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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 10, 2022
Boat lift maker, sailing school on the mend after Ian

IMM Quality Boat Lifts and Offshore Sailing School are just two of Hurricane Ian’s marine industry victims. But their experiences before, during and after the storm come with valuable lessons.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2008
Sweet or unsweet?

Just as it was putting its house in order, Alico was hit with news that the state plans to buy U.S. Sugar, its biggest customer. It's just one of the challenges Dan Gunter faces as Alico's new chief executive.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2003
Banker of the Year: Jerry Williams

President and CEO Orion BancorpYes, Jerry Williams is a confident guy. Why wouldn't he be?Williams, 42, owns controlling interest in an $829 million bank holding company, Orion Bancorp.

  • Opinion
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 15, 2024
Colorado's move to recreational marijuana stinks

Will Florida go to pot? Floridians likely will vote to legalize pot. Arguments on each side are persuasive.

  • Opinion
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • September 5, 2024
SWFL restaurant week turns into bustling month of revenue gains

Sizzle Dining has grown from a small event to a September celebration — a big impact on the Southwest Florida restaurant industry and one of the largest restaurant week events in the region.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 9, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sarasota)

Irish American buys Splash Sun & FunTaylor family buys La Venezia, selling condosQuincy Investments buys warehouse propertyWatson Publications buys building in RanchSarasota Business Center I, II expansion continues

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Juniper Communities buys Naples ALFFort Myers hoteliersbuy Naples Super 8 MotelBelleair Development Groupplans Skyline Boulevard 7-ElevenJBM Realty Advisorslisting River Reach ApartmentsHealth Care REIT funding Windsor facility in VeniceHide-Away Storage Servicesplanning Fruitville facilitySpec Building Materialsbuys Bradenton warehouseStarwood Land Venturesinks N.C.-acquisition dealKennedy Investments buys Hanna warehouseProBuild Holdingsbuys Plant City warehouseDEV Hospitalitybuys Clearwater Wingate Road, Shops at Wiregrass,set to open in October

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2007
Corporate Report

OSI shareholders vote company privateSolomon Technologies buying Pennsylvania's DeltronHealth Management Associates sells two hospitals to WellmontTIB Financial Corp. announces quarterly dividendPhillips Development fund yields 25% to 50%NeoMedia adds Hoffman as CEOTeltronics lands $12 million credit line from Wells FargoWalter Industries adds Ford exec to board

  • Industries
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 28, 2005
ValuCar Crash

Automobile salesman Nelson J. Valdes Jr. wanted to go into business for himself. But he turned to a questionable source for startup capital: the Mafia.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2004
University Corridor:Big Dream, Bigger Obstacles

Dear YPGers, Keep dreaming. And keep the chatter going. Something good will come of it. But this idea of creating an exciting university corridor between the Ringling School of Art & Design and the USF/New College campuses is a far-far-fetched dream

  • Opinion
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • September 10, 2009
On the Wild Side

Pasco County's unique plan to create 25 miles of wildlife corridors over 7,100 acres includes uncertain incentives for landowners to go with a cost of $35 million and more land off the tax rolls.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 12, 2013
Sunny Days

Nearly 90 million people visited Florida last year, where they spent more than $70 billion — both record highs. The challenge for area hotels: Repeat the success in 2013.

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 17, 2012
Panning for patents

Making money off patents isn't for the impatient. Officials at USF, however, are hopeful good things will soon come their way.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 2, 2014
Juggling Act

A look inside the operations of the business behind the circus reveals an orchestrated symphony of activity. An executive calls it 'the birth of entertainment.'

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 14, 2024
Sarasota business owner sent to prison for real estate fraud

Jose “Jay” Manuel Santiago, who owned Santiago & Sons Construction in Sarasota and was an HOA president, is involved in two separate fraud cases.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Ringling College buys store, motel, lotSun Hydraulicsbuys Tallevast landRauch companybuys Sara Sea on Siesta KeyDaVinci Center sold, available for leaseUBS' agriculture groupbuys 1,066-acre Alva GroveLee County school boardbuys 79 acres in Cape CoralBayStar Hotel Group buys Heritage HotelTampa's Hachems buyLenox Place, Royal BreezeColumbus Drive LLCbuys Wilson Industries building

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 17, 2023
Hospital CEO leads through vulnerability and kindness — and it works

Vulnerability and kindness aren’t necessarily top of mind traits, traditionally, for leaders of $1.57 billion organizations. One CEO argues they should be.

  • Leadership
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 24, 2005
Hot Streak

Williams Parker's Morgan Bentley was on the victorious side of two legal precedents in one week this month. One was a $16 million judgment for FCCI.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 18, 2006
Entrepreneur of the Year

Ian MacKechnie, Founder, Amscot: There's no slowing down Ian MacKechnie. At 62, he still works about 60 hours a week over six days. He took one day in his company's most recent fiscal year.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2008
Fees in free fall

Local governments are reducing impact fees to spur development and boost the tax base.

  • Entrepreneurs
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