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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 9, 2018
Insurance guru turns bad experience into thriving business

Steve Herrig followed an unmet need for five years, when he bought a niche insurance business. Now he has new challenges to meet.

  • Insurance
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 4, 2019
House call: $172M new home for health care institution

Poised to move in in late 2019, USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute will be one of the first residents of Water Street Tampa, Jeff Vinik’s $3 billion, 53-acre, mixed-use urban development in downtown Tampa, Florida.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 27, 2019
Vantage point: Developer sees big opportunity in boutique property

Fred Bullard, CEO of the Bullard Group, a Clearwater-based property development and management company, has named a Marriott Tribute Portfolio hotel in honor of his wife, Karol.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • February 1, 2019
Great Jones keeping up with high-tech platform

Residential property management firm Great Jones uses proprietary technology to provide Wall Street service to Main Street investors.

  • Strategies
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 15, 2019
Seeing growth, construction firm puts more resources into Florida's west coast

Pompano Beach-based Current Builders has opened an office in St. Petersburg.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • July 20, 2018
University takes change by the horns

The University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, has embarked on a brand repositioning effort that will be unveiled in September by President Judy Genshaft.

  • Education
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 3, 2018
Margaritaville Holdings planning a pair of Gulf Coast hotels

Margaritaville Holdings unveils plans for new hotels in Fort Myers and Anna Maria Sound with TPI Hospitality and Floridays Development Co. as part of a major brand expansion nationwide.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 10, 2018
Aviation document management company is first in flights

Flightdocs opens technology center

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 10, 2017
Cinderella story

Amid internal growth and shrinking downtown Tampa office inventory, law firm Johnson, Pope needed to lease new space -- in a hurry.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 29, 2017
Pay now, or pay more later

Florida's building codes show the benefits and savings of practicing disaster avoidance.

  • Opinion
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 20, 2017
Strategic Pivot

Boston-based Farley White Interests has targeted the Gulf Coast as its primary market for acquisitions outside of New England.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 2, 2017
Paradise Advertising and Marketing

St. Petersburg-based firm, with offices in Naples, Daytona and New York City, specializes in travel, luxury and lifestyle brands.

  • Strategies
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • September 21, 2016
Proper props

A company with a simple and streamlined business model — lien searches — is on the verge of surpassing $10 million in annual revenues, from less than $1 million four years ago. Can it maintain the rapid pace?

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 22, 2015
Truckin' through

Ron Labbe credits the delivery truck he re-engineered for helping Naples Lumber and Supply make it through the last recession.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • December 11, 2015
Disruptive thinking

A credit union adding members quickly wants more than fast growth. It seeks technical transformation.

  • Finance
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 8, 2015
The speaker speaks

Florida House Speaker Steve Crisafulli explains why the House stands against Medicaid expansion.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 16, 2024
With stock down, Hertz stocks up on former Delta executives

The Lee County company's new CEO looks to his old company for turnaround assistance.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 28, 2024
Citing better business climate, Maryland ad agency opens Sarasota office

A rebrand and a new office in Sarasota — while not totally ditching the Old Line State — provides an ad agency a nice boost.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 11, 2024
Live Local Act tweaks win support of all but one legislator

The bill is aimed, in part, at easing worries from localities that were created when the $711 million affordable housing bill passed last year.

  • Florida
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • August 23, 2023
Ybor City entrepreneur enhances cigar culture

A family of cigar-experienced entrepreneurs will be opening a store in a development by Texas firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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