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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2015
We love FGCU, too

When Dana and Barron Collier III gave nearly $11 million to the University of South Florida's Muma College of Business this summer, you might have forgiven the folks at Florida Gulf Coast University for feeling a little bit left out.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 25, 2015
Two airports fly high

If you're traveling by air for the holidays from Tampa or Fort Myers, consider yourself lucky.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2015
Regulatory burdens light

Florida is no Texas when it comes to the amount of regulations its small businesses face. But at least it's not New Jersey.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 14, 2015
SugarOak Holdings buys office building near Wildewood center

Herndon, Va.-based SugarOak Holdings Inc. purchased a 20,807-square-foot office building south of Cortez Road for $1.4 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2015
College wins back national hoops event

Florida SouthWestern State College will host one of the nation's top high school basketball tournaments next year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2015
Boat business targets Hispanic market

Maurice Amaya is the multicultural sales and marketing manager at Freedom Boat Club.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2015
Life after Beasley

Denyse Mesnik wants you to know she's not retiring.

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  • December 5, 2014
U.K. firm buys 80% of Veredus

Hays plc acquired the majority of the firm to expand its U.S. presence and services.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2014
Lone Star Funds company buys Tampa/Busch Gardens Hyatt Place

A company organized by the Dallas-based private equity firm Lone Star Funds purchased the 126-room Hyatt Place Tampa/Busch Gardens for $7.04 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2015
Real Estate investor buys Main Street building

Business owner and real estate investor Chris Brown purchased a 7,386-square-foot auto repair shop at the corner of Pine Place for $1 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2015
If you could do it all over

A large majority of entrepreneurs, 86%, would remain entrepreneurs if they had a chance to start over, according to a new survey — but they would invest their time and money differently.

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  • February 20, 2015
Israeli investor group buys Cedar Hollow Apartments

A Tel Aviv, Israel, investment firm led by Boaz and Osnat Harel purchased the 42-unit Cedar Hollow Apartments for $2.04 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 7, 2015
Tampa CEO dies while dirt biking

Michael Lozicki was a founder of MediaLab 3D Solutions, working with both consumer product and residential building clients.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 1, 2015
USAmeriBank sports new look

A new look, a new ad campaign — even a new approach.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • January 22, 2024
National law firm names new Tampa leader

Shumaker, a national business law firm, has made Jaime Austrich the managing partner of its Tampa office.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 22, 2024
128-unit affordable housing community addresses 'enormous' Tampa need

The complex connects two neighborhoods that are near Busch Gardens and the University of South Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 25, 2024
Self-storage builder secures $75M loan for project that includes SWFL

YourStorageUnits Capital Partners has obtained a four-year loan to build six self-storage facilities.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • July 4, 2024
Clearwater construction firm expands its services to plumbing

Home Love Construction, a Clearwater-based firm founded in 2017, is expanding another arm of its business to an adjacent field in the home services industry.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 22, 2024
Naples firm buys Aspen luxury transportation business

The Hoffman Family of Cos. continues to grow its transportation division.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • April 3, 2025
Tampa Bay healthy burger company shutters three locations after 30 years

Three friends founded the company in 1994.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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