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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 31, 2023
Popular cruise excursion business reopens post-Ian

Captiva Cruises has been family owned and operated since 1986.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 18, 2006
Tampa Bay Runner-Up

Ajit Nair, Founder, PRO V International: Ajit Nair has nothing against getting bigger and growing his startup computer technology company. He just might not want to stick around if - and most likely when - it gets big.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2004
Calender to Event

The calendar of business events in Sarasota and Manatee counties is available free of charge.

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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • December 31, 2009
COVER UPDATE: Brief, but Bountiful

Most folks think in terms of years when reviewing their career paths. Brian Albritton, a former defense lawyer now serving as U.S. Attorney, is taking on his job a few months at a time instead.

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  • September 9, 2010
Florida wins demolition derby

The Obama Administration doles out another round of public cash.

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  • July 9, 2013
Entrepreneur seeks a physical presence

A commercial development project worth up to $15 million that could bring a Canyon Ranch-like medical spa destination to the Sarasota-Manatee region is close to coming together.

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  • April 10, 2013
Circus firm continues court journey

Feld Entertainment, the firm behind Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey shows that's building a $20 million production headquarters in north Manatee County, won another round in a decade-long legal saga.

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  • July 20, 2012
Sushi chain digests local investment

Retired Sarasota executive John Cranor, onetime president and CEO of both KFC and Long John Silver's, continues to put his restaurant knowledge to good use.

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  • January 12, 2012
Chomp to success, one store at a time

Steve Martin keeps opening more Tijuana Flats restaurants on the Gulf Coast, yet the question of why he has launched another business in a recession keeps dogging him.

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  • November 5, 2020
Firm completes batting tunnel for MLB team

The project included building three batting tunnels and an adjacent structure.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 10, 2020
Maryland firm buys major Lee County site

Knott Realty Group. of Timinium, Md., has purchased a nearly 123 acre tract in Fort Myers for $5.7 million for future development.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • July 19, 2019
Tampa's economy keeps growing

Tampa Bay’s economy churned out more than $146 billion in gross domestic product in 2017.

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  • September 13, 2019
Region's wealthiest towns by ZIP code pack some surprises

The region has a wide variety of high-earning ZIP codes.

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  • March 24, 2017
Wealthy value Florida

Florida attracts its fair share of billionaires

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  • March 28, 2014
Phillips Edison, ARC REIT buys two Gulf Coast centers, 13 others

The price equated to $137 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 21, 2024
Fort Myers medical group expands in Maryland

American Oncology Network now has more than 35 medical practices.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 8, 2024
First Watch reaches $75M deal to buy back 21 franchise locations

First Watch, a leading national daytime dining concept, has reached a $75 million agreement to acquire 21 of its franchise locations in North Carolina.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 6, 2024
Hoffmann Family of Cos. buys California wine country luxury fleet business

The Naples-based conglomerate has acquired at least three other business since March.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 25, 2023
Michigan credit union acquires $160M SWFL bank division

DFCU paid nearly $12 million for MidWestOne Bank’s Naples and Fort Myers division.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • March 23, 2022
Business owner helps employees stock up for the future

Symbiont Service Corp, amid managing an all-time high in revenue growth during a supply chain crisis, finds succession doesn’t have to be a drama-filled Hollywood story.

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