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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 15, 2016
Nine figures and counting

Tampa area hotels are fetching $100 million-plus prices thanks to improving fundamentals and limited high-end supply.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2014
Corporate report

RPS Diagnostics test approved for sale in Europe, other countries; Alltrust senior benefits specialist receives certification; HT Family of Cos., Title Management create statewide title network; Tampa company approved for tour travel to Cuba; Centerstone, Manatee Glens sign letter of intent to affiliate; Omega Brands Corp. buying Omega Infusion drinks, shots

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2015
Ben Bakker, 39

Commercial real estate agent, Michael Saunders & Co.; vice president, HJB Properties

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 19, 2022
$11M soap retailer plows ahead with post-Ian recovery

Shuttered stores — especially as Christmas nears — can swallow a retail business. As one company executes a comeback, its CEO says communication, organization and accountability are essential.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 30, 2024
Venice senior living campus plays hotel role during Milton

Leadership credits communication and planning with making the hurricane experience "fun" for visitors and residents at The Goldton senior living community.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 29, 2006
Real Estate Briefs

HMA purchases Naples Cleveland ClinicMarriott Vacation Club to buy Marco Island RadissonBradenton investor ACQUIRES retail SPACERobb & Stucky plans aggressive expansionNeal Communities buys land for River's Song communityPremier to acquire Turnberry's second phaseRanch Realty plans MEDICAL/OFFICE parkSCI buys Northbay Commerce CenterInvestment group buys Missouri CrossingsCCMS 200-1 Corporex buys Lakecrest Office

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 9, 2005
Terrorism Hits the Banks

Jerry Williams wants to double the size of Orion Bancorp.'s deposits in Southwest Florida in the next two years. He also plans to carry a big agenda to Washington as the president-elect of the state bankers' association.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 16, 2004
The People's Champion

From work on behalf of disaster victims to those abused by spouses, Michael Bedke is there to help - without a fee.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 29, 2013
SB 1666, power, special interests and your right to know

Sen. Jack Latvala walked fast. The look on his bearded face was determined. He was preoccupied, on a mission.

  • Opinion
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 24, 2006
Real Estate Briefs

Sarasota Investment Co. buys Sunshine Sarasota IndustrialMapp, others, buy building, expand businessesInvestors purchase Sarasota fast-food buildingToll Brothers plans 1,000 more Florida homesGroup buys Bloomingdale Woods for condo conversionPhiladelphia group pays $39 million for complexMobile home residents buy Largo park for $60 millionHotelier buys Quality Inn in Fort Myers

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 9, 2005
Entrepreneur 2005: Judges Choose Finalists

It was a struggle, but the field of top executives has been narrowed to 10 for the 2005 Entrepreneur Award. Take a look at the finalists for free.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 23, 2009
Big Dreams

An empty, publicly owned lot on prime real estate in downtown Sarasota is in play — again. An ambitious developer hopes to succeed where so many others have failed.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2003
Call to Action

Florida's developers mobilize to defeat a proposed constitutional amendment that would require a popular vote on every comprehensive land use change.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • June 18, 2010
New Urbanism, Old Problems

Sarasota County is a landowner and regulator in an innovative public/private development partnership featuring new urbanism designs that has run smack into old growth problems.

  • Florida
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • April 15, 2010
Battle lines drawn

The battle between insurance companies remaining solvent, consumers having access to homeowners insurance and election-year politics continue to muddle efforts to fix Florida's insurance imbroglio.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 10, 2012
The Louisiana Purchase

An ambitious Gulf Coast startup insurance firm will wage a fight for new business in several states, yet Florida isn't in the mix — a knock against the state's regulatory disorder. The move has already begun to pay off.

  • Industries
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • August 26, 2021
The battle for ivermectin

You need to read this magazine story. An old-school reporter shines a light on a COVID-19 miracle drug and the establishment’s efforts to quash its use.

  • Opinion
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 3, 2020
Imagine that: With $64 million project, city dreams big for downtown revitalization

2020 will bring new energy to Clearwater's stagnant downtown waterfront and business district as the ambitious, $64.5 million Imagine Clearwater project breaks ground.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Ted Carter |
  • June 15, 2018
Small banks: Don't forget about us

community banks, banks, money, lending, $500 million, growth, economy, market share, bankers

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 2, 2024
The power of the power pose: How a software CEO became a better leader

Through an open mind, determination to learn from missteps and lots of repetition, Dean Guida has guided himself to become a better leader.

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