per acre.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2010
GulfShore learns leasing the hard way

One would think a downtown Tampa office market with just under 20% vacancy and rents averaging $20 per square foot would be easy pickings for anyone looking to lease space.

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  • February 19, 2013
Building materials sector: Boom times are back

Nearly 90% of industry executives project 2013 revenue growth.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 15, 2021
Popular golf-entertainment venue debuts in region

Topgolf’s other location on the west coast of Florida is in Tampa.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 22, 2016
Tech firm picks up six-figure investment

Florida Funders will invest $400,000 into Peerfit.

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  • November 30, 2015
Home prices cool

Average sale prices for existing homes in the desirable South Lee County area cooled in October, but the decline may be temporary.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 14, 2015
Juice agency feels squeeze

Shannon Shepp faces some serious challenges in her new gig at the helm of the Florida Department of Citrus, based in Polk County.

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  • April 8, 2015
New title agency network recruits COO

Mike LaRosa brings 16 years of industry experience to the Florida Agency Network.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 7, 2021
Sonya Kristie, 38

Caldwell Trust Company, vice president and trust officer

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 19, 2022
Airport lands $72 million project to address passenger traffic surge

Expansion couldn't come at a better time for Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 18, 2018
Tech firm hopes acquisition doubles revenue, to nearly $8 million

Lightspeed Voice, with a devotion to customer service, continues fast growth track.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 11, 2013
Gone Global

A Gulf Coast law firm recently expanded internationally, to more than 40 countries. Its attorneys, though, never have to board an airplane.

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2009
Know what you want before you buy

Commercial retail broker Michael Milano with Colliers Arnold may be on to something.Milano recently closed a sale of the 143,000-square-foot Western Way shopping center in Brooksville for $11.5 million.

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  • March 5, 2013
Home prices still have a ways to go

Home prices rose in many Gulf Coast markets last year, but they still have a ways to go before they reach the levels of the go-go years.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 9, 2025
Morgan Odum, 30

40 Under 40 winner Morgan Odum is regional affairs manager at Tampa Electric Co.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 23, 2007
Productivity Gain

Sean Walsh is leading Skyway Software into markets around the world with a product that cuts down software development time, saving resources.

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  • March 5, 2004
The Real Enemy in the Trade War

U.S. and foreign companies taking advantage of lower overseas labor costs are not the real enemy. The real enemy is the American consumer. He loves low prices.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • December 22, 2017
No More What Ifs

For one successful attorney and executive, mentoring is a way to pay back those who helped her. She's also paying it forward.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 2, 2015
Good choices

The key to thriving for nine decades at Williams Parker lies in several counterintuitive decisions.

  • Law
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