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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 9, 2023
Hoffmann Family of Cos. properties brought nearly $200 million

The family calls the sale of Naples properties a “monumental transaction."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 15, 2023
Pulte buys 724 acres, plans to bring 1,300 homes to Lakewood Ranch

The Atlanta homebuilder plans a second 55-and-over community in the popular planned development.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 19, 2023
Tampa real estate firm adds to portfolio with $9.85M purchase

Sila Realty Trust has bought West Palm Beach medical center that's occupied by local OB/GYN practice.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 5, 2025
Tampa insurance agency e-Telequote cuts 218 jobs

The online insurance agency announced it was laying off the employees about four months after it was bought by a Chicago digital health company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • July 23, 2010
Sports Craze

Sports facilities, businesses and teams have become highly prized trophies of local economic development efforts and more than just a seasonal tourist attraction. More new facilities are on track.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 19, 2009
Orion's Fallen Star

Jerry Williams grew Orion Bank into one of the largest lenders in Florida during the real estate boom, only to be shut down by regulators in the bust. A last-ditch gamble to raise capital backfired.

  • Finance
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 27, 2012
The Brewmeister

Neal Knapp retired to Cape Coral, but now he' helping entrepreneurs launch craft breweries around the world.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2007
10 years: Ambition trumped good sense

Navel gazing hasn't been our thing. You know, talking about yourself ... boring people with the most overused word in the dictionary: "I." But indulge us for a little of that - just for a little while. The Gulf Coast Business Review is 10.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2006
Numbers Woman

A question and answer session with Julie Kline, chief financial officer for Stock Development.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2008
Signs of the time

With sales down 30%, a GulfCoast entrepreneur is getting creative - and contrarian - about makingit through the tough times. He'simposed a no-layoff rule, for instance. And he's tripled his marketing budget.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 27, 2022
Florida's insurance regulator to back policies over fears 17 insurers will be forced to cease operations

The Office of Insurance Regulation's plan will take advantage of an exception to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac rules.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2021
Tampa real estate exec's new project: writing a thriller

Dave Sobelman, CEO of Generation Income Properties, writes thriller that hits close to home.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
Linda Doan, 38

Entrepreneur in real estate, frozen yogurt and hospitality

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 4, 2025
Naples developer pays $26M for downtown Sarasota sites

The Lutgert Cos. has built more than a dozen projects in Naples.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 12, 2025
CEO of Bradenton EDC announces retirement

Sharon Hillstrom has been at the head of the Bradenton Area EDC for 14 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2009
Tribridge keeps growing

What started as an idea for a local IT and management services firm in Tampa has now grown to several cities across the country and more than 300 employees and counting.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 17, 2010
Firm shifts strategy, changes name

Fawley Bryant Architects, one of the leading architecture firms in the Sarasota-Bradenton region, has dropped the word architecture from its name.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2010
Colliers Arnold rebranded Colliers International

Following the planned new merger of Colliers International and FirstService Real Estate Advisors, Clearwater-based Colliers Arnold announced that it will rebrand its offices and operations as Colliers International.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2009
Gulf Coast bank stocks rally on news

The publicly traded stocks of two beleaguered Florida bank-holding companies in Naples, TIB Financial and Bank of Florida, surged earlier this week on news that former Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Hugh McColl is among a group of investors seeking to invest in Florida bank assets.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2009
SKYShades of SW Florida chosen by Yacht Club

SKYShades of Southwest Florida has been chosen as part of the construction team for the Sarasota Yacht Club's new clubhouse facility.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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