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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 21, 2016
Medical device firm adds 560 jobs

Medical device manufacturer Arthrex plans to create 560 additional jobs in Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2016
Wine Fest gets top billing

Wine Spectator magazine ranked the Naples Winter Wine Festival as the highest-grossing charity wine auction in the country last year, beating high-profile charity auctions in California's wine country. The 2015 festival raised more than $11 million for children's charities in Collier County during the live auction.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 20, 2016
POWER BROKERS: Lee & Associates

Lee & Associates, a national commercial real estate firm with more than 50 offices across the U.S., dominated the Power Brokers' Industrial Leasing Brokers category for 2015, capturing four of 13 slots.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 26, 2014
Hurricanes, sinkholes, tornadoes, oh my

Hollywood directors who seek locations for apocalyptic movies filled with natural disasters would apparently discover a gem in Florida.

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  • November 21, 2014
Icahn backs new Hertz CEO

Activist investor Carl Icahn says the new CEO of Hertz has experience turning around struggling companies.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • December 2, 2014
National baseball academy re-ups in Bradenton

The Baseball Factory will hold 27 events at Pirate City from 2015-2017.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 29, 2015
Surprise announcement

It was just a few weeks ago that women's retailer Chico's FAS filed its annual proxy statement to shareholders.

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  • July 30, 2015
Bed maker will open new Pasco plant

Leggett & Platt expects to create nearly 125 jobs when it takes over 80,000 square feet of space in Spring Hill.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 17, 2015
Former Sarasota EDC executive dies

Kathy Baylis championed economic development in Sarasota for 20 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 20, 2024
$12.5M Naples condo sale bests building record by nearly 80%

The Chapman family had owned the condo for nearly 15 years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • August 5, 2024
St. Pete beachfront home sale breaks records — even with $1M price cut

The house at 2709 Sunset Way sold for $11.4 million, the highest-priced sale in the history of St. Pete Beach.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • June 26, 2024
Raymond James Stadium ranks top in US for concert sales

According trade publication Pollstar, Ray J Stadium leads the country in the first half of 2024.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 14, 2025
South Carolina hospitality group opens first of two Tampa restaurants

Maru, from South Carolina-based Indigo Road Hospitality Group, has opened on the rooftop of Bayshore Gardens in Tampa. The second restaurant is slated for a fall opening.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 1, 2025
Postwar St. Petersburg hotel gets new look with renovations

Skybeach Resort, a two-story hotel with Old Florida charm on the waterfront just off the Skyway Bridge in Pinellas County, recently completed a series of renovations.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Liz Ramos |
  • January 5, 2024
Lakewood Ranch remains best-selling multigenerational community in US

Lakewood Ranch keeps its standing as No. 1 for the sixth consecutive year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 14, 2023
General contractor chosen for luxury tower in Tampa

A Fort Lauderdale construction company has been picked as the general contractor for a major residential tower coming to downtown Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • February 6, 2025
Report: Florida ranks No. 3 in nation for build-to-rent housing market

Nearly 14,000 build-to-rent homes are under construction in Florida.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 3, 2023
Tourist tax in Tampa surges, reaches nearly $33M in first half of fiscal year

The TDT collections in just March alone were up 13% over last year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 16, 2025
Prominent Lakeland commercial real estate firm grows

Saunders Real Estate, a to Polk County CRE firm best known for conservation easements, is expanding into Tampa, with a new office on Westshore Boulevard.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • November 13, 2024
Tampa hospital expands cancer specialist team

Tampa General Hospital recently expanded its team of specialists by onboarding thoracic surgeon Dr. Jonathan Daniel at its Center for Lung Cancer within the TGH Cancer Institute.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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