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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 8, 2005
Impact Fee Fight

The Bennett-Clark bill misses the bigger picture: the efficacy of impact fees to begin with. By: Matt Walsh

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 8, 2018
Passco Cos. bought Springs at Bee Ridge apartments for a multitude of reasons

Passco Cos. spends $77.5 million to buy Springs at Bee Ridge from Continental Properties before renaming the new 360-unit community Longitude 82

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • March 21, 2024
Busboy-turned-owner builds on Tampa Bay Village Inn empire

Daniel Lehan IV has turned a teenage busboy gig into a multimillion-dollar restaurant enterprise. One simple key to success: You have to like people.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 19, 2006
Business as Usual

John Cannon Homes recently moved its headquarters to Lakewood Ranch.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2004
Ready to Go

After a year and a half of delays, Liz Breuer is anxious to get started next month on The Savoy on Palm, an 11-story condominium tower.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 26, 2020
Small time: Entrepreneur brings tiny homes, village to region

Dan Dobrowolski, a Wisconsin entrepreneur, has launched Escape Tampa Bay Village, a tiny home community on a 1-acre parcel at 11008 U.S. Highway 301 in Thonotosassa, Florida.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 15, 2016
Pizza man

Dan Bavaro is a street-smart entrepreneur with an amateur boxer's toughness. His current fight is to seize growth at the right pace.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 24, 2020
Entrepreneur cooks up national grilling brand

There isn’t a 1-2-3 recipe on going from blogging to having a national media brand. But one determined entrepreneur believes she has the right mix of ingredients to do it.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 14, 2005
Options Open

Market forces have forced Roger Gatewood to rethink his strategy at Seaboard Square.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2004
Finding Your Niche

Three Bay area entrepreneurs share the secrets of their success.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 4, 2018
Insurance agency leader moves forward with focus on growth

An unexpected leadership shift could ruffle a small business. One area executive aims to bring a steady hand to the insurance firm he now helms.

  • Leadership
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 7, 2006
The Team Approach

At first, Tom Wallace wasn't going to put a penny into online education firm RedVector.com, citing poor finances. Two years later, he's the CEO and the biggest shareholder. The comeback started with a change in the company culture.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 25, 2009
Workout World

A pair of commercial real estate veterans has formed a business born of the recession, to help banks and landlords navigate the miserable market. It could be a big business.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • April 19, 2012
No Reservations

A $75 million expansion will swell the square footage and number of employees at the Seminole Hard Resort & Casino in Tampa.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 27, 2018
School district gets creative in filling employee gaps

One of Southwest Florida's largest employers looks in unusual spots for new teachers.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 15, 2025
Detwiler’s opening large distribution center in Palmetto

The grocery chain will use the center to serve its six stores in Sarasota and Manatee counties with more possibly to come.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 10, 2015
'One more step'

The voice within your head goes a long way toward shaping your leadership skills. A skilled combat veteran shows how it's done.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 2, 2004
Sweet Spot

Business is good this year for Tampa Bay area law firms, but for the most part growth is conservative.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 10, 2023
Veteran banking executive retires after 18 years

The role at SouthState Bank has been filled by Chris Perkins.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2010
Apartment investors expand portfolio

Sam and Laurice Hachem have struck again, and they are no longer limiting their investments to apartment communities.

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