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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2022
Port Manatee rebrands after record year

The name change and new logo were unveiled at last month's meeting.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 4, 2022
Logistics startup raises $50M in equity capital from New York firm

Tampa-based Red Rover Moving and Storage has received a total of $65 million from New York financial services firm Oppenheimer & Co.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2018
Hear them roar

Tiger 21 high-wealth membership organization begins Naples chapter

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 6, 2019
Elvis has left the building

Daniel Peek, who while at HFF negotiated some of the largest hotel sales in area history, has left the firm amid its merger with JLL to join Hodges Ward Elliott, a New York brokerage, where he will be president of its hospitality division.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 22, 2018
Manufacturing forecast for Sunshine State: gloomy

a new national study from the Ball State Center for Business and Economic Research and Conexus Indiana on manufacturing and logistics. The Sunshine State scored a D in manufacturing industry health, one of nine states to barely pass.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2015
Sarasota's incredible shrinking space

Buried deep in a new Sarasota County Business Competitiveness survey that asked 74 local companies to rate the health of the region's business climate and macro conditions was a troubling finding: Space is at a premium.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 20, 2025
Child care franchise planned for Lakewood Ranch

The owners of a Discovery Point Child Development Center in Bradenton are opening a second location.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2008
Hoffman's return

Legendary Gulf Coast developer and investor Al Hoffman Jr. is backin the real estate game, scouting for deals in Florida. That's a good sign we're nearing a bottom in the residential real estate market.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 15, 2009
Here are some TIPS

The hot sales of Treasury Inflation Protected Securities show that Bernanke is not whipping up inflation concerns. The market already has them.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 23, 2012
Senior Boom

Hyper-attention to details —apricot nectar juice on demand, anyone? — drives the success of a Gulf Coast senior-living entrepreneur. He has big hopes for his next project.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 17, 2017
Economic Forecast 2018 - Fort Myers and Naples

Retail, construction, real estate and more are on the move.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2003
Coffee Talk

This week's items: Fruits of First Citrus stock saleConference center to replace Sarasota Quay Van Wezel disputes settled Lee Island coasts largely unknown Media /public workshop not well attended Bill McCollum running for Senate

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  • By Denise Federer |
  • August 13, 2025
Want to help your business thrive? Quit resisting the change.

Change is inevitable in life and in business. Here's how to make it happen.

  • Advice
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 28, 2010
Corporate Report: North and Co. merges with accounting firm

Sarasota-based accounting firm North and Co. has merged with Hill, Barth & King, a larger firm based in Boardman (near Youngstown), Ohio.

  • Strategies
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • March 7, 2022
Transactions: Feb. 28 to March 7

Charlotte County shopping center acquisition for $26 million among the week's top deals.

  • Transactions
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 6, 2018
In Memoriam: Stu Gregory, 1934-2018

Stu Gregory owned Bradenton insurance agency Des Champs & Gregory and was active in the community.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • May 2, 2022
Transactions: April 26 to May 2

A $121 million multifamily deal leads the way in this week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2008
More room at the inn

Hoteliers along the Gulf Coast are concerned about the increasing supply of new hotel rooms as demand continues to decline. A surge in European tourists could offset a softening U.S. economy.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 22, 2021
New board president elected to lead music program

Timothy Gruters took over the position July 1.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2021
Master-planned community sells 190 lots — adds a new builder

Pulte Homes will build homes in the final phase of the Brightwood neighborhood within North River Ranch.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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