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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2017
Airline adds nonstop flight to Boston

Spirit Airlines is the third airline to serve Boston nonstop from Tampa International Airport.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 21, 2013
Naples home prices keep surging

The median price of an existing single-family home in Naples rose 29% in September.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2013
Lee housing inventory remains tight

The supply of existing single-family homes in Lee County remains below six months.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 9, 2013
Chico's fashionable dividend

Fort Myers-based women's retailer Chico's FAS most recent quarterly results weren't exactly rosy, but the company tossed a bone to investors while promising better days ahead.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 24, 2016
Metro park trades in Fort Myers

Metro Distribution Center, a 19-building industrial project in Fort Myers, has been purchased in one of the largest commercial real estate sales of the year in Lee County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 29, 2015
Harrod Properties company buys Hillsborough Galleria

An affiliate of Tampa-based Harrod Properties Inc. purchased the 170,242-square-foot Hillsborough Galleria for $6.75 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2015
Foreign investment group buys Palmetto's Oakwood Village

A foreign investor group led by Manuel Rebecchi of Sarasota purchased the 120-unit Oakwood Village apartments for $3 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 31, 2024
Sarasota cardiac monitoring company grows reach with acquisition

The cloud-based company will expand into approximately 1,000 more clinics since acquiring a system based on servers and hardware.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 14, 2024
North Port lawmakers appoint interim city attorney

The city attorney is moving, so the North Port City Commission appointed a replacement on an interim basis.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 20, 2024
Northtowne Square in Polk County sold for $15.5 million

Local investors bought the 96,000-square-foot retail property using, in part, funds from a credit union loan.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 26, 2026
Bonita Springs 68-acre development lands TJ Maxx, Ulta as tenants

Midtown at Bonita, a mixed-use project just off Interstate 75, is nearing 100,000 square feet of leased retail space.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2018
Officials to break ground on $16 million cancer center

The Florida Cancer Specialists center in Lakewood Ranch will allow patients to receive chemotherapy, national clinical trials, physician visits and laboratory services.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 3, 2023
Tampa insurtech startup continues to acquire policies from rivals

Slide Insurance’s latest haul includes $292 million in annual premiums from UPC Insurance.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2009
Calendar: The girls of PostcardMania

Sexy calendars of employees is nothing new — just look at the Hooters business model — but the latest calendar announcement comes from an unexpected source, and that's the point.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 9, 2010
GeoPharma president out

The Largo firm's president resigns just days after a complicated restructuring.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2012
Tech company takes big baby steps

The latest version of 'what recession?' stars a Gulf Coast mobile software firm.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 4, 2017
Big gets bigger

Walmart's new Davenport facility is designed to be the distribution hub of the future.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 18, 2025
Hoffmann adds to media holdings with purchase of Colorado newspaper

The Naples company adds another newspaper to its growing roster of print and digital publications.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2014
Garb Oil & Power seeking new Bay location

The Utah company is looking for a office/warehouse property in the and a site for a new waste-to-energy production plant north of it.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 19, 2014
Review and Comment: Alternative to more Medicaid

Two weeks ago in this space, we presented counter-arguments to the politicians and others who say Florida should take billions of borrowed federal tax dollars to expand the state's Medicaid health system to uninsured Floridians.This week, we're focusing on an alternative.

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