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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 29, 2021
Health care facility in region hires new COO

Keisha Bickham brings more than 20 years of experience to the role.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2020
Former Florida Speaker of the House to host Business Observer book club

Will Weatherford will lead a discussion about the book “Grit” by Angela Duckworth.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2020
Hotel completes $6 million renovation

The 225-room Crowne Plaza Fort Myers at Bell Tower Shops has completed a $6 million renovation project.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2019
Medical device firm scores major win from FDA

Orthopedic surgical device firm Arthrex won a major victory from the FDA Aug. 1, with agency announcing clearance of the company’s Eclipse Total Shoulder Replacement System.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2018
Company, nearing its 100th birthday, changes name

Superior Uniform Group, based in Seminole, Fla., has rebranded as Superior Group of Companies following a string of recent acquisitions.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2019
Area firm with global holdings buys Belgium-based business

S-One Holdings Corp. adds another firm to its portfolio.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2019
Health insurer acquired by larger rival in $17.3B deal

Centene Corp. has agreed to acquire Tampa, Florida-based WellCare Health Plans Inc. in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $17.3 billion.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 11, 2017
Sarasota tries to outdo Manatee, others in quest to woo firm

Under the codename Project Panther, Sarasota County commissioners will consider $60,000 in incentives for an IT company to relocate from New Jersey.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 22, 2017
Billions in CMBS exposure in Irma's wake along Gulf Coast

Morningstar Credit Ratings LLC says that when Hurricane Irma ripped through Florida earlier this month, it brought in its wake billions of dollars worth of commercial mortgage-backed securities exposure.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 29, 2017
Leadership lessons

It's about making a difference.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 2, 2017
Rate war heats up

Airbnb touts its holiday weekend rates over hotel chains in Naples, and no one is surprised.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2017
Agency collects $23.75 million in tourist development tax

Visit Tampa Bay's bed tax collections eclipsed the tourist agency's 2014 performance.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 20, 2017
Tech incubator welcomes new board members

Tampa Bay Wave also reappointed Alfred Goldberg as board chairman.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 5, 2018
High Tech

Construction company gets smart with technology.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2014
Three Gulf Coast centers sell for $123M

A new joint venture of Brookdale Senior Living and HCP acquired Freedom Village at Bradenton, South Port Square and Regency Oaks.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2014
Flippers find fun, and riches

The allure of flipping a house in Tampa for a quick profit has dimmed.

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  • May 23, 2014
Solaris building traded in sale, lease-back deal

A Minnesota investor purchased a 10,412-square-foot office building in the Colonnade Medical Park for $2.5 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2013
'No Rules, Just Right' marketer promoted

Bloomin' Brands names Michael Kappitt the chief marketing officer for all its restaurant brands.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 22, 2016
Market Spotlight | Lee County Industrial Market

Lee County's industrial market, which consists of roughly 2,170 buildings totaling 30.55 million square feet of space in Bonita Springs, Cape Coral, the city of Fort Myers, Estero, Lehigh, North and South Fort Myers and its islands, had an overall vacancy rate of 5.8% at the end of the first quarter of this year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 27, 2016
Calling all tenants

When Matt Drews came to Michael Saunders & Co. in August 2015 to run its commercial division, he brought with him some new ideas.

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