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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • July 24, 2023
7,400-yard golf course in rural Manatee County sets sights on 2024

The golf course and club is tasked with protecting at least 130 acres of wetlands.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 27, 2022
Accountant who stole nearly $13M and used it on adult website sentenced

An employee working for USF Health support organization pleaded guilty to massive $13 million embezzlement and is heading to federal prison.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 12, 2026
Naples apartment developer gets $45 million loan, starts construction

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Tampa building sells for $94 million, a historic Sarasota project gets permits, and Estero’s Ritz-Carlton residences opens tower.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 27, 2022
$200 million Bath & Racquet project seeks to gain momentum — quickly

Developers hope to capitalize on persistently hot market.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 1, 2010
Hawes' new pet project

Lee County Administrator Karen Hawes initiated her own blog on the county Web site last month in an effort to improve communication with citizens and staff.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 15, 2013
Tampa land outlook brightens

Developers are looking for townhouse and industrial sites, after a long hiatus.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2013
Local startup tech firm outdoes Twitter

Opprtunity.com garners positive national press.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 3, 2011
Florida Studio Theatre plans Gompertz renovations

The Florida Studio Theatre (FST) has filed a site plan to redevelop and expand its Gompertz Theatre on its Sarasota property.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2012
Sun Terra Communities, Jen Partners developing Royal Palm community

The property was purchased for $6.3 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2012
Saber affiliate plans Container Store on Spruce

Saber Corner LLC purchased the 3.28-acre former Dollar Rent A Car site for $3.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 25, 2021
Bank completes $30 million headquarters project

The office is on six acres in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 6, 2019
Salvage firm acquires new vessel for long-range operations

St. Petersburg, Florida-based Treasure & Shipwreck Recovery Inc. has acquired a new research vessel, the Bellows, which will allow it to target sites off the coast of Florida and South Carolina and in the Caribbean.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 8, 2025
Price slashed on premier Fort Myers Beach development site

Citing 'evolving market dynamics,' the owners of the Royal Beach Club have lowered the asking price for the beachfront property.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 17, 2015
'City within a City'

A billion-dollar Canadian homebuilding firm has ambitious plans for a large swath of the Gulf Coast.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2015
Daytime cafe continues rapid expansion

First Watch Restaurants is opening a new restaurant in Virginia.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 6, 2018
Williams Parker moving toward new quarters

Capstone Group begun by former defense contractor Ken Solinsky follows its Sarasota investments with plans for a ground-up development that could rise 10 floors in downtown Sarasota

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 13, 2024
Project to turn Sarasota mall into apartments moves ahead

Benderson Development plans to redevelop the site, now called Crossings at Siesta Key, into a mixed-use town center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 12, 2023
Publix spends $63 million on two local shopping centers

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Florida Power & Light buys more land in Manatee, a prominent Fort Myers firm is expanding, and 3,000 cows are on the market.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 22, 2008
From the gut

Michelle Nelson built a $2 million-plus technology business mostly on her leadership instincts. One big lesson for other entrepreneurs: Never go against your intuition.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • March 20, 2023
$800 million hotel, condo project moves toward 2024 completion

It’s been more than a decade since the former property on the site, Colony Beach and Tennis Resort, closed.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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