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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 5, 2010
Spill brings good news, for now

David Wells could be one of the few Gulf Coast business owners to see a boost in business because of the oil spill that's still hundreds of miles away.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 30, 2011
De LaSalle Academy buys land on Daniels

The De LaSalle Academy of Fort Myers purchased 5.26 acres on Daniels Parkway for $1.4 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2011
Galati Yacht headed to Michigan

The recession forced many local companies to seek business outside Florida, but one firm took that trend to a surprising place: Michigan.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2021
Developer targets starting date for 40-acre business park

Seagate expects to break ground on the facility for Rice Insulation & Glass in April.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 26, 2020
Gourmet grocery store opens new location at airport

Mazzaro’s Italian Market, a popular St. Petersburg, Florida, gourmet grocery store and cafe, has expanded to St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport, opening in the Gates 7-11 post-security departures area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2019
Luxury condo project to get second location of nationally known bistro

A Beach Bistro restaurant is expected to open when BLVD Sarasota is complete at the beginning of 2020.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2016
Tampa real estate firm targets national expansion

Franklin Street was founded in 2006.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 27, 2015
All for one, in lodging

A group of hotel operators in downtown Tampa, Ybor City and South Tampa have teamed up for a unique marketing effort: The hotels, 15 in all, are creating a destination district, where every property will contribute to a pot for an overall marketing initiative.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 21, 2015
How to ... Create a successful succession plan

A fundamental element for strong succession, says Sarasota business attorney Jo Ann Koontz, is to plan for it, early and often.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 10, 2015
Lawyer fights against wage ordinance

The St. Petersburg City Council will give a new localized wage theft ordinance a second reading April 16, but one attorney hopes to stop it.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 30, 2024
Fort Myers airport gets new CEO, executive director

Steven Hennigan joined the Lee County Port Authority in 2021 and will now lead operations, administration and development at Southwest Florida International Airport and Page Field.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 27, 2024
Work officially begins to transform long-vacant St. Pete hospital site

Ten years after Edward White hospital closed in St. Petersburg, work has started to convert it into affordable housing for seniors.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 30, 2024
Bradenton furniture maker to pay $100K for overtime violations

It was not the first time Alumatech Furniture Manufacturing was found to have violated labor laws, the U.S. Department of Labor reports.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 11, 2024
Allegiant pilots hold 'practice pickets' at SRQ, PIE airports

A group of Allegiant Air pilots connected to a labor union demonstrated outside Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, the day after a similar demonstration at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 3, 2020
Retailer reframes industry, internal challenges

A move to refine brands within Chico’s FAS — focusing on simplification, elegance and commitment to customer’s first — will be in full swing in 2020.

  • Strategies
  • By Max Gulker, Adrian Moore |
  • February 16, 2026
DeSantis has better policy than rhetoric on data centers

Fears about data centers using too much electricity and water are overblown, the authors say.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 18, 2017
Going Uptown

Aileron Capital Management is pushing ahead with a 32-acre Cape Coral apartment complex, despite increased lender caution.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • January 12, 2022
Dairies in distress: Florida dairy farmers lobby for pandemic relief

‘This is a business where if you are not making more product, increasing production, your days are numbered,’ says one farmer.

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  • By Denise Federer |
  • April 13, 2012
How to guide your employees' behavior

Steps to help positively influence your employees to achieve their potential.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2015
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