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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 10, 2011
Inuvo, HMA offer preview

Two Gulf Coast firms provide earnings guidance for the end of 2010.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Lee County 20/20 buys 36 acresFort Myers investors buy former Taco BellSeneca Petroleum buysTre Amici buildingSpirit Finance company buys Fort Myers buildingWest Palm developer buys retail plazaBradenton investors buy All U Can StorageLux-Art Silks builds new warehouseSarasota's Jump Dance relocates to Lakewood RanchWeichels, Fullers buy McSwiggins Pub buildingWeichels, Fullers buy McSwiggins Pub buildingSun Development & Management Corp. plans SpringHill SuitesHirschy, Servant investors redevelop bowling alleyEntrepreneurs buy apartments

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2007
Corporate Report

Mattison's scores Catersource coverFlorida Bank Group buying The Bank of Tallahassee MedClose VCS reports continuing clinical success Retailer Chico's buying Minnesota franchiseeMurphy Business & Financial names top brokers for 2006Tampa training company enters copyright disputeBlue Cross, HCA agree Pilgrim sells to Nihon KohdenUltroid's 'painless treatment'squaremouth Inc. offers health Forbes lingers hereProgress Energy raises moneyRegions exec named FNB veep

  • Industries
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 24, 2022
City tearing down former grocery store to make way for senior center

Tampa has begun demolition of the Penny Saver Food Market as part of a plan to redevelop a nearby park.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 22, 2010
Another tin-ear Sarasota decision?

The city of Sarasota's reputation in some circles as being hostile to business interests has been earned through years of frustrating, head-scratching decisions.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 28, 2012
Big bank shifts its downtown presence

The Bank of America name perched on a downtown Sarasota building will be coming down — likely by early next year.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 29, 2019
Aventura firm buys Edison Mall land from mall owner

Washington Prime Group, the owner of the Edison Mall in Fort Myers, has sold the land around and underneath the 1.04 million-square-foot retail center.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 15, 2019
Bend it like Echelman

The design for the aerial art installation planned for the St. Petersburg Pier District — a piece that will be created by world-renowned artist Janet Echelman, who lives in Boston but grew up in Tampa, Florida — was officially unveiled in late January at

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 28, 2019
Construction equipment firm takes in nearly $300M in auction

Records were in abundance at a recent Ritchie Bros. auction in Polk County, where construction and agriculture equipment changed hands rapidly.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 5, 2022
Luxury SWFL condo tower logs $10M in sales in 10 days

Grandview at Bay Beach on Estero Island, say the developers, "fills a void in the area for new luxury condominiums in the tower market."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 2, 2016
Downtown revival

A second wave of development is coming to downtown Fort Myers in 2016. A convention center hotel will be key.

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  • September 18, 2015
Sarasota's incredible shrinking space

Buried deep in a new Sarasota County Business Competitiveness survey that asked 74 local companies to rate the health of the region's business climate and macro conditions was a troubling finding: Space is at a premium.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 8, 2024
Loss of Walmart wireless services contract leads to 302 layoffs

Walmart did not renew the contract for a Miami company that handles wireless sales at stores across Florida.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 2, 2024
48 jobs cut at Lakeland Winn-Dixie before store rebrands as Aldi

The grocery store in Polk County will be converted into an Aldi following an acquisition.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 6, 2025
Lee County pays $10.5 million to conserve 132 acres

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Fort Myers land sold to medical provider, Brandon gets Scandinavia furniture retailer's first Florida store, and a much-anticipated Sarasota project officially starts.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2015
MQ Development Partners buys spec Waters Avenue retail site

Dallas-based MQ Development Partners purchased a 16.06-acre vacant parcel west of North Himes Avenue for $3.78 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 22, 2025
Tampa heavy equipment rental property part of $67M portfolio deal

The national real estate investment firm Alterra IOS bought a 12-property portfolio totaling more than 43 acres and 165,000 square feet of warehouse space.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 28, 2024
As it shuts stores globally, Foot Locker plans HQ move to St. Pete

The retail chain is planning to relocate its headquarters from New York as part of an effort to streamline costs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 6, 2011
Developer takes new role, but not giving up

John Simon, lead developer behind a highly anticipated project in downtown Sarasota stalled by the recession, is about to add a new wrinkle to his pursuit: A lot more time on an airplane.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 17, 2021
Construction begins on $30M senior center

New home for the Naples Senior Center could be open by the end of 2022.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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