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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 17, 2020
Miami developer receives tax benefit extension

Jaxi Builders has received a six-month extension on its planned construction start of three condo towers just outside downtown Fort Myers, which will keep in tact tax benefits worth millions of dollars to the planned One and Allure condo projects.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 14, 2020
NAIOP honors "Best of the Best" in Tampa

NAIOP Tampa Bay's 2019 "Best of the Best" awards recognized developers, investors and brokers throughout the region for accomplishments last year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 27, 2015
'Dream the impossible'

Michael Saunders, one of the most prominent real estate executives on the Gulf Coast, if not all of Florida, is a forward-looking executive in charge of a firm that surpassed $2 billion in total property sales last year.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 21, 2015
How to ... Run a company with a flat management system

Sun Hydraulics CEO Al Carlson has spoken nationwide about his company's flat, or horizontal, management system, where titles and hierarchy are nonexistent.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2014
Secrets of entrepreneurial success

Sarasota executive Jim Abrams is the classic definition of an accidental entrepreneur: The son of a World War II veteran and Detroit autoworker, Abrams' first job after college was teaching history in high school.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 11, 2024
Hertz plans to sell off 20,000 electric vehicles to cut costs

The global car rental giant will use the proceeds to buy gas-powered cars.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • August 2, 2019
Following career in political fundraising, entrepreneur enters bright world of lampshades

Linda Daniel has built up a clientele of homeowners, interior designers, home stagers and real estate agents for her custom lampshades.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2007
Runner Up - Sarasota/Manatee

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 23, 2005
Shaking Up the Industry

Steven Johnston says he's changing the real estate industry with a 2% commission business model. His competitors disagree.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2004
DayStar Dials Up Sarasota, Englewood

In the Goliath vs. Goliath multibillion struggle for telecommunication dollars, Port Charlotte's David - DayStar Communications - carves out its niche.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Elizabeth King and Mark Gordon |
  • March 6, 2026
Waves Boat & Social Club recharts course with Stickney sale pending

Sarasota County officials call the Stickney Point property they intend to buy for $18 million a gem of an opportunity for all residents. Current tenants see the deal as disruptive chaos.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 30, 2014
Skin in the Game

Naples dermatologist Srdjan Prodanovich created an electronic medical health program that helps doctors manage patient records more efficiently. So far, it cost $3 million to develop.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 28, 2023
Cancer center creates nonprofits to oversee construction of 775-acre campus

The new nonprofit corporations will handle the development of the land and land holdings for Moffitt Cancer Center's massive new campus under construction in Pasco County.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2022
Port Manatee rebrands after record year

The name change and new logo were unveiled at last month's meeting.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 4, 2022
Logistics startup raises $50M in equity capital from New York firm

Tampa-based Red Rover Moving and Storage has received a total of $65 million from New York financial services firm Oppenheimer & Co.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2018
Hear them roar

Tiger 21 high-wealth membership organization begins Naples chapter

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 1, 2019
Fawcett Memorial buys land for Estero hospital

Fawcett Memorial Hospital has purchased nearly 100 acres in Estero for $52.5 million for a new hospital in Lee County, after the state granted parent company HCA Healthcare permission to build one last year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 22, 2018
Manufacturing forecast for Sunshine State: gloomy

a new national study from the Ball State Center for Business and Economic Research and Conexus Indiana on manufacturing and logistics. The Sunshine State scored a D in manufacturing industry health, one of nine states to barely pass.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2015
Sarasota's incredible shrinking space

Buried deep in a new Sarasota County Business Competitiveness survey that asked 74 local companies to rate the health of the region's business climate and macro conditions was a troubling finding: Space is at a premium.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 20, 2025
Child care franchise planned for Lakewood Ranch

The owners of a Discovery Point Child Development Center in Bradenton are opening a second location.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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