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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 1, 2013
Fort Myers starts affordable-housing project

Sen. Bill Nelson will attend groundbreaking of a affordable-housing project.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • April 29, 2010
Sparks fly over energy zone

Energy economic zone legislation, pushed by Sarasota County to add green jobs soon, and now watered down by state bureaucrats, may die. But the county could still move ahead with its own ambitious plan.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 12, 2013
Multifamily investor WISCO buys St. Petersburg self-storage facility

The price equated to $57 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 14, 2011
Express Success

The fragmented business of urgent health care has a new player on the Gulf Coast. It's a big bet on the ability to alter patient's habits.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 3, 2020
Grocery chain to shutter four stores in region

Earth Fare cites ‘continued challenges in the retail industry.’

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 9, 2019
Strategic Property Partners hires Colliers International for Water Street retail leasing

Strategic Property Partners has hired brokerage firm Colliers International Tampa Bay to oversee retail leasing for Water Street Tampa, a planned $3 billion mix of residences, offices, retail space and hotel rooms

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 1, 2022
Medical manufacturer continues layoffs in Lakeland as facility prepares to shut down

Stryker is laying off 88 more people in Lakeland; nearly 500 will lose their jobs in all.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2004
Free Press (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Buchanan Automotive Group shows growth in Automotive News rankingsRoofing contractor wins Firestone Inner Circle of Quality AwardGallery for Metropolitan Sarasota Bay opened at 1150 Ritz Carlton Drive

  • News
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 16, 2013
High Bar

The power of a strong social media presence can be persuasive — in any industry. After fighting opposition over a recent project, a local homebuilder takes that lesson personally.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 6, 2013
Real estate developer dies

Lee County developer Robert Hensley rode the spectacular boom and bust in the region.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 18, 2025
Luxury brokerage to list condos in major waterfront development

BTI Partners, the developers behind the luxury residential development Marina Pointe in Tampa, have signed Premier Sotheby’s International Realty to represent the property.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2015
Ben Bakker, 39

Commercial real estate agent, Michael Saunders & Co.; vice president, HJB Properties

  • Class of 2015
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2012
Gillette exec enters politics

Mark Nash announces run for Hillsborough County Commission.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • August 16, 2019
Area company grows customer base, sales and reach through focused social media

Seminole-based Teami Blends focuses on products inspired by tea.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 15, 2022
Disrupter creates 'Uber for nurses' to fight staffing challenges

Gale Healthcare Solutions creator Tony Braswell, the recipient of a major award for entrepreneurs, is "scary passionate" about solving the nation’s nurse shortage.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 23, 2006
Forced to Reinvent

With the advent of digital photos, Photo-Tech Inc.'s Peter Turo saw his corporate photography business becoming a commodity. He had to change or die.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 8, 2010
Sykes' firm moves, Sykes stays put

John Sykes is backing up his commitment to downtown Tampa, putting his new firm JHS Capital Holdings Inc. in the M&I Bank Plaza building.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 30, 2016
Attention, shoppers

Don't mess with Wal-Mart.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 13, 2010
Coastal Chemical adds private label

A Sarasota business is following up a recent appearance on the cover of the Business Review with a new product line.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2015
Arnold Palmer-designed course scores new owner

The Legacy Golf Club in Lakewood Ranch opened in 1997.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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