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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2013
Luxurious list looks for members

An Angie's List for the affluent, making inroads on the east coast of Florida for the past 18 months, has targeted Naples and Sarasota.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2013
Health care IT firm nabs new exec

Sarasota-based Voalte continues its rapid growth track.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2013
Mobile marketing firm to add 40 employees

MobileBits will also expand its Sarasota facility by 2,000 square feet.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 9, 2013
Will the real fake Outback please stand up?

An Australian retail consultant has taken exception to Outback Steakhouse's “unabashed lack” of authenticity as well as its overly attentive service.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2012
Tampa Developers building $20M Orlando hotel

The 22-acre community will contain 456 apartment homes.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 8, 2012
Startup auto business quickly revs up payroll

Sarasota entrepreneur Jesse Biter likes to dream big, though the gazelle-like growth with his latest venture even startled him a little bit.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2012
Capstone Real Estate Investments buys Sun Pointe Lake

The price equated to $40,771 per unit or $80 per square foot.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2012
Louie Louie: Prominent restaurateurs seek success, again

Sarasota economic development officials and business leaders have long lamented the fact that downtown Sarasota doesn't have a convention center.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2012
Dr. Gary buys $1.15M building

1-800-ASK-GARY founder buys a 15,000-square-foot building in downtown Sarasota.

  • News
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 19, 2012
Craig Peden

President, Rib City | Fort Myers | Restaurants

  • Industries
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 21, 2012
Wear shorts, stay for a long time

Sarasota tourism officials responded to a pair of thumping setbacks suffered over the past year with a new, and aggressive, attack plan.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 14, 2011
Down home cooking looks up on the Gulf

There must be something in the gravy. How else to explain the dominance of Gulf Coast Bob Evans restaurants in comparison to others in the nationwide 566-store chain?

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 20, 2011
Thirty-year jumbos a tougher sell?

If you're a business owner looking for a 30-year home mortgage loan of more than $417,000 — a “jumbo” — be prepared to have your documentation ready.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2012
Nostalgic chain seeks growth

Poodle skirts and jukeboxes are on the way back to the Gulf Coast with 5 & Diner, a Worcester, Mass.-based restaurant chain.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2012
Investor TerraCap Partners II buys Bonita Springs Lodge, Suites

The Cape Coral investment fund purchased the 87-room Bonita Springs Lodge and Suites for $2.85 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 26, 2021
Banks compete against a slew of entities to retain top employees

Banks nationwide face multiple challenges in a booming market.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 22, 2021
Nike store in Hyde Park Village gets opening date

Nike is opening date its new concept store in Tampa's Hyde Park Village next month

  • News
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 7, 2021
County names economic development director, first woman and African American to hold the position

Cynthia Johnson named director of Pinellas County's economic development department after nationwide search

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 9, 2021
Shade manufacturer announces new COO amid growth strategy

Ernesto De Oliveira will lead the company's expansion in the shade and electric vehicle charging station industries.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2021
Prominent four-story spa building sold for $3.35 million

Downtown Sarasota building was constructed in 2000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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