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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 25, 2020
Blue Steel sells Lakeland building to Indiana firm

Bobeck Real Estate Co. adds to Florida holdings with speculative Lakeland distribution project completed this summer by Blue Steel Development.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 10, 2019
Area health care firms score big wins at global trade shows

Enterprise Florida officials say 23 Florida companies reported more than $143 million in total actual and projected export sales at MEDICA 2018 in Germany.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2018
After lucrative exit, Tribridge founder catches a new wave

A Tampa tech accelerator has added two high-profile leaders to its mentorship team. One of the executives is Tribridge founder Tony DiBenedetto.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 27, 2019
Pair of Tampa apartment projects sell for $100 million plus

A pair of Tampa apartment complexes have traded for more than $100 million each, sales that point to the continued resiliency in the region's multifamily rental market.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2014
Virginia family's Mountain Manor buys 16-building VanDerNoord portfolio

The price equated to $41 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 1, 2013
Logistical shuffle in CEO suite

Eric Baird, the Business Observer's 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year, has taken a less active role in day-to-day operations of the fast-growing package forwarding company he founded.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2014
Tzadik Management buys four Gulf Coast apartments

Miami-based Tzadik Management purchased three Tampa apartments and one in Sarasota for a total of $23.22 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 24, 2026
White Castle, Sarasota company to deploy 1K burger kiosks across US

Automated Retail Technologies is rolling out its ready-to-eat meal kiosks filled with items from the popular burger chain.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 13, 2026
Tennis legend Mike Bryan lists St. Pete Beach home for $2.6M

The retired tennis professional and his wife bought the house on Boca Ciega Bay in 2024 as a weekend house.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 10, 2026
Wahlburgers opens at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport

Its SRQ outpost marks the fifth airport location for the celebrity-founded restaurant chain.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jillaine Owens |
  • October 21, 2016
Get in the Game

Florida has three of the top gaming design universities. But the state's prohibition on the manufacture of gaming devices and equipment costs us jobs.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 7, 2014
High Flier

A Boston private equity fund breathed new life into a 65-year-old aerospace manufacturing firm. Executives now seek more expansion.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 11, 2004
Longtime Judge Honored for Work (Tampa edition)

For nearly three decades, Thomas E. Penick Jr. has been called judge. And that's not likely to change later this month when Penick steps down as an official member of the Pinellas-Pasco judiciary.

  • Law
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 19, 2021
Tampa groups give awards, establish leaders

Downtown Partnership and Westshore Alliance recognize contributions of real estate projects and people.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2021
Money grab for past due rent almost derailed sale of shuttered mall

As lawyers waited for final order approving the sale of the now-closed DeSoto Square Mall, the former owner's lawyer tried to collect back rent

  • News
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 6, 2020
Media entrepreneur took on big challenges long before pandemic

Ruth Soukup is living example that being afraid shouldn’t derail anyone’s business dreams. She has a $5 million business to prove it.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2007
Unreal land elevation

Many landowners from Tampa to Naples aren't lowering prices on large residential tracts, despite the sharp drop in new-home construction. Some say it's just a matter of time before they do.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 19, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Lee/Collier)

Worthington Communities Sells Arborwood in Lee CountyFreeland buys 16 acres to move Naples NissanOffice condos planned for downtown Fort MyersPrime Homebuilders plantown homes for Lee, CollierUS Home buys Heritage Bay condo tractLennar to build condos in Fort Myers

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 16, 2004
Broken Trusts?

Tampa entrepreneur John Kelly alleges a trusted legal adviser undermined a proposed $45 million initial public stock offering.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 21, 2011
Forecast 2012: Lee-Collier

Comments from Bert Hamilton, Gary Griffin, and other Lee-Collier entrepreneurs.

  • News
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