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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 16, 2024
Gym chain shuttering Fort Myers, Cape Coral locations, cutting 108 jobs

The New York Sports Club announced it would close its local gyms in September.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 3, 2012
$20M project permitted in Lee

Contractors pulled permits for the construction of 35 new homes in January.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • May 10, 2012
Brokers expand east

CRE Consultants opens a new commercial real estate brokerage in Stuart.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 11, 2019
Firm turns complicated data into revenue streams

Harnessing the power of data means big growth potential for Fort Myers firm.

  • Technology
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Publix Super Markets buys Longboat Key's Town Plaza IKolter Land Partnersbuys 104 Stillwater lotsFirst Industrial Realty Trustbuys Bradenton auction landPine Avenue Restorationpartners break groundBrookwood Financial companybuys Calusa Creek home lotsCorders Landscape Supply buys Production Circle propertS&O Inc. buys Ortiz,Ballard retail centerForge Capital, DeBartolo buy Fairway Oaks centerPatel family hoteliersBuy, rebrand USA InnThe Sembler Co. appointedAtlanta's top retail developerHills & Associatesjoins Atwell-HicksSt. Luke's Cataract, Laser Institutebuys Dale Mabry bank branch

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 9, 2005
The Persystent Fixer

Persystent Technology's Ray Weadock believes he has software that will transform the computer world. It fixes your PC every time you boot up. Techies beware.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 5, 2005
Fixer

Persystent Technology's Ray Weadock believes he has software that will transform the computer world. It fixes your PC every time you boot up. Techies beware.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 6, 2015
Leaping frogs

Franchise success for one company is all about moving the sales curve forward for each location, one store at a time.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 3, 2017
Blow it up

Two well-established Florida agencies could be nearly wiped out by the end of the 2017 legislative session. The power player behind that mission doesn't come to lose.

  • Florida
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 28, 2020
Sight lines: Nimble developer makes savvy shifts with an eye toward portfolio balance

Tampa-based Sight Real Estate has shifted its business model to chase larger projects backed by institutional investors, while keeping an eye out for splashy passion projects.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2008
Restaurant Risk

A retired hospitality industry executive knows he should know better than to open a restaurant during a severe industry slump. But the chanceto do it with his sons was too good to pass up.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2008
Still Fighting

Two surveys show that small business owners,both in the Gulf Coast and nationwide, are bulking up on one intangible asset for 2009: Hope.

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  • By Bloomberg News |
  • October 9, 2009
Re-centralizing Harvard

Harvard's Faust plots a course for a 'unified' school to deal with the financial crisis.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 27, 2020
Feldman Equities exits Riverwalk Place project

Planned $350 million Riverwalk Place skyscraper being redesigned by Miami firm with the potential addition of a luxury hotel

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • February 12, 2016
Corporate report

Harley dealer heads west for new store; Barbecue chain connects with baseball; Daytime cafe signs franchisee for 18 locations; Roofing company lands Tampa airport gig; Bank reports larger results; Waste collection firm names top executive

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 22, 2023
New development in the works at former dog track in Sarasota

A plan to offer temporary off-site airport parking while a master plan is conceived met some obstacles from Sarasota's Development Review Committee.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 20, 2006
40 Under 40 Winners Page 2

Tony D'SouzaJonathan D. FleeceAndrew FoleyChristopher Gregg FousElsie M. GilmoreBonnie Beth GreenballPhilip A Gulotta Jr.Lisa IntagliataHeather KenyonDawn Klee

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 15, 2006
Robust Restaurants

Sales at Peach's and First Watch restaurants average $1 million per store. But growth plans for both lie in opening new stores nationwide.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2007
Senor Gates

Entrepreneur of the Year: TODD GATESTodd Gates has ambitions to become the top construction and real estate development company in Central America. If his track record in Southwest Florida is anything to go by, there's a good chance he'll achieve that goal.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2009
Ross tells it straight, and it's not good

Anyone who expected Ross McIntosh to deliver some good news about real estate in Lee or Collier counties at a recent presentation was in for a rude surprise.

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