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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 29, 2016
How the other coast lives

Christopher Roog recalls a time in the not so distant past where many communities on Florida's east coast were rather unfriendly, if not downright hostile, to businesses.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 6, 2016
In Memoriam | Joy McCann Culverhouse 1920-2016

In the late 1970s and 1980s, Joy McCann Culverhouse was often seen on the sidelines of Tampa Bay Buccaneers games, cheering on the upstart team.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2016
School's in for Silicon retiree

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Alok Sharma's story starts out like a standard script for new Gulf Coast retirees who achieved top line business success somewhere else.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2016
Hungry for more clicks, and kicks

If some guy from Ohio can raise $55,000 online for a bowl of potato salad, then how about $100,000 for a couple who want to grow their bootstrapped Latin comfort food business?

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
USF business school receives $25M gift

Pam and Les Muma have now donated more than $40 million to the school.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kat Wingert |
  • October 17, 2014
Economic forecast

More work, more problems

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2014
Law firm senses regional 'resurgence'

Shutts & Bowen, a Miami-based law firm that expanded to the Gulf Coast in 2006, is on a growth spurt in Tampa and Sarasota.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2014
Shareholder slams Hertz relocation

Hertz shareholder Jana Partners says the car-rental giant urgently needs to select a new CEO to regain its lost credibility with investors, blaming the company for a “disruptive headquarters relocation.”

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2014
Colterra Capital Corp. buys Ranch Lake Plaza

Montreal-based Colterra Capital Corp. purchased the 85,565-square-foot Ranch Lake Plaza for $11.6 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 26, 2015
Quay future gelling

The new owner of the vacant Sarasota Quay tract in downtown Sarasota has retained an Orlando and Tampa architectural firm and hired a seasoned real estate veteran to help push plans for the 15-acre, waterfront site forward.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2015
A lot of pancakes in $4M IHOP sale

Sale of building in Venice included drone marketing and a bidding war.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2015
Roper buys legal software provider for $675 million

The Lakewood Ranch company will acquire Aderant Holdings to help expand its client base and offer new products.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 23, 2015
Colliers absorbs Pointe Group

Colliers absorbs Pointe Group; More Benderson building

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 30, 2015
Developers, known for mall, target 'the best building in downtown Sarasota'

More than just UTC retail; Ellenton outlets making moves

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 20, 2015
Commercial real estate

Development drumbeat grows louder; UTC looking to iPic

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 27, 2015
Commercial real estate

Benderson eyes more development near Target stores; Marriott deal would have Gulf Coast ripples

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2015
Neighbors douse developer's Starbucks plans

Coffee giant abandons plans for a store just north of downtown Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 14, 2015
Palms look promising for bank

A downtown Sarasota patch of grass once used for lunchtime food trucks is the latest sign the banking industry is hungry for a bigger piece of the economic recovery.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2015
Double check on 'customer creepiness'

Connecting customers to a business seamlessly, from a smartphone to walking through the door, is the drop-everything quandary retailers face in 2015.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 2, 2015
Teri Hansen to exit Gulf Coast Community Foundation

Hansen has been president and CEO of the foundation since 2002.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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