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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 8, 2022
Pharmaceutical manufacturer to build $20M state-of-the-art facility in Polk County, create 100 jobs

The maker of IV fluids expects to bring 100 jobs with new manufacturing plant.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 20, 2022
Retired Bucs star teams up with specialty grocer for sweepstakes

Two lucky Floridians will win Sprouts Farmers Market’s 'Grill with the Gronks' competition.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2018
Travel marketing bureau grabs five awards

Visit Tampa Bay earned several top industry honors at the 2017 Adrian Awards in New York.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 2, 2017
And the winner is ...

Sarasota accountant on team tallying scores for Miss UF title

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2015
Nearly 1 million-square-foot industrial park sells

High Street Realty purchased Tampa Distribution Center from MetLife Real Estate Investors.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 14, 2025
Amazon looks to fill 1,500 jobs in Tampa

As it gets ready for the holiday shopping season, the online retailer is boosting its employee count with seasonal and full-time hires.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 13, 2017
Sweet site for site selectors

Life might get easier soon for business and industrial site selectors as well as real estate pros in search of development-ready locations in Tampa Bay.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 4, 2018
London Bay Homes buys Bonita Springs site for $12.75 million

Naples homebuilder takes control of 30-acre, waterfront tract

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 5, 2018
Going Publix

The grocery giant has big plans for fending off fierce competition.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 12, 2010
Three easy steps ... to pay taxes

If you follow the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce on Twitter, you may have noticed the tweet posted by the organization last week: How to start a small business in #Tampa. And then a link to a page on the City of Tampa's website, claiming that, “starting a small business in Tampa is as easy as 1-2-3.”

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 21, 2010
Gov. Crist loses another

Rep. Tom Grady, R-Naples, withdraws his support of the governor's Senate bid.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2011
Website's focus is on transit

Despite the overwhelming defeat of a referendum for commuter rail in Hillsborough County last fall, the Tampa Bay Partnership isn't ready to give up just yet.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 31, 2016
Real estate brokerage punts Michigan, lands in Sarasota

McMullen Properties Inc. was founded in 1910.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2015
Help wanted in Lee County

With the unemployment rate dropping, finding good people has become a chief concern among business owners.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 26, 2024
City of Venice to pay Neal Communities $1.6M over permit fee dispute

The city settled with the developer after Neal filed a lawsuit over building permit fees.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 10, 2022
Naples ultra-high net worth services firm finds exit strategy

Benson Blackburn founder Michael Benson says he considers the deal more of a "merger than an acquisition."

  • Finance
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 23, 2015
The incredible shrinking store

As online shopping becomes more prevalent, merchants are reacting by building smaller stores.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 26, 2005
Health Care Isn't Capitalistic

In this letter to the editor: Health Care Isn't Capitalistic: But it's in Sarasota taxpayers' best interests to act capitalistic and patronize their tax-supported hospital.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 22, 2026
Fort Myers land sold for future fire station

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a car dealer buys Fort Myers property, Lakeland grocers are changing names, and a global manufacturer expands in Manatee.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 27, 2018
Residential services contractor to expand office, hire 150

Best Home Services plans to move to a new location in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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