• Alternate Text
  • Loading

  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Health Care
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Health Care
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login

Results for:

  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jim Stinson |
  • January 3, 2024
State legislators aim to address health care, insurance, shoplifting

As in past Florida Legislative sessions, the power of the Senate president and House speaker will dictate much of the bills that either get passed or languish in committees.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 9, 2025
Alissa Silvers, 30

40 Under 40 winner Alissa Silvers is CEO of Liss Design LLC.

  • Class of 2025
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 9, 2025
Emily Budd, 34

40 Under 40 winner Emily Budd is president of EK Consulting.

  • Class of 2025
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • June 9, 2023
AI-generated content creation hub secures $4.2 million in seed funding

St. Petersburg-based Optiversal blazes the way for AI-based platforms to be human-forward.

  • Technology
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Steven Benna |
  • May 29, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for May 16-22 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Pasco County shopping center sale for $70.5 million paces the week's transactions.

  • Transactions
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 13, 2023
Adidas founder’s family wealth firm opens HQ in Sarasota

An Adi Dassler International Family Office executive says they "are big fans of Sarasota."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Steven Benna |
  • March 13, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for Feb. 28 to March 7 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

An apartment complex sale in Naples, for $125 million, leads the week's transactions.

  • Transactions
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Steven Benna |
  • January 30, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for Jan. 17-23 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Pinellas County mobile home park, in a deal worth nearly $54 million, leads the week's transactions.

  • Transactions
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Denise Federer |
  • December 23, 2021
Returning to the Office in 2022? Time to Rebuild Your Team Synergy

Getting people to enjoy the office groove again requires a focused plan and execution.

  • Advice
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Steven Benna |
  • June 27, 2022
Transactions: June 21-27

St. Pete apartment complex, in a $123.2 million sale, highlights this week's transactions.

  • Transactions
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Steven Benna |
  • October 24, 2022
Transactions: Oct. 18-24

Pinellas County apartment complex sale for nearly $50 million paces transactions.

  • Transactions
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 6, 2023
Office sector insider sees momentum heading into 2023

While there is much to be positive about, how hybrid work will continue to affect the office market is still a concern, says JLL Executive Vice President Jim Moler.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • January 6, 2023
The combination of leisure and work travel might stick around in 2023

When people are tired of looking at the same wall at home while working, a change of scenery just might be the answer.

  • Travel-Tourism
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • January 6, 2023
CEO predicts banks will turn attention to deposit pricing in 2023

The big question of the year will be if banks without liquidity will be able to generate loan demand.

  • Finance
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 6, 2006
Thomson: 2050 plan is a killer

Sarasota County's 2050 plan is causing Schroeder-Manatee to considering giving up. It's a model for how not to govern.

  • Opinion
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 11, 2005
Manager: Know Thy Self

Great marketing managers develop great marketers.

  • Opinion
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 19, 2004
Hire Top Talent

Companies that select, retain and develop top talent will become the market leaders.Stephen Garber, who lives and works in the Sarasota area, provides executive coaching for people who need to choose, keep and develop performance champions.

  • Opinion
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2008
TO WATCH (Lee-Collier): Arthur Allen

In the early days, Arthur Allen built his business on his house. In 1981, Allen sold his first software company for $18 million. He retired to Naples at age 34 and bought an oceanfront house on Gulf Shore Boulevard.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2009
Uncaged

Tampa entrepreneur John Prisco is growing Xtreme Fighting Championships into an international brand.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 13, 2009
Puttin' on the Sales

A Gulf Coast hotel hit by the recession blanketed half the region in an all out sales surge. Results have been surprisingly good.

  • Strategies
« 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 »
The best of Business Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest business and commercial real estate news from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Sign Up

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-362-4848

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Podcast
  • Big Book of Business

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Distribution Points
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Your Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
×
3 Articles Remaining!
Not a Subscriber?

Click here to Subscribe

Already a Subscriber?

Click here to Login

Sign Up for Daily Brief

Start your day with the top Gulf Coast business news you need to succeed.

Sign Up for CRE Central

Stay updated with a weekly roundup of big deals, market shifts and the people shaping commercial real estate from Tampa Bay to Naples.


Smart People Subscribe.

Turn headlines into game plans. The playbook’s right here.
Subscribe to the Business Observer today.

Subscribe Now