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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2023
Well-known St. Pete accounting firm promotes employee to partner

Julie Moore is the first employee to advance to that level since Spoor Bunch Franz's inception in 1971.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 16, 2022
Sarasota nonprofit announces promotion, two new hires

Kelly Borgia has been with the Gulf Coast Community Foundation since 2018.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 6, 2022
Pennsylvania company acquires local window, door installer

Twenty-eight StormFitters employees will join West Shore Home’s Tampa office.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 6, 2022
Draken International laying off 247 — 100 locally — after losing military contract

The layoffs will affect the company's employees in Lakeland.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 16, 2022
St. Petersburg bank rebrands, changes name

First Home Bank, St. Petersburg, Florida's only locally owned community bank, has changed its name to BayFirst and updated its branding with a new logo.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 10, 2022
Lakewood Ranch commercial property sells for more than $2 million

The former bank branch building will become a dentist’s office.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 16, 2022
Denver commercial real estate firm expands to Sarasota

The move comes months after announcing a luxury condo development in the Rosemary District.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 3, 2022
Lee County revs up driver's license options for hurricane recovery

Mobile units will be in front of Hertz Arena.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 11, 2005
Newsmakers (Sara/Mana edition)

Newsmakers is available free of charge.

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  • November 12, 2004
Newsmakers (Sara/Mana edition)

The latest news on area movers and shakers is available free of charge.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 21, 2005
ABA President-Elect Visits Tampa

Michael Greco, the American Bar Associationis president-elect, explained his executive priorities for the year to members of the Hillsborough County Bar Association during a Jan. 18 luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Tampa.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 10, 2009
Lake Mary couple buys City Crossings

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  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 4, 2010
Crosland, DDA awarded $2.6 million

Charlotte, N.C.-based Crosland LLC, in a partnership with DDA Development, has been awarded more than $2.6 million from the City of Tampa to acquire, rehabilitate and resell foreclosed homes in the Tampa area under HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • December 23, 2009
Shirley Ann Hotel owners buy Kelly Hotel

Hoteliers Bruce Gramaila and Gary Kalberg of the Shirley Ann Hotel in St. Petersburg purchased the nearby historic 65-room Kelly Hotel at the southwest corner of 1st Avenue and Florida 687 for $910,000.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • November 5, 2009
Mobile Home Depot owner buys retail building

Stephen Guzman's 41 N. Fort Myers Real Estate Investment LLC purchased a 7,000 square foot retail building near the intersection of Pine Island Road and U.S. 41 for $500,000.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 13, 2009
First resident in waiting, and waiting

It may not be that unusual for a big city mayor-elect to have to wait a couple months to take office. But it's the first time for the city of St. Petersburg.

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  • March 18, 2010
P Berger Holdings of Illinois buys closed building

Winnetka, Ill.'s P Berger Holdings LLC purchased the former Jean Paul's French Corner, a 2,752-square-foot restaurant building on Tarpon Bay Road south of Periwinkle Way for $635,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • March 25, 2010
Kingstown Family Trust buys car wash

Kingstown Family Trust I LLC, a trust led by John Allen of the Minneapolis-based commercial real estate development, investment and management company Industrial Equities LLP, purchased the 3,600-square-foot City Gate Car Wash on White Lake Boulevard north of Interstate 75 for $700,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2010
Checkers chips in on vet's business effort

Tampa-based Checkers Drive-In Restaurants has added a garnish that anyone who supports our military can appreciate.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2010
Firms might grow, but bosses still worry

The daily struggle small business owners go through is pointedly illustrated by a fact revealed in a recent nationwide survey of executives.

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