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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 9, 2019
Continental Realty Corp. is expansion minded in Southwest Florida

Continental Realty Corp., a 60-year-old Baltimore real estate firm, is opening an office in Naples to manage its existing Southwest Florida portfolio and to position itself for future acquisitions in the region.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 16, 2019
Sarasota's L3 site to become distribution center under buyer's plan

Developer planning up to 800,000 square feet of industrial space

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 17, 2019
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Vice President, Air & Energy

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • October 17, 2019
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President, chairman, Infant Massage USA

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • January 27, 2017
Corporate report

Landscape company wins national recognition; Fast-growing builder brings on more managers; Community bank adds Fort Myers location; Multifamily redevelopment project gets underway; Mortgage firm finds buyer for insurance unit

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  • September 1, 2017
Follow the Storm

Lakeland airport officials scored a big win when they wooed the Hurricane Hunters. Will it lead to more victories?

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 29, 2017
2017 Top Deals: Southwest Florida

Alvista at Laguna Bay lands in top spot.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • December 6, 2013
Dress to impress

Fashion Stylist Tamy Lugo advises clients on making an impression, all while working to establish her own presence and image in the Tampa Bay area.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 5, 2016
'A positive direction'

Strategic Property Partners' $35 million in infrastructure will set the stage for vertical construction in downtown Tampa.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
Corporate Report

Tampa Howard Johnson renamed The Barrymore; Flameret introducing hemp cream, selling it through Colo. subsidiary; USF Sarasota-Manatee Students studying SRQ Airport travelers and more corporate news.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 5, 2014
Radio days

AJ Lurie says people who sell radio advertising inevitably go through dry spells. Here's how they stay motivated.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • May 29, 2015
Scare yourself

Greg Murtagh, six months after a spectacular entrepreneurial success, is back in business.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • January 10, 2025
Married Tampa execs take on a new challenge together every year

Jessica Muroff and Owen LaFave say dancing, hiking and running deepen bonds, build resiliency and teach how to fail forward.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • December 24, 2024
Major health care conglomerates are making big investments in Pasco

In 2024, hospital groups bought or built on hundreds of acres of land.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 23, 2025
Most-read Business Observer stories of 2025

Layoffs, building sales and a resort changing owners are among the stories that led the news. An NBA Hall-of-Famer and a popular convenience store/gas station also made the list.

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  • November 21, 2003
On the Boulevard

Atlanta businessman Wayne Morehead is cutting his development teeth on what will become the largest project in downtown Sarasota.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 6, 2022
Retired billion-dollar CEO: Push candor over comfort with your team

Although many styles of leadership can be effective, a 50-year Cintas Corp. executive, in looking back at what worked for him, relies on three C's: consistency, candor and communicate.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2008
Ringling Raves

Ringling College breaks ground on two buildings and is raising $70 million for more construction and growth. Meanwhile, it's reputation has already gone global and Business Week ranks it one of the tops in the world.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 12, 2017
'House of cards'

A key industry reform initiative backed by powerful insurance supporters — and opposed by trial lawyers — flopped in the state Legislature. Consequences loom large.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 14, 2022
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SteadyMD, senior vice president of licensing and credentialing

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