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  • March 23, 2007
Costliest Year Yet

From life insurance to workers' comp to property coverage, insurers take risks on their clients. They gamble they'll take in more than they pay out.

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  • December 10, 2020
Resort, sold for a $250M redevelopment project, faces last season

The Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club opened in 1946.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 15, 2025
The Business Observer launches commercial real estate newsletter

CRE Central will focus on industry news and much more from Pasco south to Collier and east to Polk.

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  • September 26, 2003
Free Press (9/26/03)

Free Press

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  • August 25, 2022
Airline adds cities in Michigan, North Carolina to nonstop SWFL offerings

Avelo Airlines now serves four markets from Fort Myers.

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  • March 1, 2018
Area firm invests $735K in education startup

Florida Funders sees big potential in Miami-based ClassWallet.

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  • May 15, 2009
Wanted: A few good entrepreneurs

Do you have entrepreneurial spirit? If so, VCorp Services, a suburban New York City-based company that provides incorporation services for small businesses nationwide, has a contest for you.

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  • August 22, 2014
Burn, debt, burn: Airport torches paper

Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport officials celebrated the 25th anniversary of its main terminal building in style: They burned a copy of the bonds connected to the construction of the building, a symbolic flame for the end of debt.

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  • June 16, 2021
A 116-acre community is the latest addition to Babcock Ranch

The community will add 322 new construction homes

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • December 23, 2016
Banks battle back

The battle between banks and credit unions, usually top-of-mind for area community bankers and credit union executives, has escalated.

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  • April 2, 2026
Sarasota Doctors Hospital names new COO

The latest addition to the C-suite at HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital comes from Tennessee.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 28, 2025
South Tampa taco spot to open second location

Taco Dirty debuted seven years ago.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 18, 2009
Good news: Speculators are back

Urban Land Institute gatherings on the Gulf Coast aren't as much fun as they used to be.

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  • April 15, 2013
Tampa financial services firm plans 255 hires

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. will also invest nearly $5M in an expansion.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • May 3, 2011
Flooding could cost Tampa $27B

Storm surge could cause massive damage to residential properties.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • June 2, 2020
Company’s $60M headquarters project surpasses new milestone

The NeoGenomics facility is scheduled to be completed by the third quarter of 2021.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 15, 2018
Cove Apartments in Tampa sells for $96.5 million

Gamma Real Estate of New York's $96.5 million purchase of the Cove Apartments in Tampa marks the latest mega multifamily deal in the area

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  • August 23, 2017
New waterfront restaurant in the works

Gather is the latest concept from the group behind Fathoms Restaurant & Bar and The French Press in the Cape Harbour Marina.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • October 17, 2013
Agent boasts to Brits about local homes

Teresa Witte recently returned from the U.K.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 29, 2014
Hertz hits speed bumps

The vultures are circling around another wounded corporate animal.

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