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  • August 6, 2015
$82M acquisition is door-kicker for Tampa company

Tampa firm purchased National Hickman for its European finished door business.

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  • January 16, 2015
Hizzoner joins bank board

Randy Henderson may be best known as the mayor of Fort Myers, but fewer people may know his early career was in banking.

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  • February 10, 2015
Algenol nets $25 million

Mexican renewable energy firm BioFields invested another $25 million in Algenol, a Fort Myers-based company that produces ethanol from algae.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2015
Landes Fairmount's Alexander Fund I buys CVS Pharmacy

The Landes Fairmount investment fund Alexander Fund I purchased a 13,050-square-foot drug store for $5.9 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 13, 2015
Polk County: Company led by Naples couple buys Haines City Dollar Tree

A company led by Pierre and Daphnee Vidallet of Naples purchased a 7,607-square-foot retail building for $1.2 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 1, 2025
Sarasota biotech company announces $20M public offering

Oragenics has offered up 800,000 shares of its stock at $25 per share.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • October 15, 2020
Travis Ray, 35

Dapper Bowtique, owner; Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, associate managing director

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  • January 8, 2016
The Big Brand Theory

What does the future of marketing hold?

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  • August 16, 2012
John Wooden's lessons get local treatment

Bradenton-based IMG Academies heads straight to the top for its latest leadership development initiative: John Wooden.

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  • August 21, 2015
How to ... Create a successful succession plan

A fundamental element for strong succession, says Sarasota business attorney Jo Ann Koontz, is to plan for it, early and often.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 2, 2025
Sarasota fertility company to acquire Midwest clinic

Invo Fertility plans to purchase an Indiana fertility clinic as part of its strategy to build a national network of fertility centers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 23, 2017
She's Got Mail

Shannon Kirsten Couch didn't set out to take the stationery world by storm. But now her designs are spreading quickly across the industry.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 10, 2023
Report: Florida is the luckiest state in the US for Powerball tickets

The Sunshine State is nearing $3 billion in total money won in the national game since 2003.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 15, 2022
Minnesota buyer pays nearly $50 million for Fort Myers low-income units

Dominium, which specializes in affordable housing complexes, has bought a 320-unit complex in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 20, 2022
Organization connected to luxury Naples developer buys Sarasota condos for $9.4M

An LLC with ties to The Ronto Group has purchased almost 20 units in three adjacent buildings.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 13, 2013
Bed bugs and Hollywood

Being lost at sea wasn't a concern for the six entrepreneurs who appeared in the Bravo show “Below Deck.”

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  • August 3, 2012
Sinus-clearing firm all clogged up, again

A once-promising homeopathic nasal spray company with a popular product — but a troubled past — faces difficult times once again.

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  • March 19, 2021
General Services buys Nokomis apartments

General Services Corp.'s $64 million purchase of Treviso Grand represents the latest in a flurry of Gulf Coast deals by the Virginia firm since mid-2017.

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  • April 4, 2019
P&G exec, noted entrepreneur invest in area tech firm

Tony DiBenedetto and Jamie Egasti are now on the board of MyArea Network.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • November 15, 2017
Region beats NY, D.C., wins 165-job expansion project

The Penny Hoarder cut the ribbon on its new headquarters in St. Petersburg.

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