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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2016
Fame for Bigham, Richter

Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida's Business Hall of Fame dinner is a must-attend event for business executives.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 29, 2016
Fishing trip turns into rescue

Mike Hughes and his colleagues at Naples-based Downing-Frye Realty caught more than fish when they headed down to the Keys recently.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 26, 2016
Captain says aye aye to growth

Fast casual remains a significant growth piece in the Tampa restaurant sector.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2014
California REIT buys two Tampa area assisted-living facilities

Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. purchased two Gulf Coast assisted-living facilities for $21.3 million. The Irvine, Calif.-based real estate investment trust purchased the 86-bed Delaney Creek Lodge in Brandon for $11.12 million and 85-bed West Winds Assisted Living Facility in Zephyrhills for $10.22 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2015
Glazer adds name to historic Tampa armory

It's been an iconic home to history for decades -- from an early performance by Elvis Presley that made the cover of his first album, to one of the final speeches delivered by President John F. Kennedy.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • January 29, 2025
Tampa-based community nonprofit awarded $15 million grant

The funds will be used to construct a development center and infrastructure.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 29, 2021
Developer obtains $92M loan for 17-story residential building in region

BTI Partners funded construction of its Marina Pointe condo tower, in the Westshore Marina District, with equity until a loan was obtained last month.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 1, 2020
Fort Myers resort debt heads to special servicer

Columbia Sussex Corp. seeks waiver on commitments tied to Sanibel Harbour Marriott Resort & Spa

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 8, 2019
Heights Union building breaks ground at 45% leased

With a lease for 50,000 square feet, co-work giant WeWork has pushed commitments in the Heights Union office building to 45% just as the project has broken ground.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 6, 2017
Take that, hurricanes

Developer building a strategy to battle storms.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2018
Hotel nabs manager for top sales and marketing post

Heather Spiegel will oversee a team of group sales managers and event services professionals, in addition to heading up advertising and marketing opportunities for the hotel,

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 6, 2019
Channelside Apartments trade for $65.2 million

A California investment firm has acquired the 325-unit Channelside Apartments in Fort Myers for $65.2 million, an 18.5% premium to the $55 million the seller paid in April 2016.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 15, 2009
Express Success

Brian Cardinale and Jim Matzke's online seafood business was just a few months old when a whale of the restaurant business came calling last year. The recession kept them from capsizing.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 7, 2020
Officials, task force members weigh multi-county road project

Some powerful Florida officials back a massive road project that could redefine how people get from Polk to Collier counties. Others wonder: Does Florida really need another big thoroughfare?

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 22, 2025
Tampa synagogue, developer revamp plans for waterfront residential tower

Congregation Rodeph Shalom has agreed to cut the size of the a proposed condominium development in the hopes of swaying city leaders.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 19, 2025
Dallas auto auction firm buys 835 acres in Charlotte County for $13.3M

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Nordstrom Rack is coming to Estero, a prominent Lakeland CRE firm changes its name, and work starts on a Sarasota boutique condo community.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 29, 2007
The Bravest Developer

Building a condo-hotel in Southwest Florida takes, well, fortitude. Robert Hensley's got plenty of it.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2004
New on the Block

Established Atlanta developer JEBCO Ventures Inc. tackles Sarasota development.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 28, 2023
Report: Florida is on (economic) fire with projected $46 billion in revenue

Forecasters also project that 142.4 million visitors will come to the Sunshine State in fiscal year 2023.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 18, 2022
Beverage bottler and distributor starts work on $250 million facility

Coke Florida is building a massive state-of-the-art sales and distribution center in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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