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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2018
Area auto exec lauded as ‘community hero’

John Marazzi earns praise for his work with rescue animals.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 2, 2017
And the winner is ...

Sarasota accountant on team tallying scores for Miss UF title

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  • January 19, 2018
Scissor sense

Apartment 12 Hair Studio just keeps growing.

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  • August 14, 2014
Anti-traffic jam firm expands nationally

Stop Rubbernecking clients now stretch to California and Arizona.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 19, 2014
Publisher adds Venice Magazine to portfolio

Gulfshore Media will re-launch the magazine on a semi-annual basis in November.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 10, 2016
Catalog cover looks familiar

The L.L. Bean summer catalog cover photo may look familiar to Southwest Florida residents.

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  • February 13, 2015
Famous Tate grabs Pinellas

A longtime Pinellas County mainstay will shut off its lights for the final time as Apsco Appliance & TV Centers Inc. becomes the property of long-time regional competitor Famous Tate of Florida.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 19, 2024
Tampa office tower secures a $32 million refinance loan

The owners of a nine story office building on Tampa’s West Shore Boulevard have refinanced the property five years after buying it.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 28, 2025
Ashley Furniture buys Lakeland industrial building for $70.54M

The building is part of Lakeland Central Park, an expanding industrial park off of Polk Parkway.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • August 1, 2024
Tampa real estate investment firm acquires area complexes

Argyle Real Estate Partners, a Tampa-based real estate investment firm, recently closed on the acquisition of two properties in nearby Lutz.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 5, 2024
Atlanta developer buys land, takes $45M loan for Tampa apartments

The developer behind Mercedes-Benz Stadium building 330 units in Temple Terrace.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • October 6, 2025
Logistics firm to shutter St. Pete facility, impacting roughly 100 employees

ID Logistics US Inc. will close its St. Petersburg location next January in hopes of consolidating all operations to another facility in Ruskin.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 3, 2025
$10M financing package includes Stickney Point Plaza

An office property and a retail plaza in Sarasota recently closed financing deals, according to Largo Capital.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 18, 2025
ESPN report: Naples' Hoffmann family buying NHL hockey team

The family does not deny a report from sports network ESPN that it has agreed to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 1, 2005
Recipe for Growth

From 52 to 200 in three years, Rick Akam prepares the ingredients to grow the First Watch restaurant chain.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 20, 2022
Billion-dollar industry blooms as acceptance for marijuana becomes widespread

As the marijuana industry and its connected sectors gains acceptance, it creates real estate and other challenges.

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  • October 29, 2004
Legal Briefs (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Williams Schifino hires new associate, of-counsel lawyersNew associate joins Tampais Bavol JudgeOiDell Townsend to serve on arts-in-courts committeeGeorge Meyer appointed to committee

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  • July 15, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Thank goodness for electionsChief Judge Manuel Menendez Jr. takes over as chairman of the state's Judicial Nominating Procedures CommitteeNo further comment- Urine-Off

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  • April 2, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Two petitions say court record moratorium is 'damaging'An Internet site by the bail bond industry is taking area judges to taskInfinium Labs Inc. filed a lawsui over a HardOCP.com article

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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • February 12, 2010
Entrepreneur U

Students at both the University of South Florida and the University of Tampa are taking part in a new approach to entrepreneurship — being taught it in the classroom.

  • Entrepreneurs
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