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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 9, 2016
The old college try

Try again.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 30, 2016
Wheeling and dealing

Many community banks have been hit with a double-whammy in the battle for profitability: low growth in loans mixed with a high amount of regulations.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2017
Builder expands, rebrands units under one name

Frey & Son Homes Inc. launched Turn Key Homes LLC in 2011.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 13, 2017
Sarasota-Bradenton area housing starts spike 20%

Metrostudy expects strong residential performance to continue as a result of positive momentum in the final months of 2016

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 8, 2017
Sarasota hotel boom continues unabated

Sarasota County has added more than 500 hotel rooms in the past 18 months, and another 720 rooms are under construction — more than replacing the keys lost to condominium development a decade ago.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 21, 2018
Entrepreneur opens door to exit strategy

Action Automatic Door & Gate was founded in 1973.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 21, 2014
IP Capital Partners changes partner, recapitalizes M&I Bank Plaza

The price equated to $103 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 29, 2014
Tampa CEO named to Business Hall of Fame

Florida State alumnus Tony DiBenedetto of Tribridge joins 32 business leaders appointed for their professional and personal achievements.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2013
Coastal Care Nursing moving to Wingate Plaza

The price equated to $70 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 15, 2016
Greystar to Manage Villa Grande

Greystar Real Estate Partners, the nation's largest residential, multifamily manager in the U.S., is poised to take over property management of the four-story Villa Grande at Sarasota later this month.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 21, 2016
Medical device firm adds 560 jobs

Medical device manufacturer Arthrex plans to create 560 additional jobs in Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2016
Wine Fest gets top billing

Wine Spectator magazine ranked the Naples Winter Wine Festival as the highest-grossing charity wine auction in the country last year, beating high-profile charity auctions in California's wine country. The 2015 festival raised more than $11 million for children's charities in Collier County during the live auction.

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  • November 21, 2014
Icahn backs new Hertz CEO

Activist investor Carl Icahn says the new CEO of Hertz has experience turning around struggling companies.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 29, 2015
Surprise announcement

It was just a few weeks ago that women's retailer Chico's FAS filed its annual proxy statement to shareholders.

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  • July 30, 2015
Bed maker will open new Pasco plant

Leggett & Platt expects to create nearly 125 jobs when it takes over 80,000 square feet of space in Spring Hill.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 8, 2015
Sarasota Memorial names new COO

Maryland health care executive Lorrie Liang will start next month.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 20, 2024
$12.5M Naples condo sale bests building record by nearly 80%

The Chapman family had owned the condo for nearly 15 years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • August 5, 2024
St. Pete beachfront home sale breaks records — even with $1M price cut

The house at 2709 Sunset Way sold for $11.4 million, the highest-priced sale in the history of St. Pete Beach.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • June 26, 2024
Raymond James Stadium ranks top in US for concert sales

According trade publication Pollstar, Ray J Stadium leads the country in the first half of 2024.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 14, 2025
South Carolina hospitality group opens first of two Tampa restaurants

Maru, from South Carolina-based Indigo Road Hospitality Group, has opened on the rooftop of Bayshore Gardens in Tampa. The second restaurant is slated for a fall opening.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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