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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • April 13, 2012
Legislative Roundup: Consolidating Gains

Businesses and the economy got a modest boost from this year's legislative session as redistricting stole much of the limelight.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 26, 2021
Senior living communities look for their moment

With communities that look more like lush gardens on the outside and are run like a cruise ship on the inside, a few senior living developers set a high bar.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 29, 2023
Homebuilders of 460 homes near sellout in Parrish community

The four homebuilders have just over 20 homes left to sell in their respective neighborhoods.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 14, 2022
Tampa Bay’s affordable housing crisis spurs rise in homelessness

Hillsborough County has seen a 4% increase in its population of unsheltered people and families since 2020.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2022
Hertz places high energy order for 175,000 electric vehicles

The deal encompasses several brands.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 22, 2008
Calendar of Events

View events around the Gulf Coast for free.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2004
Free Press (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Auction company opens in SarasotaThree Manatee County schools receive FBA chapter chartersGeneral contractor selected for new condo at RiverwalkSarasota gaming company finishes delivery infrastructure

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  • August 20, 2009
Doc wants vacant U.S.Senate seat

Dr. Julio Gonzalez, a Venice orthopaedic surgeon and a relatively unknown Republican in political circles, has officially applied for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Orlando.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 15, 2009
Southwest Florida free search sites

With commercial real estate in the dumps, everyone involved is looking to find inexpensive ways to market property. For Lee County and City of Cape Coral properties there are two commercial real estate Web sites to help inform potential buyers for free.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2012
The 'greening' of Sarasota is game on

Will Sarasota be the next Greenville, S.C.?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2013
Young'uns decry taxes over spending cuts

The higher taxes position famously staked out by billionaire Warren Buffet, 82, stands in stark opposition to millennials most likely to be crushed by the destructive power of progressive taxation.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2013
Commercial real estate hits the auction circuit

Local commercial real estate brokers have largely avoided the mass property auction method of selling properties during the recession.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2011
Outlook sunny for Tampa's recovery

The weather is just right for moving a business to Tampa, according to three executives who participated in the first online webinar by the Tampa Bay Partnership.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 6, 2011
Move that bus: Mack disputes job count

Does a hybrid bus driver hold a green job?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2012
Health IT firm hauls in $6M

Voalte, a health care communications company, plans 100 hires over 18 months.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2012
CEO lets go to help spur firm's growth

Caldwell Trust Co. ended 2011 with a major milestone, when the Venice-based firm surpassed $500 million in assets under management for the first time.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 14, 2021
Miami developer: High demand for apartments leads to luxury complex in Pasco

Miami developer Mast Capital to build a 248-unit complex in Wesley Chapel

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 1, 2020
NYSE delists bankrupt area firm from stock exchange

Hertz Global Holdings now trades on the over-the-counter market, under the symbol HTZGQ.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 1, 2022
Tampa insurtech startup acquires $400M in premiums from defunct company

Slide, a Tampa insurtech startup, has acquires $400M in premiums from Orlando-based St. Johns Insurance Co. after it went defunct.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 17, 2022
Tampa General Hospital to expand city's medical district with new psychiatric care facility

TGH managed, USF Health operated Behavioral Health Hospital will be built alongside rehabilitative hospital under construction

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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