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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2015
Sports firm names three new executives

Brian Sanders has been with i9 Sports for seven years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • January 21, 2015
Tampa REIT pays $77M for medical buildings

Properties are in Texas and Massachusetts.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 12, 2015
Punta Gorda airport traffic jumps

Passenger traffic at Punta Gorda Airport grew 18% in February compared with the same month a year ago as discount carrier Allegiant flew more people.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 15, 2023
Texas-based cafe opens location in Sarasota

The new Toasted Yolk is the first in Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 8, 2023
Tampa credit union expands to Orlando

Suncoast Credit Union plans to open three new branches in the Central Florida market this year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 22, 2025
Fort Myers airport launches new nonstop flight

Delta Airlines is offering daily nonstop service to Salt Lake City, Utah.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2007
Laser Fast Growth

The No. 1 procedure at Ideal Image continues to be the removal of facial hair for women under 30. As the CEO says, beards haven't been fashionable on women since before biblical times. Hairy men also make Ideal customers.

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  • July 13, 2012
Corporate Report: July 13

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 19, 2024
Celebrity real estate investor pays $59.6M for Fort Myers apartments

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a retail center is on the market in Sarasota, a major renovation comes to Lakeland shopping center, and a medical building sells in Bradenton.

  • Florida
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  • By Eric Snider |
  • June 13, 2025
College preps for digital future with new fintech degree program

Hillsborough Community College officials believe the school's new fintech program will be a big winner — for employees and employers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • April 25, 2024
Beef 'O' Brady's parent company buys sandwich chain, angles for growth

A COVID-19 stumble with a new brand hasn't slowed down a Tampa franchise restaurant brand as it looks to capitalize on whats CEO says is its biggest draw: People love to eat out.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • July 24, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for June 27 to July 3 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Pasco County land sale for $66.4 million paces the week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • October 24, 2022
Transactions: Oct. 18-24

Pinellas County apartment complex sale for nearly $50 million paces transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 15, 2013
The delegator

Employees at one of the largest master-planned communities in Florida get a healthy dose of freedom at work. That freedom, though, doesn't always come easy.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • June 10, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Lee County commercial condo complex sale for $92.5 million leads transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • April 8, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Tampa Ford dealership sale for $21.7 million highlights transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 24, 2024
Bradenton to buy Tropicana property for $5.25M after council approves

The city of Bradenton is seizing an "opportunity to move into the future" for its public works department, City Administrator Rob Perry said.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • November 20, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for Oct. 10-16 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

An East Manatee County apartment complex sale for $102 million paces the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • September 30, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A $50 million apartment complex sale in Tampa paces transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2008
Coffee Talk

Million-dollar tax bill goes to court: Fresh off selling his multimillion stake in Venice-based window manufacturer PGT Industries, Paul Hostetler sought a bank and an investment firm to reduce his and his family's tax bill.WCI: Icahn makes banks blink: News that banks granted Bonita Springs-based WCI Communities until June 2009 to gets its financial house in order had Carl Icahn written all over it.Westshore's Austin bullish on Giuliani: Al Austin, the Tampa developer known as the father of Westshore, Florida's biggest business district, keeps busy with more than real estate these days.Sarasota money draws a crowd: In these tough economic times, Coffee Talk was surprised to hear yet another wealth management firm is entering the Sarasota market.Downtown Fort Myers condos on hold for duration: If construction hasn't started on a downtown Fort Myers condo tower yet, buyers will have to wait until the residential downturn is over. Sawgrass Creek building nears completion Managers eye Merrill's Florida pension businessMcKibbon goes green with new hotelsMetro, Shaw enter joint venture HMA gets bump from Wachovia analystSt. Pete to issue RFP for Trop site

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