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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2023
February brings nearly 400,000 passengers to SRQ

It was the busiest February recorded at the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2023
Mobile suit shop opens first brick-and-mortar in Sarasota

Tweeds Suit Shop has been on the road since 2019.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2023
Boston Red Sox name new GM for Florida operations

Shawn Smith has experience in pro baseball and basketball.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • June 7, 2022
Developer to consider Bitcoin offers for $25 million estate listing

The Sarasota estate features a two-story waterfall wall.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 7, 2022
Sarasota-based startup hires five

The new team members bring in over 60 years of experience combined.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By KIMBRELL J. HINES | LABOR & EMPLOYMENT ATTORNEY |
  • January 6, 2023
No Horsin' Around in the Horse Business

No Horsin' Around in the Horse Business

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  • April 3, 2009
Revenues in bloom for edibles

The tough economy has touched all industries, but it can't seem to wilt Edible Arrangements, the service that makes floral arrangements out of fruit and gourmet dipping fudge.

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  • September 3, 2009
Politicians awake: second is better

Second-stage local companies will drive future economic growth on the Gulf Coast, a consultant told executives in Naples.

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  • December 31, 2009
Economic Snapshot: South Florida Inflation

Inflation remains tame in South Florida, led by declines in apparel and recreation. The only category that showed a meaningful year-over-year increase was “other goods and services,” which rose 8.6%.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2009
Real estate brokers predict more gloom

Another day has brought yet another pessimistic survey regarding the beleaguered commercial real estate market.

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  • April 2, 2010
Bonita Bay Club members buy club, real estate from developer

Members of the new Bonita Bay Club, operating as the Bonita Bay Club Turnover Committee, purchased the real estate of the Bonita Bay Club for $7.5 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 22, 2010
Understanding economic growth

Economic development is a favorite topic of Coffee Talk but it still may not be all that exciting to the masses, even in a struggling economy.

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  • April 30, 2010
RLJ Development buys hotel for $77 million

RLJ Lodging Fund III purchased the 360-suite Embassy Suites Downtown Tampa for $77 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2010
Trustee selected in Colony case

Management for the famed Colony Beach & Tennis Resort on Longboat Key will remain in place while a trustee oversees its day-to-day operations.

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  • May 6, 2013
Retailers lament what could have been

Former Apple executive Ron Johnson was pounded for his failed effort to replace price markdowns and giant discounts with set prices at J.C. Penney.

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  • February 8, 2013
Decisions, Decisions

With an upcoming health insurance renewal comes a deadline for sorting through the uncertainty of Obamacare. The choice remains overwhelming.

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  • April 12, 2011
Hospice's four-year turf war ends

Clearwater-based Suncoast Hospice won't open a facility in Manatee County after all, ending its territorial tiff with Lakewood Ranch-based TideWell Hospice.

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  • August 7, 2012
$1B Fla. railroad motors along

Passenger service will initially connect Miami to Orlando. Tampa could be next.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2012
Franchise firm stars on TV show

Sarasota-based Clockwork Home Services was featured in an episode of the new AMC TV show “The Pitch.”

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2021
Miami-area bank expands into Gulf Coast

Professional Bank eyeing downtown St. Petersburg for new loan office

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