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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 26, 2013
Go anywhere

Commercial real estate brokers aren't restricted to a territory anymore. Personal connections are key.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • June 8, 2012
Legal Raid

The Gunster law firm has opened its first Gulf Coast office in Tampa by taking all of Ruden McCloskey's Tampa lawyers.

  • Law
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 23, 2011
Under Rated

John Pollock is a senior vice president with BB&T Insurance Services in Fort Myers.

  • Industries
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 19, 2021
Area community ranks No. 1 in U.S. for home sales through June

Lakewood Ranch residential transactions are up 83% from the same time in 2020, survey of master-planned communities finds

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 25, 2021
Waterfront hotel embarks on ambitious renovation, expansion

A renovation beginning in May at the Ritz-Carlton Naples will add new suites and a lounge and redesign interiors at the five-diamond resort.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 2, 2021
Nonprofit reaches funding goal for park transformational project

The $20 million goal was reached after a match challenge hosted by a local foundation.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 6, 2020
New restaurant opens at area art museum

Bistro at the Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College launched Oct. 1.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2022
Women-founded retailer names new chair

With 40 years of retail experience, the board announced Kevin Mansell would fill the role.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 28, 2022
Designated giver: Kahwa Coffee teams up with David Ortiz for a good cause

St. Petersburg, Florida-based Kahwa Coffee has teamed up with Hall of Famer David Ortiz for a good cause.

  • News
  • By Bonnie Lee Polk, ATTORNEY, WILLIAMS PARKER, SARASOTA |
  • October 18, 2018
Making Florida Your New Home: How to Ensure Florida is Deemed Your Domicile

Making Florida Your New Home: How to Ensure Florida is Deemed Your Domicile

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 14, 2018
New hospital chooses founding president

Longtime Florida health care and hospital executive Sharon Roush has been named the founding president of one of the newest hospitals in the region,  Sarasota Memorial Hospital – Laurel Road. The 65-acre medical campus and hospital is being built to serv

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 9, 2016
Just right

Rite Technology aims to make a new name for itself. But changing monikers comes with some unique challenges.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 9, 2017
Critical Mass

Dilweg Cos. has spent more than $135 million this year on office buildings to establish itself along the Gulf Coast.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 27, 2013
Diamond Days

A real estate developer's strategy to combat competitors, in what's become a busy marketplace, is to accentuate the positives in his own project. The plan is working.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 10, 2014
Perfect pitch

Banker Jim Gburek indulges his passion for the piano, entertaining bank clients with recitals.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 26, 2016
Friendly faces

Collier County used to be one of the most difficult places on the Gulf Coast to develop and build, but leadership from the private sector has changed that.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 20, 2016
Sun and suds

When it's completed later this year, the solar array on J.J. Taylor Cos.' new building in Fort Myers will be the biggest in Florida.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
Nick Reader, 39

CEO, MVP Holdings

  • Class of 2014
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 30, 2015
In the family

A real estate-focused clan, with little fanfare, has millions at stake on a wide variety of projects. with little fanfare.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 13, 2015
Healthy diversification

Obamacare is reshaping the insurance brokerage industry. One veteran health insurance broker isn't waiting for a fix.

  • Strategies
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