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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 23, 2024
Key West hotel brand readies $80M Naples property

Developers behind a 160-room boutique hotel along the Cocohatchee River in North Naples say the property is scheduled to open this fall.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 29, 2024
Two capital-raise execs from region to speak at South by Southwest conference

A pair of executives from the region, one based in Naples, the other in Sarasota, will be co-hosting a panel at the famed South by Southwest conference in Austin in March.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 21, 2024
Sarasota Memorial inks $160M software deal

The health system contracted with software developer giant Epic to handle its electronic medical records.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 27, 2024
SWFL Bank, foundation partner on $1.2M Ian recovery loan program

The program has an average loan size of $100,000.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 8, 2006
Corporate Report & Third Quarter

Global Imaging Systems buys N.J.'s Copy DynamicsWalter Industries settles shareholder lawsuitsTampa Electric wins $134 million in tax creditsE Solutions sells exchange hosting to Elephant OutlookThailand company hires Syniverse TechnologiesSigns Now reporting record 2006 sales, franchise growthWilsonMiller sponsors calendar promoting land stewardship Chico's FAS Third Quarter

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2007
Commercial Clouds

Office-space vacancies are creeping up, rents may fall in some areas and prospective tenants are becoming more hesitant about leasing new space. But that's not stopping new development of offices along Interstate 75 from Tampa to Fort Myers.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2008
Deal Search

A softer economy and new buildings have some tenants hoping for incentives and better office leasing rates.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 18, 2006
Walsh: Build private expressway from Tampa to Naples

Here's a big task for the next governor: Bring together the appropriate players to create a private-sector financed, constructed and operated six-lane toll-expressway that connects east Hillsborough County to Alligator Alley - running north to south, with tributaries running east to west (see map, page 7).This transportation corridor will be crucial to the future movement of traffic and the continued vibrancy of the economy along the entire southwest coast of Florida.

  • Opinion
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • October 1, 2010
Open for Law

Wisconsin-based Quarles & Brady is among several firms expanding its practice to Tampa. Opportunities for growth along the Gulf Coast and in Florida are driving the additions, which secure talent that's already here.

  • Industries
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 28, 2011
Cup Runneth Over

Tervis Tumbler executives are ecstatic about future prospects at the company. Managing the growth is the looming challenge.

  • Strategies
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • May 28, 2010
Green makes green

Existing office buildings are now pursuing LEED certification. Managers say tenants demand it, but cost savings also motivate those efforts. The economics may be working.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 30, 2010
Contrary Moves

Rob Smithson redefined his personal fight against the recession through a serious of calculated, expensive, risks. Some of the gambles have started to pay off.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 4, 2011
Scent of Success

A healthcare company with a promising product teetered on a financial breakdown last year. High hopes abound for 2011.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 21, 2011
Forecast 2012: Sarasota-Manatee

Mark Becker, Molly Jackson, and other key business figures offer insight.

  • News
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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 9, 2011
Stretching Margins

Net income of 72% of Gulf Coast banks increased in the third quarter compared with 2010. Despite lingering concerns over regulations and demand for borrowing, more banks are becoming profitable.

  • Industries
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 13, 2020
Different Strokes

Although there are seven new condo projects slated for Tampa, each has unique attributes that differentiate one from another

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 29, 2016
Ideal leader

The hunt to understand detailed data, combined with the constant pursuit of why, drives Deborah Ellinger. Will the formula work in her new role?

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 17, 2019
40 under 40: Rock stars abound in the region

The Business Observer's 2019 40 under 40 issue is testament to the region's hitmakers.

  • Class of 2019
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 23, 2023
Developer's Pasco water world is largest man-made lagoon in US

This is the third Metro Development Lagoon.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2008
Osprey Optimism

A large commercial development project on the Gulf Coast - the first phase, anyway - is actually close to completion. Could more good news follow?

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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