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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 5, 2016
Mutual Admiration Society

Forget a Styrofoam cup of coffee from the pot that has sat for hours.

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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 15, 2025
Sarasota-Bradenton airport sets all-time monthly passenger record

Nearly 600,000 passengers traveled through the airport's two concourses.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 30, 2023
Tampa General to build medical facility at Babcock Ranch

Tampa General Hospital will open a new urgent care center in 2025, joining two other health care providers already in the growing community.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jim Stinson |
  • January 23, 2024
Tampa airport lands new nonstop route to Southern California

Breeze Airways will add a new California destination to Tampa International Airport in May.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 22, 2024
Nordstrom Rack to open in Sarasota shopping center

The new Sarasota location will open in 2026, according to a statement from Nordstrom.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 7, 2024
Work starts on 80-unit affordable housing project in Largo

The apartments for seniors are part of Pinellas County’s redevelopment of the Rainbow Village public housing community.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • April 29, 2026
Alabama developer, contractor bring 224 apartments to west Pasco

Construction has begun on Charleston Ridge Apartments, a 247,000-square-foot multifamily development in New Port Richey.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 4, 2005
Lessons from the Storm

How the Sanibel Harbour Resort & Spa in Fort Myers recovered from Hurricane Charley offers valuable lessons in crisis management for any business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 13, 2020
Couple's grit, creativity leads to tasty company

Angie and Dan Bastian's secret sauce for a thriving business — and lucrative exit — lies in a underutilized principle: Go forward, with gusto, but without all the answers.

  • Strategies
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 16, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Coconut Grove Buyers Converting Turnbury ParkBig Jim buys second storage facilityNew Carlisle investor buys Glenbrooke apartmentsArthur Rutenberg buys more land for GreyhawkAmerican Financial Realty buys Wachovia branchesInvestment group converting Phillippi Shores Marina

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 2, 2017
Mr. Marketing

Marketing professor and consultant Philip Kotler wrote the book — literally — on marketing. His textbook 'Marketing Management' is used in business school classes nationwide.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 28, 2024
Manatee County entrepreneur buys 333 rural acres for $2.5M

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a self-storage company is building six facilities, St. Petersburg apartment complex The Drake sold, and a boutique hotel is scheduled to open this fall in Naples.

  • Florida
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • June 14, 2023
Accounting firm names two new principals

The new principals bring a combined 25 years of experience to the role.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2011
SRI lands service agreements

The Tampa-based medical supplier extends its distribution partnerships.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2010
WellCare partnership hires 200

An expanded call center in Winter Haven needs 200 additional employees.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2011
Industrial Nanotech growing

A new client could bring the Naples firm $5 million in business.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2011
Grabowski new CFO at AVI-SPL

The Tampa-based communications firm has a new chief financial officer.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 17, 2011
Hillsborough starts jobs program

The county's small business incentive program could help employers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 21, 2012
Whitney Beach Plaza renovations begin

Construction on a new roof for Whitney Beach Plaza on Longboat Key has begun.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 8, 2011
Bank of Tampa targets Pinellas

Kenneth Cherven is the new president of the bank's Pinellas division.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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