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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 1, 2012
Buy a company, get a visa - but is it worth it?

Successful entrepreneurs never give up, even in the face of great adversity. One British couple rebuilt their business despite near disaster.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 31, 2013
Commercial Caution

Municipal governments are eager for new business to move into their towns, but commercial real estate brokers remain cautious about the pace of growth.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2011
Colony selects redeveloper

Club Holdings LLC will redevelop the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 3, 2012
Heavy Lifting

Decimation in the office furniture industry has been widespread. One company, though, more than doubled sales in 2011.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 7, 2021
Missy Hurley, 39

B2 Communication, co-founder/principal

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • February 26, 2021
Homebuilder's flexible model pays big dividends

Daniel Wayne Homes, with a model to bring the past into the present, has seen a surge in interest and sales. It pays, too, to remain flexible to market shifts.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 12, 2021
Area venture aims to bring sparkling CBD water to consumers

Plans for Aquarian Sky include focusing on a few states at first, but ambitions run high and include full-scale, national distribution.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Elizabeth Djinis |
  • April 28, 2021
Economic development official talks about what works— and what doesn’t

While lamenting some deals that got away, one of the region’s elder statesmen of economic development, Mike Meidel, reflects on his decades in the game — and where the state and region can improve.

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 17, 2021
Luxury on Pause

A planned $250 million redevelopment of the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club slated to begin this month is on hold following the filing of a lawsuit.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 30, 2020
Movin' On Up

Latest “Emerging Trends in Real Estate” report from the Urban Land Institute and PwC ranks Tampa/St. Petersburg as the sixth most attractive area in the U.S. based on job growth and development.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 22, 2021
A Nod to Vets

Blue Waters Development Group’s planned Victory Park in Cape Coral hopes to connect with area’s military infrastructure.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 15, 2020
Noemi Perez, 39

The Immokalee Foundation, president and CEO

  • Class of 2020
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 7, 2019
Amazon Ruskin sale shows investors remain bullish on Tampa-area industrial properties

Population growth and changes in the way goods are shipped has prompted investors to flock to Central Florida seeking deals on high-end industrial real estate, such as the Amazon-occupied, 1.02 million-square-foot fulfillment center in Ruskin, purchased r

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 30, 2022
Merchants face losing stores during 18-month condo tower repair project

The 101 Condominium tower repair project in downtown Sarasota is putting multiple tenants — retailers and residents — in a bind.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 28, 2017
Mr. Turnaround

A.G. Lafley helped breathe new life into Procter & Gamble and downtown Cincinnati. Can he do the same for Sarasota?

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 19, 2013
Those 700,000 jobs and how we compare

When Jim Michaels was editor of Forbes magazine, he instilled in his editors and writers that this incisive, imperative question be answered in every story: “Compared to what?”

  • Opinion
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • July 1, 2016
Brexit reaffirms what we celebrate on July Fourth

Some readers, and some of my colleagues, tell me: Don't comment on national and international issues. We're local, they say. They also say, “You make our advertisers mad.” Yeah, OK.

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 14, 2016
Wonks among us

Data, and how to use it properly, is a priority for many businesses. A Gulf Coast college targets this segment, with hopes for a big bang.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 4, 2016
Hungarian connection

When Hungarian entrepreneur Arpad Solti wanted to establish a U.S. office of HyperTeam, a successful European software company he founded, he picked Naples over other locations.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
Jennifer Grondahl, 39

President, YMCA Foundation of Sarasota

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