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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 17, 2013
Open the shutters

Brian Rist didn't let the housing recession slow him down. When things got tough, he went to Cancun.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 17, 2013
Bubble Wrap

Innovative pitches to generate customer leads in the financial planning business are rare. Dave Kennon hopes he latched onto a golden ticket.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 25, 2013
Motor Momentum

A local auto dealership with an international flair has grown rapidly in spite of the recession. More expansion is on the way.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 22, 2013
Forging the recovery

Firms like Forge Engineering are among the first to feel the recovery in real estate development.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 7, 2013
The experience is everything

WCI Communities rode the boom as a publicly traded homebuilding company in the 2000s. Can it ride again?

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 27, 2011
Expanded Dreams

A veterinarian seized on a recession-fused opportunity for bigger space. Soon she hopes the practice will get bigger, too.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 30, 2013
Quick Churn

The delicate business of dying has turned into a fast-growth opportunity for a local entrepreneur. Her challenge is to harness it.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2012
Ocean Properties buys Longboat Key Club

Delray Beach-based Ocean Properties Ltd. has completed its purchase of the Longboat Key Club and Resort, with its land and buildings selling for $31.99 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 24, 2012
Signature Success

A big-thinking bath and kitchen remodeling entrepreneur thought his company was going to sink — and not only because of the recession. But he rebuilt the firm, and now plans for more expansion.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 24, 2012
Market shift

Survivors of the real estate collapse like Irina Prell were nimble and shifted their business to new opportunities.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 6, 2012
CEO Predictions 2012

Leaders from throughout the Gulf Coast business community talk about their expectations for 2012.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 29, 2019
Investor acquires retail properties for $10.35 million

A Canadian developer has acquired four storefronts that had been part of an ambitious, $200 million mixed-use project a decade ago.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Stephanie Shreve |
  • March 3, 2022
Growing your business — even as supply chain crisis lingers

While supplies are down, communication — with customers, vendors and more — is going to have to go up.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 26, 2018
In Memoriam: Dr. Murray "Murf" Klauber, 1927-2018

Considered a true renaissance man and a visionary thinker by many who knew him — and a sartorial standout who was rarely not seen in a colorful tropical shirt and loafers on his feet, never socks  — Dr. Murray "Murf" Klauber died Nov. 22. He was 91.

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  • By Ted Carter |
  • March 16, 2018
Crane company keeps elevating post-recession

A decade after the downturn, the Southwest Florida unit of a statewide construction leader has a renewed sense of purpose — and optimism.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 20, 2018
Local bank bought in $50 million deal

Bradenton-based Premier Community Bank of Florida will merge with Birmingham, Ala.-based National Commerce Corp.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 27, 2018
Hiring for the long haul

Employee education and promotion from within are key to ReliaQuest's fast growth and success.

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  • By Ted Carter |
  • December 30, 2016
Nice brats

Sales of Shelly Stayer's new sausage grill were hotter than expected.

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  • By Dayna Harpster |
  • February 3, 2017
Throw the towel

Spending time to solicit and receive good advice for a business is great. Even better: listening to it.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2017
The Scoop

A fast-acting, resolute couple launched a business with next to no experience. They quickly learned a key business lesson: stay nimble.

  • Entrepreneurs
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