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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 14, 2010
Beef's to catch college fans en route

With college football under way, Beef 'O' Brady's, the Tampa-based regional sports-themed restaurant chain, is trying to get out front of students and fans.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2010
CoStar survey offers signs of hope

The industrial sector of the commercial real estate industry, desperate for any sliver of good news, can find some in a new survey.

  • News
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 7, 2020
Go to market: Food firm makes big inroads with grocery giant

Tampa, Florida-based Fresco Foods has strengthened its partnership with Publix: Its pre-packaged, vacuum-sealed meals can now be found in all 1,252 of the grocer's stores.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2012
Michaelson Real Estate Group buys Park at Ashley Place

The price equated to $56,293 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2015
Realtor associations propose a marriage

The Realtor associations of Fort Myers and Cape Coral agreed to unite pending approval of their 6,000 members.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 28, 2025
Sarasota company applies for Alzheimer's drug patent

Silo Pharma developed a new neurology drug in collaboration with Columbia University.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 9, 2023
Medical dispensary chain opening Clearwater location, 11th in Florida

Rise Dispensaries is opening a store in Clearwater this week, its second in the Tampa market in the past three weeks.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 15, 2025
Credit union names market president for three counties in region

Achieva Credit Union has appointed Ryan Cooke as market president for Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2008
Rooms Service

John McKibbon continues a family tradition of building and managing hotels, expanding the company throughout the Southeast.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • April 10, 2021
Manufacturer invests $1 million in efficiency-driven move

CM Shredders has had a presence in the region for four decades.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 19, 2009
Tampa Bull

More residents, events and a riverwalk are among the reasons Christine Burdick is bullish on downtown Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • May 1, 2026
Vegas exec brings big bet mentality to new Tampa gig

Travis Lunn led some of Las Vegas’ most recognizable properties before taking on the role of president of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 28, 2024
Fort Myers airport scores four new nonstop routes

Michigan, Pennsylvania, Maine and New York are new to Breeze Airways from Southwest Florida International Airport.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth Morrisey |
  • March 17, 2017
Magic moment

Score one for Lakeland: The city is now home to an NBA minor league team. How will the coup boost economic development for the region?

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 16, 2020
Restaurant executive inspires team in troubled times

Diana Willis has operated Jason's Deli locations in the region since 2001.

  • Leadership
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 16, 2010
Florida foreclosures spike

Statewide foreclosure activity was up 29% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2010.

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  • August 17, 2007
Coffee Talk

Sarasota company hopes to shine in India: Sarasota-based cartridge valve manufacturer Sun Hydraulics has a good grip on at least six global markets, from Korea to Germany.Lee County: Anotherday, another tax: Not a week goes by in Lee County that county government doesn't dream up another tax on builders.Cold storage creates trifecta for Sarasota warehouse: The latest tenant for the Meridian Distribution Center, a 950,000-square-foot warehouse facility on Clark Road in south Sarasota, is especially apropos, given the sweltering Gulf Coast summerAnother public company going private: First, there was Outback Steakhouse. Now, St. Petersburg-based Catalina Marketing is headed to the private companies club.Nightline dumbs down Ave Maria: Ave Maria, the new town being built in eastern Collier County around the newest Catholic university, has been getting lots of national publicity lately opening to new residents, students and faculty.Good guys sometimes lose: Ethical companies don't always win, even when their employees do the right thing.Call the sign shop, again: MacDill Federal Credit Union, an institution of sorts in the Tampa area financial services industry, is changing its name to Grow Financial Federal Credit Union.Kottkamp bashes Hometown Democracy: Gov. Charlie Crist has been notably absent from the raging debate over the Hometown Democracy movement that seeks to put every major land-use change in Florida on the ba

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 12, 2015
Transitions guns for Gunn

Transitions Optical may have found a way to “make it work.”

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 13, 2015
Venice golf course to get $2.5M renovation

The Venice Golf and Country Club has had other upgrades in the last five years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Denise Federer |
  • June 5, 2015
Emerging leaders: How to enhance your status

Networking is more than just meeting new people. If you want to move up the ladder, learn how to build a network of allies who can help you climb.

  • Strategies
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