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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 14, 2021
National taco chain makes Florida debut in region

Laredo Taco plans to open at least 15 locations in the Sunshine State.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 21, 2020
Virage Bayshore notches $130 million in sales

Batson-Cook, Ascentia Development project closes on dozens of condo units in 24-story residential tower on Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2020
Beach resort gets creative to boost sales amid pandemic slowdown

TradeWinds Island Grand Resort in St. Pete Beach, Florida, has created two new “remote retreat” programs designed to lure people out of their homes to a beach getaway.

  • News
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 2, 2020
Atlanta firm buys Harrod Properties' project

MDH Partners invests more than $60 million to acquire the six-building Gatewood Corporate Center flex space from Harrod Properties Inc. in Lakewood Ranch.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 3, 2020
Nonprofit begins construction on $3 million restaurant, training facility

Naples-based Connor & Gaskins Unlimited recently broke ground on the project.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 16, 2020
Prominent health care CEO returns to region after six years to run nonprofit

Gwen MacKenzie was previously a senior executive of Ascension with oversight for the Michigan market of 15 hospitals and health systems.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 21, 2019
Diagnostic test company merges with California firm

Sarasota-based RPS Diagnostics was founded in 2004.

  • News
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 16, 2018
Saunders' Drews leaving for development post at Casto

Matt Drews, Michael Saunders & Co.'s commercial brokerage manager since September 2015, plans to leave the company to take a job in development at Casto Southeast Realty Services

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2019
Manufacturer marks opening of product incubator, micro-factory

Venice-based PGT Innovations' new iLab is a two-building, 24,500-square-foot facility.

  • News
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 8, 2019
NAIOP awards its annual "Best of the Best"

The National Association of Industrial and Office Parks Tampa Bay recognized firms Central Florida Development and brokerage JLL as its "Best of the Best" for 2018 at a recent awards ceremony.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2018
Dermatologist physician assistant travels to India

Florida Skin Center physician assistant Shirisha Vallarapu returns to her parents' native India on medical mission trip to treat and educate remote villagers

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2018
Get smart: Building contractor pushes engineering envelope

Suffolk, a national building contractor, has added a virtual-reality-enabled "smart lab" to its Tampa office in a bid to streamline the design, engineering and construction process.

  • News
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • September 7, 2018
Panels on new pavilion meant to represent ripples of sand

The two-story Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion displays The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art's glass collection.

  • Construction-Development
  • By Tom Johnson | Marketing & Leasing Manager |
  • April 24, 2018
Amazon and Real Estate are in a Relationship

Amazon is working to build a real estate empire, albeit different from traditional empires.

  • Lakewood Ranch Commercial
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 27, 2017
Polk County Industrial Market

Distributors, logistics firms and e-commerce purveyors alike have flocked to Polk County because of its central Florida location, sophisticated highway network that connects Interstate 4 with Interstate 75 and Interstate 95 and its ability to reach roughly 18 million customers within a 24-hour drive.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Alicia Ceccarelli |
  • February 10, 2017
How to ... Use Snapchat for business

In just six years, the mobile messaging app Snapchat, with its self-destructing messages, has reached more than 150 million users.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2013
Northwood Investors pays $149 million for Waldorf Astoria, Naples Grande

The Waldorf Astoria price equated to $296,400 per room.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2013
Check this: Burger biz hits Walmart

Tampa-based fast-food chain Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, known for double drive-thru locations with no interior seats, is expanding without a core piece of its business model, not to mention its name.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 30, 2024
Waterfront home in Naples listed for $45 million

A house in the Port Royal neighborhood of Naples has been listed for sale for $45 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 30, 2025
$40M project brings affordable senior housing to North Port

When complete, the development in North Port will include 202 affordable housing units.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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