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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2013
Pasco hospital earns upgraded trauma care status

The regional center and its 350 physicians serve a three-county-area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 9, 2021
Fortune 500 company buys local cybersecurity firm

CDW has purchased locally owned cybersecurity firm Focal Point for undisclosed amount

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2015
Steven Chappell, 30

Former general manager and Ray Kroc Award recipient, McDonald’s

  • Class of 2015
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 21, 2023
Michael Saunders on life and leadership: You can’t ‘retire from passion’

Dynamic mother-son real estate duo Michael and Drayton Saunders share secrets on sustaining a business for five decades in a cutthroat industry.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • February 11, 2011
Bedside Advocate

Jim Wilkes has a national reputation for fighting nursing homes who favor cash over care. Industry watchers call him a 'holy terror,' though he doesn't care much for the term.

  • Industries
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 20, 2006
Roth-ing Past a Retirement Time Bomb

Ed Slott visits Sarasota on his crusade to keep the taxman from looting your IRA.

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  • April 30, 2013
Hockey team, arena, up for sale in Lee County

The Germain Arena, with 7,000 seats, draws national music acts and shows, too.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • August 15, 2023
USF college students set to return — with global flair

USF had a $6 billion impact on the Tampa Bay region in the last study, the possible equivalent of hosting 15 Super Bowls.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 19, 2014
Smoking hot business grows like a weed

New personal marijuana use laws in Washington state and Colorado have pushed a Pasco County business from super-busy to unhinged, send-in-the-reinforcements, crazy hectic.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 31, 2022
Historic St. Petersburg hotel property sells for $29 million

An Atlanta investment firm bought the Marriott hotel in downtown from The Blackstone Group.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2012
When memes attack

Richard Gitlin was photographed for a Business Review article in 2010 and soon became a meme.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 27, 2022
Developer buys nearly 2 acres in Tampa to build student housing complex

Commercial Street Partners’ land next to University of Tampa comes approved for eight-story building with 150 units.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 26, 2024
$2.1 billion sale of apartment communities includes Florida properties

A New York investment firm bought 18 properties across the state from a multifamily developer founded by Lennar.

  • Florida
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  • December 17, 2020
Delays in materials continues to impact builders

Things are starting to look better in the construction industry — save for one issue.

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  • February 12, 2010
Carbiz careens out of business

Sarasota-based Carbiz Inc. has closed amid growing debt.

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  • April 23, 2012
Miami's SilverLeaf Advisors buys rest of Tamiami Square

The private equity firm already owned 19,000 square feet of the Naples retail center, which is operated as a condominium.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • May 4, 2012
St. Andrews Medical Park sells for $9.5 million

The property located in Venice sold for $148 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • July 27, 2021
Developer buys 215,000-square-foot shopping center for $22 million

Mishorim Gold Properties buys Horizon Park in Tampa and immediately announces Ross Dress for Less will move into 30,000-square-foot space

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 18, 2021
Local attorney joins Atlanta firm as partner

Tampa, Florida, employment law specialist Gail Holtzman has joined Taylor English Duma LLP, an Atlanta law firm, as a partner.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 28, 2014
Roskamp scientists make major Alzheimer's finding

Significant breakthrough published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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