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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 17, 2025
St. Pete tech giant to invest $500M in new US facility

The company sees domestic manufacturing as key to preserving AI technology.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 23, 2025
Sarasota real estate firm continues Pinellas expansion

Prominent Sarasota real estate brokerage Michael Saunders & Co. is expanding into the Tampa Bay market with an office in St. Petersburg and a well-known local broker.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 16, 2022
$120 million apartment project coming to Cape Coral

South Florida investors have bought 26 acres and plan to build apartments on site near Pine Island Road.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2020
Burger chain provides free meals to area health care workers

Brooks Burger is going to four different Naples Community Hospital campuses.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • June 13, 2023
Police build 26 cases in Sarasota County retail theft sting

The four-day operation led to 26 cases equally that were distributed between felony and misdemeanor charges.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 31, 2014
Pirates hammer new attendance records

Team drew more than 90,000 fans for a dozen home games.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 22, 2013
House won't support Enterprise Florida's 'tie'

The Florida House says it won't spend money on a marketing campaign using the logo.

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  • April 20, 2022
Containerized cargo continues hot streak at local port

SeaPort Manatee recorded a new all-time high of handling well more than half a million short tons of containerized cargo.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2014
HRK Holdings LLC, HRK Industries sells off 26 acres of Piney Point

HRK Holdings LLC and HRK Industries LLC have sold two portions of the more than 600-acre former Piney Point phosphate plant property.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 9, 2019
County sets record for tourism tax revenue

Hillsborough County, Florida, collected $4.3 million in Tourist Development funds, also known as bed taxes, in March 2019, an increase of 5.9% over March 2018.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2004
Free Press (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Areais largest real estate company starts new eventHome builders sell homes they builtNew restaurant opens north of Van Wezel HallTrout firm chosen to design Orchid Beach Club model

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  • September 11, 2003
22 Legal Calender/ Briefs

Fowler White shareholders picked for Leadership Tampa/ Fowler White opens Bonita Springs office/ Local attorney/author publishes new book/ and more

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 6, 2024
Sarasota theater progresses on $57M plaza, affordable housing project

Florida Studio Theatre's Arts Plaza will include new theater space, a parking garage and housing for downtown arts workers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 26, 2023
East Manatee County apartment complex sells for $102 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, more storage coming to Cape Coral, money for a housing study in Tampa and 412 apartments coming to Lee County.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 7, 2019
New York's governor sells Florida well

Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis agrees wholeheartedly with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 17, 2019
CBRE snags Ravi from Marcus & Millichap

Ari Ravi has left Marcus & Millichap to join the retail investments team at rival commercial real estate brokerage CBRE Group.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 18, 2009
Minnesota bank steps out of the cold

Community bankers in Sarasota are abuzz over the latest competitor to the join the trenches, this one via a government-forced ousting of two other institutions.

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  • May 15, 2020
Golf club fitting company swings into action at local course

True Spec, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based golf club fitting firm, has opened its latest location at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, a northern Pinellas County community.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 6, 2025
Hertz names former TikTok, Home Depot execs to leadership team

The Estero-based company has grown its executive team months after naming new CEO, CFO and six new VPs.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2004
Supreme Court Visit (Tampa edition)

Members of the Hillsborough County and Clearwater bar associations visited the nation's Capital in May to be sworn into the U.S. Supreme Court.

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