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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2009
Local firms hope for fertile consultants

Hidayet Kutat, owner of a Sarasota sign company and a former DuPont executive, cornered a local economic development official at a networking luncheon about a year ago with a big concern.

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  • September 10, 2010
A new entrepreneur gets a good sign

The sign business has been so good to industry rookie and Gulf Coast newcomer Brian Lamb that he recently bought out one of his closest competitors.

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  • March 11, 2013
Former Disney exec to run statewide rail project

All Aboard Florida names Donald Robinson president and promotes another executive.

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  • September 25, 2020
Wheels up: Growth accelerates for retail tire franchisor

Tampa, Florida-based RNR Tire Express has rolled to surprisingly big gains during the pandemic.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 7, 2019
Naples firm buys Collier Place office complex

A Naples investment firm has acquired the two-building Collier Place office complex in Naples for $12.85 million, with plans to invest significantly to improve the 62,000-square-foot property.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2019
Ex-real estate broker faces prison in $560K scam of retired teacher

Aaron Eyerman stole more than half a million from teacher in real estate schemes.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 9, 2018
Data Snapshot: College (not) try

Millennials in our area just aren't that into higher education.

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  • June 22, 2017
Hospital gets third CEO in two years

Bob Moore, with more than 30 years of executive hospital leadership experience is the new CEO at Venice Regional Bayfront Health.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 1, 2014
Funding group hopes to find success

Startups throughout Florida have a new ally in a frontline challenge: raising capital.

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  • August 1, 2014
Go wide, get a good deal

Male executives who seek in edge in negotiations — and who doesn't? — have a new answer: a wide face.

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  • April 29, 2016
How the other coast lives

Christopher Roog recalls a time in the not so distant past where many communities on Florida's east coast were rather unfriendly, if not downright hostile, to businesses.

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  • March 3, 2016
Firm snares four 'go-to' labor lawyers

Sarasota-based Williams Parker now has 47 attorneys.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2016
A+ for strategy

Tampa commercial real estate broker David Sobelman, a national expert in net leases, where the tenant pays some or all property expenses, in addition to rent, senses a shift in the niche market.

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  • November 21, 2014
Collier County Supervisor of Elections moving to former E.B. Simmonds HQ

Collier County government purchased a 15,716-square-foot, three-story office building and an adjacent 14,746-square-foot warehouse building for $3.34 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • November 27, 2015
Builder hearts Sarasota

Former Orlando area homebuilder Nathan Cross, with a company that will do $4.5 million in sales this year, is a dream come true for a chamber of commerce official.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 6, 2024
Pinellas medical manufacturer will close facility, lay off employees

BioDerm has notified the state that is cutting about 50 employees at its facility in Largo but says it will eventually relocate in the county.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 6, 2024
375 Tampa apartments coming after developer gets $63 million in financing

The apartment complex will be built in MetWest International, a prominent mixed-use project near Tampa International, Raymond James Stadium and International Plaza.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 21, 2025
Turkish restaurant owners open cafe in Sarasota's Gulf Gate

The owners of Divan in Sarasota have started a coffee shop and cafe nearby.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 13, 2025
Tampa MSA home, condo prices spring decline signal 'a trend has emerged'

Condo sale prices dropped 15% year over year in the market as home prices declined for a fourth straight month.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 16, 2024
Sarasota restaurateur opens new Italian eatery this month in St. Armands

The owner of Napulè is opening an Italian restaurant called 15 South by Napulè.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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