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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 13, 2005
Executive Session with Roger Birkel

The Gulf Coast Business Review sat down with the new CEO and President of Selby Gardens.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 22, 2020
Retailers overcome 'panic mode' on path to reopening

Gulf Coast retailers are opening their doors with new measures in place to battle the coronavirus.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • May 9, 2014
Disney's Roast

When turnaround guy Ted Abrams took over Joffrey's Coffee and Tea Co., he wasn't even a coffee drinker. So he followed what he did know: Focus on what you do best.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 22, 2019
Course correction: Region looks to finally move forward on traffic solutions

The Tampa Bay, Florida, transportation situation could not get much worse. But a new source of tax-driven funds, between $13 billion and $16 billion, depending on population growth, will help shape a new transportation model for the region for generations

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 11, 2023
Behind $20M investment, RV aficionado plans timely growth strategy

The Motorcoach Store will use the new space, which will include storage for high-end RVs and a concierge service, as its national headquarters.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • August 18, 2023
Chicken restaurant chain's new CEO relishes the post's challenges

The former CEO of the Tampa-based chicken chain decided it was time for "term limits."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 25, 2023
Family business executive navigates major career change

With a background in finance and education, Kelly Hendry never expected to take over her father’s dredging and ship-repair company. Yet she’s risen to the challenge with bold and fresh ideas.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 28, 2022
Miami developer committed to Tampa adds to growing list of projects

The Related Group believes deeply in the future of Tampa. So much so it’s investing more than $1 billion in projects in the region.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 12, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

'A simple man': Associates of Al Pina have contacted the Gulf Coast Business Review at his request to vouch for the minority activist.All things must pass: Tampa commercial real estate broker Kyle Burd recently told his boss the news he didn't want hear.Pity underpaid bank CEOs: Really, Coffee Talk writes that headline with all sincerity.The little firm that can: Lawyers Jon Tileston and Brent Simon took on the Florida Department of Transportation and won $7 million - more than twice what state officials had offered to pay for the taking of nearly 2 acres on the Courtney Campbell Causeway that had housed Scarletts, a topless cabaret, and B.J.'s restaurant.JQC rebuffs Holder: The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission says Hillsborough Circuit Judge Greg Holder is not entitled to legal fees of about $1.8 million because its failed prosecution against him wasn't related to his job as judge.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2008
A new (C)MO

The relationship between physicians and hospitals has become more adversarial in recent years. At Health Management Associates, one doctor will try to change that.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 11, 2011
Rev it Up

The auto industry has seen its share of hard times. But one Gulf Coast dealership turned the trouble into a terrific year.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 15, 2020
Businesses face heightened lawsuit risk

Reopening offices and workspaces, two legal experts say, isn’t a simple process. One key: have, and stick to, a well-designed plan.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • June 30, 2017
Space for Culture

Companies are trying to be more creative with their office spaces, going smaller, yet with greater impact. But the first step in redesigning office space comes from someplace deeper: company culture.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • September 16, 2024
The secret to a long-running private clinical research firm? Lead with your gut.

Clinical Research of West Florida is acing every test in its business.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 10, 2017
Q&A | Ron Wheeler

Ron Wheeler is the chief executive officer of Sembler Co., a firm that over the course of its more than 50-year history has developed more than 325 projects containing more than 27 million square feet of mostly retail real estate throughout the southeastern U.S. and Puerto Rico.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 6, 2024
Sarasota theater progresses on $57M plaza, affordable housing project

Florida Studio Theatre's Arts Plaza will include new theater space, a parking garage and housing for downtown arts workers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2006
Rolling in work

The office furniture at Architecture Inc. is all on wheels, encouraging collaboration and teamwork. The principal architect explains how it works.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2003
Review and Comment: Corporate Subsidies Ignore the Unseen

It's welfare. Welfare of the worst kind - corporate welfare.It's yet another form of our munificent government redistributing your/our hard-earned wealth for one of their pet causes, which they disguise as economic boons to us all.

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 18, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: All-Gulf Coast job finalistsNew director sails in under a cloudAnother conspiracy theoryShapiro honored

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 9, 2024
Pasco’s population draws Johns Hopkins and other medical providers

Johns Hopkins All Children Hospital paid $24 million for land in Pasco, joining Moffitt Cancer Center and others putting down roots in the fast-growing county.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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