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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 14, 2024
North Port lawmakers appoint interim city attorney

The city attorney is moving, so the North Port City Commission appointed a replacement on an interim basis.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 20, 2024
Northtowne Square in Polk County sold for $15.5 million

Local investors bought the 96,000-square-foot retail property using, in part, funds from a credit union loan.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 26, 2026
Bonita Springs 68-acre development lands TJ Maxx, Ulta as tenants

Midtown at Bonita, a mixed-use project just off Interstate 75, is nearing 100,000 square feet of leased retail space.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 20, 2011
Reporting for duty at ... Starbucks?

To help accommodate the tech-savvy ways of its agents, John R. Wood Realtors Inc. is trying to make its offices look like coffee shops.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 5, 2019
California-based pizza chain debuts in area

Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza has opened its first location in the Tampa Bay area, debuting a restaurant in Lutz, Florida, and giving away free pizza to customers who follow the Pasadena, Calif.-based chain on social media.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jay Schlichter |
  • September 6, 2019
Restauranteurs pick out-of-the-way spot to build eatery featuring massive tiki huts

Kearns Restaurant Group knew their latest concept was a hit, so they built a second one. This one's in west Fort Myers.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 17, 2021
Area resident picks new name for taco place — wins free tacos for a year

More than 300 people entered the contest.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2020
Ferry service returns to region for a fourth season

The Cross Bay Ferry, linking Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida, has return for a fourth season and will run until April 30.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2018
Officials to break ground on $16 million cancer center

The Florida Cancer Specialists center in Lakewood Ranch will allow patients to receive chemotherapy, national clinical trials, physician visits and laboratory services.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 3, 2023
Tampa insurtech startup continues to acquire policies from rivals

Slide Insurance’s latest haul includes $292 million in annual premiums from UPC Insurance.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2009
Calendar: The girls of PostcardMania

Sexy calendars of employees is nothing new — just look at the Hooters business model — but the latest calendar announcement comes from an unexpected source, and that's the point.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 9, 2010
GeoPharma president out

The Largo firm's president resigns just days after a complicated restructuring.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2012
Tech company takes big baby steps

The latest version of 'what recession?' stars a Gulf Coast mobile software firm.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 4, 2017
Big gets bigger

Walmart's new Davenport facility is designed to be the distribution hub of the future.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 18, 2025
Hoffmann adds to media holdings with purchase of Colorado newspaper

The Naples company adds another newspaper to its growing roster of print and digital publications.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2014
Garb Oil & Power seeking new Bay location

The Utah company is looking for a office/warehouse property in the and a site for a new waste-to-energy production plant north of it.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 27, 2024
National private-style jet service adds Naples routes

Introductory one-way fares to the NYC area start at under $700.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 3, 2017
Brewery Tastes victory

St. Petersburg-based Cycle Brewing owners Doug and Tara Dozark were pretty excited when Ratebeer.com, a user-generated beer review website, invited the couple out to California for a free trip — sans kids.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 22, 2023
USF to offer course targeted at mental health in the workplace

The online curriculum, developed in partnership with the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay, is free and open to the public.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 7, 2014
Why stop at $10/hour? Go all the way: $200!

Barack Obama's campaigns for income equality and higher minimum wages explicitly illustrate what the Jesuit priests called “invincible ignorance.”

  • Opinion
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