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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 29, 2020
CRE industry sentiment dips to five-year low nationally amid coronavirus

NAIOP CRE Sentiment Index dips to five-year low amid coronavirus, but Tampa Bay chapter head says outlook is better in Florida

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 30, 2020
Mentor, 'dean' of real estate lawyers dies at 91

George Dietz was one of 10 Sarasota lawyers recognized as a Legal Legend by the Sarasota County Bar Association in 2013.

  • News
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 9, 2022
Tampa mayor: Rent control measures not the solution, could drive away developers

Mayor Jane Castor says city needs the inventory to ease rent hike at unveiling of housing assistance program for renters

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 9, 2018
Paying Off

MetLife's Tampa office park will house the area's first new office building with speculative space since 2012. A PwC expansion is making it happen.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • April 20, 2018
Atlanta Federal Reserve president on tweets, taxes and what's to come

Raphael Bostic — at the helm of the Atlanta Fed — shares his thoughts on interest rates, Florida business and what’s ahead in 2019.

  • Finance
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 30, 2016
2016 Top Deals | Southwest Florida

Like the Sarasota and Manatee submarket, Southwest Florida's largest commercial sales of the past year involved apartment projects.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Steven Benna |
  • January 27, 2017
Corporate report

Landscape company wins national recognition; Fast-growing builder brings on more managers; Community bank adds Fort Myers location; Multifamily redevelopment project gets underway; Mortgage firm finds buyer for insurance unit

  • Strategies
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  • By Denise Federer |
  • May 2, 2014
Effective leadership starts with presence

The more you convey a strong sense of leadership through your actions, the more confidence others will have to follow you. Make no mistake — people are watching.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 2, 2016
Right on track

The $2 billion plan for Tampa's 42-acre Channelside district will come together in 2016, with infrastructure and other work set to begin.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 12, 2014
Loan recovery

Banks on the Gulf Coast are aggressively lending again as the recession begins to fade, real estate values recover and borrowers take on more debt.

  • Strategies
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  • By Dominic M. Calabro |
  • November 1, 2024
Florida tax watchdog urges state to implement post-storm fixes

Florida TaxWatch says rebuilding after Helene and Milton will be a “multi-year endeavor.’ The state, the organization adds, can help by not overdoing it and over-complicating things on the taxation side.

  • Opinion
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 4, 2023
Aerovanti CEO faces $30M federal judgment for health care businesses

Prosecutors in Maryland tell the judge that Patrick Britton-Harr tacitly admitted to defrauding Medicare by ignoring complaint investigated by the FBI.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 4, 2024
Florida inches closer to recreational marijuana with 2024 ballot initiative

A proposal that would legalize adult recreational cannabis use — and bring a massive influx of tax revenues — in Florida appears headed to the general election ballot in November.

  • Florida
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 27, 2026
Sarasota County to buy medical examiner property for $21.6M

Commissioners authorized a contract to purchase the District 12 Medical Examiner’s Office.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2004
Guardian Angles

A Pinellas County government auditor has raised questions about some court-appointed advocates for the aged and others. Robert W. Melton could be just getting started.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 18, 2020
Firms find ways to help employees through pandemic

Keeping employees engaged — and mentally strong — at work is now a pandemic-era challenge like no other. Strategies, from providing clarity to espousing empathy to toilet roll basketball, are in the offing.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 10, 2022
Company sniffs unique opportunity with nasal COVID-19 vaccine

With a new CEO at the helm and a radical pivot in product strategy, Tampa-based Oragenics has taken risks that, if successful, could make it the next big name in pharmaceuticals.

  • Health Care
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2007
Static Success

Good thing Anthony Murfin doesn't listen to doubters. The former airplane mechanic's defiance toward nay-sayers has been the catalyst in launching a $3 million-plus flooring company.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2007
Coffee Talk

Company, family leaves little time for politics: Turns out Laura Benson won't be in for a primary fight after all in the race to be the Republican nominee for the District 69 State House seat in 2008.Chamber bill dies, then resurrected: A bill to make it a crime for a for-profit business to use the words "chamber of commerce" died in the Florida House of Representatives' economic development committee back on May 4.Get ready for some good eats: Hungry entrepreneurs interested in owning a fast food restaurant with an old Southern feel - all-day breakfast including country ham and buttermilk biscuits anyone? - will have their chance when Bojangles' Restaurants returns to Florida.Medicare payments threaten radiation company: Medicare, the government's health-insurance system for older people, is examining how it reimburses for the use of equipment and that could hurt Fort Myers-based Radiation Therapy Services, the country's largest publicly traded operator of radiation treatment centers.Lennar staying put in Southwest Florida: As homebuilders flee Southwest Florida's moribund homebuilding market, one national builder plans to be here for at least another five years.Suffolk plan for the long haul: Michael Beaumier just smiles patiently as the question is asked. He's heard it dozens of times.Gulf Coast airport traffic rises: Passenger traffic at airports along Florida's Gulf Coast registered healthy increases this spring over last y

  • News
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  • By Janelle Makowski |
  • February 18, 2005
W'holy' Grail

John Mackey explains why shareholders don't come first at Whole Foods Market. Not that they're complaining.

  • Entrepreneurs
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