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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 18, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: Nov. 18

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 20, 2020
Stoneweg US makes rock-solid deal in St. Petersburg

Stoneweg US's $114 million purchase of the Trellis at the Lakes apartments marks its first acquisition in its home city.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 30, 2019
Chasing the Northern Lights

Naples-based Ronto Group is expanding its footprint and moving up the Gulf Coast to Sarasota and now to Tampa with a new residential high-rise, the 22-story Altura Bayshore.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 30, 2024
Sarasota roofing firm provides pick-me-up with crane for water skiing nonprofit

Despite seeing his business multiply after the storm, the president of Sutter Roofing says he believes it's important to take time out to help the community.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 17, 2020
Senior housing considered a well-positioned sector

Cushman & Wakefield’s Tampa-based senior housing team believes the sector will continue to experience long-term growth thanks to the nation’s demographics

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 7, 2023
The friendly business card has a new foe: Digitalization

The business card industry considers a paperless future.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 20, 2007
We've built it ...

Florida for years has counted on Baby Boomers. But recent red flags indicate our population may be stagnating instead of rising.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2007
WALSH: Review and Comment

Arthur Laffer's supply-side sidekick sees the economy climbing from 1% to 3% by year end.

  • Opinion
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 13, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Is this moratorium a building moratorium?: Sarasota County Commissioner Jon Thaxton may have suggested a method for controlling growth in a recent county meeting, but he says he never suggested a building moratorium as the Gulf Coast Builders Exchange had suggested.There's room for more in Collier County: Who says Collier County is getting overcrowded?Growing ranks of female 'Cs': Slow to change in many social respects, Manatee-Sarasota has shifted from an all-male hospital CEO market to one becoming dominated by female 'Cs' - as in chief executive officers and chief operating officers.Wild for Wal-Mart: In 2002, Barry Seidel, president of American Property Group of Sarasota Inc., and his wife Leslye purchased 1.7 acres of OPI (office professional or institutional) land at 310 S. Tamiami Trail for $217,200.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 8, 2008
Gulf Coast Week

Museum demolition begins: Demolition day has come at the Tampa Museum of Art.County to sell cable TV ads: The Tampa Bay area could soon have another TV station competing for local advertising money, run by the government.Hotel simplification: A group of downtown Sarasota hotel operators and future hotel developers are banding together in an effort to form a Hospitality Regional Activity CenterAn entrepreneurial helpline: Small business owners and entrepreneurs seeking help in running their company can now get some assistance from the Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County.Big Cypress plans: Collier Enterprises has submitted plans for the town of Big Cypress, filing for a "Development of Regional Impact" for the 9,000-home project.December tourism mixedBabcock hires LWR exec

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 11, 2006
Look Out, Country

As interest rates go up and real estate sales decline, ForeclosuresDaily.com expects its business to rise as more property owners face foreclosure and investors find better deals.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 17, 2006
Diversified Interests

Jes Santaularia has been called a developer, property owner, hedge-fund manager, CPA, Realtor and restaurant owner. The self-proclaimed renaissance man says he looks for opportunities that are profitable, yet 'entertaining.'

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 8, 2008
Lasday: Street Smart Marketing

'If you don't know where you're going any road will take you there.' Mark Twain

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 21, 2020
Secret sauce for wine shop owner is robust mix of right prices, high-touch service

After years of working for others in the wine industry, Thomas Morgan opened Seagrape Wine Co.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 23, 2021
Meet the new guy

Homes by WestBay, homebuilder with a small-but-mighty mindset, woos an executive from one the biggest competitors in the field.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Elizabeth Djinis |
  • February 5, 2021
Company introduces co-living to region

There’s a new type of living that’s come to St. Petersburg: co-living. A local business, after some tweaks and regulatory-based shifts, thinks it’s got the right model to scale quickly.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 4, 2008
That's not the ticket

A Gulf Coast entrepreneur struggles to succeed against the titan of his industry: Ticketmaster. A state bill that offered a little help was recently defeated in a debate over free markets.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 26, 2017
See it through

After a decade of success in Great Britain, a company has brought its different kind of doors stateside. It has some hurdles to overcome.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 29, 2016
Pay up

Technology entrepreneur Keith Stone says reinvesting profits into his company and encouraging employees to be entrepreneurial keeps CSI Enterprises growing fast.

  • Industries
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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • April 10, 2015
Safe mavens

High-profile attacks have made a cybersecurity company busier than ever, but now it needs to find the right people.

  • Strategies
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