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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.

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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.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 4, 2020
Storage industry pioneer rides high into another high-stakes venture

Self-storage might not be sexy — but for Peter Warhurst it has sizzle. And now, two decades after a major industry victory, he’s back for more.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • November 22, 2019
First Impact

Redevelopment projects in blighted neighborhoods can be a hard sell for some developers. Joe Bonora takes the opposite approach.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 14, 2015
Anchors away

How do you battle giant competitors? With a gung-ho, non-defeatist attitude toward getting business anytime, anywhere.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2007
Avoiding Trouble

As Century Bank approaches $1 billion in assets, its strategy is changing to reflect the current banking market. Loan denials, for example, have doubled over the past year.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2008
Coffee Talk

Most CFOs to maintain staffing levels: About 5% of chief financial officers in the Tampa Bay area plan to add accounting and finance staff during the first quarter of 2008, while 5% anticipate reductions in personnel, according to the most recent Robert Half International Financial Hiring Index.Taking Big Blue to court Watch out, Goliath.: T3 Technologies Inc. of Tampa has filed an anti-trust claim against IBM in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging anti-trust violations and unfair competition.CarBiz plans 'superstore' in Houston: Sarasota-based CarBiz Inc. has announced plans to open its first "Superstore" in Houston next month.Search for industrial land continues: And while residential slows down, industrial demand heats up. Businesses need warehouses. But there is little available land on which to build. Even on Interstate 75.New online community emerging: Tampa-based Web Piston just released a Web application, Frupee, that allows people to build their own online communities.Evos knows college students: Healthy food and college students? Not always a match.Port likely to spend $1 billion: The Tampa Port Authority and maritime businesses can expect to pump more than $1 billion into facilities at Tampa's port during the next 20 years, a consultant developing the port's master plan said.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 19, 2022
Left for dead, retail booming in Southwest Florida

Retail sector remains strong in Southwest Florida where it makes up majority of $2.1B in CRE sales volume.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2007
Mixed Signals

The residential real estate downturn is spreading to other industries and appears to be leading a general decline in business activity on the Gulf Coast. But some sectors, such as technology and exports, aren't feeling the pain.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • June 26, 2023
North Port dedicates $460,000 to protect environment through new division

The city's new seven-person division will oversee the protection of habitats and tree preservation.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • August 24, 2023
Additional TPA airline to add daily flight to Canadian city

Toronto-based Porter Airlines will fly daily to Toronto on Nov. 1.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 5, 2023
Selby Gardens names new COO

Crystal Bailey has been with the organization since January.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 5, 2023
Health system names new leader of hospital

BayCare has promoted Philip Minden to president of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 11, 2023
St. Pete law firm launches new business-focused practice group

Dionne Fajardo will serve as chair of Englander Fischer’s new division.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 2, 2023
Tampa-based community bank expands to Atlanta region

Central Bank has opened a branch in Suwanee, Georgia.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 7, 2022
Sarasota-based startup hires five

The new team members bring in over 60 years of experience combined.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 7, 2006
Westminster Palms owner buys North Shore

Stern says the new ownership will be gutting the apartment complex to create new apartment.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 19, 2010
Agencies hit the phones

Cold calls and cold weather could prove to be a winning formula for adding new businesses to Sarasota.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2010
Firm upgrades device with help from NASA

When Clearwater-based Advanced Protection Technologies needed help developing a new type of surge protector, they looked to the skies for help.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 17, 2010
Hawes: not exactly the great communicator

When first-year Lee County Administrator Karen Hawes started a blog on the county Web site in January, Coffee Talk applauded her new “pet project.”

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