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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2011
Superior gets new leaders

The Alabama-based parent of a Tampa bank has new leadership in place.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 15, 2022
Tampa storage facility sells for nearly $20 million

The 600-unit building is located just off the interstate, across from a new $500 million mixed-used development.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 11, 2021
Another community sold as multifamily market remains red hot

Circa at FishHawk Ranch sold to New York investment firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 11, 2026
Peachey's opens second Sarasota County donut store

The business known for its large, made-from-scratch donuts has a new shop on Cattlemen Road.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth Stamoulis | Williams Parker Attorneys at Law |
  • June 5, 2023
What Business Owners Need to Know About Intellectual Property

Below is a brief summary of some types of IP that many businesses may own.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2020
Biotech firm, in response to pandemic, will offer free online science course

Starting March 31, Tampa, Florida-based biotech firm SynDaver will provide instructor-led artificial frog dissection courses via Facebook Live.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2012
Sinus-clearing firm all clogged up, again

A once-promising homeopathic nasal spray company with a popular product — but a troubled past — faces difficult times once again.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 9, 2025
Decades-old Fort Myers Beach restaurant sells for $5.5 million

Bonita Bill's Waterfront Cafe was bought by a local Fort Myers restaurant group.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • March 16, 2026
SRQ looks toward potential of guest passes beyond security

With the opening of Wahlburgers, SRQ Concourse B food and beverage upgrades are complete as SRQ looks toward opening concourse access to non-travelers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 5, 2019
Peridot Palms apartments in St. Petersburg trade for $98.25 million

UDR Inc. has invested $98.25 million to buy the luxury Peridot Palms apartments in St. Petersburg, one of the largest multifamily rental deals along the Gulf Coast over the past five years.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 4, 2025
Allegiant selling majority interest in Port Charlotte Sunseeker resort

The company announced Tuesday that it is launching "a competitive process" to sell off its interest in the year-old resort.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2015
Drafting champions

Many recruiting lessons learned in building a winning sports team can assist winning business teams as well.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 30, 2016
Exeter buys Polk County industrial property

A Pennsylvania-based commercial real estate investment firm has acquired a Polk County warehouse occupied by Amazon.com for $24.6 million, the latest in a series of industrial purchases and developments in the county aimed at taking advantage of the strategic Interstate 4 corridor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 7, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

The Old-Fashioned Way: Alex Sullivan and Adam Schoenbaum have earned their keep the old-fashioned way.Coast update: Stock down: Coast Financial Holdings Inc., the Bradenton-based parent of Coast Bank of Florida, will be selling another 2.5 million shares of its common stock for $15.50 a piece.He's alone, for now: One of those walking oxymorons, a Republican trial lawyer, is kicking off his campaign for a third term in the Florida House of Representatives.Bankers coming to Bay area: The Florida Bankers Association has chosen St. Petersburg as the site for its first annual Banker Education Expo.Locals dot FBA board: Jerry J. Williams isn't the only Gulf Coast banker taking over a leadership post at the Florida Bankers Association.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 21, 2013
Entrepreneur reels in success

Local real estate broker and CPA-turned-fishing-and-hunting entrepreneur Larysa Switlyk has made what once was a hobby into a Hollywood reality.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2015
Body wrap entrepreneur buys private island for $14.5M

The home and more than 100 acres of land that make up Little Bokeelia Island was once home to dry cell battery inventor Charles Burgess.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2014
A spark for Collier County

Collier County has a reputation to rebuild among the skeptical business crowd, as the Business Observer reported last week in its story about the new office of the hearing examiner.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 8, 2016
AmCap buys first Florida property

AmCap Inc. has acquired the Center of Bonita Springs shopping center for $52 million; it is the private equity firm's first Florida property.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 4, 2022
Pinellas County returns to spotlight in streaming series

Visit St. Pete/Clearwater's innovative marketing vehicle "Life's Rewards" returns for a second installment on Amazon Prime Video and YouTube.

  • News
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 15, 2022
Blood center gets creative during pandemic

When faced with the lowest of lows, SunCoast Blood Centers turned to a donate at home option.

  • Healthcare
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