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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 27, 2022
Construction restarts at Port Charlotte resort, hiring of 1,200 to begin soon

Crews are back at work at Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor, which has pushed back its opening until the fall of 2023.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2022
472,000 insurance claims have been filed from Hurricane Ian damage

The National Insurance Crime Bureau reports that two-thirds of the Florida claims are homeowner and business claims.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 28, 2022
Billion-dollar real estate investment firm names new CFO

Darren Martin recently moved to Southwest Florida from Pittsburgh.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 12, 2023
Lakewood Ranch named best-selling for fifth year in a row

The multigenerational, master-planned community received the honor despite have sold fewer new homes in 2022 compared to 2021.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 17, 2006
Insurance tops agenda

Florida Governor-elect Charlie Crist jumped tracks en route to fulfilling his pledge to make his "anti-murder" bill the first order of business. Now, he is focusing on an issue with broad economic implications: Insurance.The insurance jam threatens the health of the Gulf Coast's construction industry - one of the primary engines in our economic vitality.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 18, 2006
Tampa Bay Runner-Up 2

Dean Akers, CEO, Ideal Image Inc., Tampa: Dean Akers is an optimistic, straight-talker who shares folksy witticisms that reflect his upbringing in Lakeland - back when the place was a small town and many of the residents considered themselves southerners.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2009
The Hard Part

A mixed-use project revolving around condos is near completion, despitethe market turmoil. The next challenge: Landing buyers and tenants.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 5, 2003
Building Starts on the Rise

Construction, which increased nearly $71 million, migrated south in Manatee and Sarasota counties during the first part of the year.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2004
Exemplary Work (Tampa edition)

It was a year of anticipation for employees in the 13th Judicial Circuit. They executed the relocation of court services to the George E. Edgecomb Courthouse from Hillsborough County's old building.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2004
Newmakers (Sara/Mana edition)

The latest activities of local movers and shakers is provided free of charge.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2010
Chamber chairman never gets his chair

The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce had barely elevated a Sarasota County employee to be its next chairman when word spread that a government worker would head the county's premier business group and the chamber backed down.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 15, 2010
Bank takes big step in survival effort

Here's a twist in the latest episode of a Gulf Coast community's bank search for capital: Sarasota-based Landmark Bank of Florida recently received letters of intent for capital infusions worth more than $6 million — with no control changes at the bank as a prerequisite for the investment.

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  • December 18, 2009
Enemies among meat companies

Boar's Head Provisions, the nationwide deli meat company with a corporate headquarters in Sarasota, has found itself in a food fight with a competitor.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2009
Horizon Bay Hyde Park develops six-story building

Horizon Bay Hyde Park LLC purchased slightly less than two acres on South Boulevard and Horatio Street for $3.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2010
Celebrity Apprentice likes Clockwork

Sarasota executive Jim Abrams will be one nervous TV watcher May 2.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2009
Horizon hangs on, chief sees better

Charlie Conoley, a veteran Gulf Coast community banker at the helm of Bradenton-based Horizon Bank, has had better weeks than the one that began Nov. 17.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2009
Feds may jack up Florida sewer bills

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to establish stringent, numeric nutrient water quality standards throughout the state will be impossible to meet and impose serious economic hardship, according to a coalition of Florida businesses, associations and public entities.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2009
Prudential Palms Realty owner buys Lakewood Ranch Realty

Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch has agreed to sell its subsidiary Lakewood Ranch Realty Co. to Palms Real Estate Solutions.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2010
Holland & Knight handle convention

Tampa-based Holland & Knight has been chosen to represent the host committee for the 2012 Republican National Convention.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 6, 2011
Last one standing

Collier County was home to four of the largest banks on the Gulf Coast just a few years ago. TIB Bank is the lone survivor today.

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