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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2020
Marketing consultant offers advice about business content strategy

Tiffany McEachern, a marketing consultant at Clearwater-based Tech Data, shared tips about the power of storytelling and measuring content performance.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 21, 2022
$150 million resort headed to Gasparilla Island

Resort near island will feature condominiums, deep water harbor and spa, says Miami developer

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • November 16, 2018
Economic Forecast: Handbag manufacturer increases production to meet anticipated demand

Manufacturing — Gretchen Bauer, founder and CEO, BSwanky, Sarasota

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 22, 2019
Starwood Capital buys trio of Marriott hotels

Starwood Capital has invested $79 million to acquire a trio of Marriott-branded, extended stay hotels near major airports in Tampa and Fort Myers from an Atlanta company.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 15, 2018
Tampa Renaissance Hotel trades for $68 million

Clearview and Oaktree Capital team up to acquire Tampa Renaissance Hotel from Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. for $68 million, in keeping with the Dallas company's strategy to focus on upsclae lodging

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 29, 2018
WCI completes second Westhore Marina District land purchase

WCI Communities spends a total of $15 million to buy land to develop more than 140 luxury townhomes within the 52-acre Westshore Marina District that BTI Partners is developing in Tampa

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 24, 2017
A clean business opportunity

A research and development project two years and at least $100,000 in the making at Naples Soap Co. is about to get a major publicity upgrade.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 29, 2016
Reality isn't really real

Sarasota area entrepreneur Jesse Biter has done a lot with his life. He helped build and lead three companies from scratch to well more than $1 million in annual sales.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 26, 2016
Developer: IRS has no clue

Prominent Sarasota-area developer Hugh Culverhouse Jr., also a longtime trial attorney, has ventured in an area few others will go: He attacked the IRS.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2015
Hospital troubles lead to speculation

Sarasota Memorial Hospital, already the largest health care organization in the Sarasota-Bradenton region, is always on the lookout for growth opportunities, says its spokeswoman, Kim Savage.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 16, 2015
$200M mixed-use project up for sale

Pineapple Square was going to transform downtown Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 17, 2015
One dead, one injured in MagneGas explosion

Tarpon Springs officials are still investigating the blast, which happened just after 2 p.m. on April 16.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 30, 2024
Waterfront home in Naples listed for $45 million

A house in the Port Royal neighborhood of Naples has been listed for sale for $45 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 21, 2024
Sarasota commercial portfolio on the market for $77 million

The portfolio includes six properties and are all within a 1-mile radius on Cattleman and Fruitville roads.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 29, 2023
Report: Tampa Bay among worst large U.S. metro areas for commuters

Only New York, San Antonio and San Francisco scored lower in a study conducted by Hire A Helper, a moving company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2021
Child's play: Specialized treatment gains traction, leads to expansion

A growing demand for child play therapy services has prompted Dr. Brenna Hicks to open $1 million new facility in Pasco County, Florida.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 6, 2021
Prominent Wall Street firm moving HQ from Manhattan to downtown St. Pete

Cathie Wood-led ARK Investment Management is moving its headquarters to 200 Central in St. Petersburg; will help build innovation center

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 9, 2021
Police force goes out of its comfort zone — and geography — to woo new officers

Lakeland Police Department sets up pipeline of officers from New York City.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 22, 2019
NFL star's restaurant chain expands in region with multi-unit franchise deal

Walk-On's Bistreaux & Bar, a Baton Rouge, La.-based sports bar and grill chain co-owned by New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, has signed a new multi-unit development deal with Tampa franchisee Mike Lester.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2015
FedEx to deliver new Fort Myers facility

A Kansas City, Mo., developer bought Treeline Avenue land for a package-distribution center.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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