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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • February 25, 2026
Discount airline using Lakeland as a hub extends 10-city route network

Avelo offers flights to Atlanta, San Juan and Philadelphia, among other locales.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 11, 2005
What's Wrong with Kansas

Gold Bank has done better in Florida than back home, where an aborted merger and dishonest CEO have slowed momentum.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 28, 2014
Young and hungry

Fawley|Bryant, where annual revenues will likely double this year to at least $6 million, clawed its way back from the architecture industry-crushing recession. A youthful spirit anchors the rebound.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2011
NorthStar expands board

The Tampa bank appointed six new members to its board of directors.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2012
Homans leads Hillsborough EDC

Rick Homans is the Tampa development group's new president and CEO.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2012
Michael's launches new look

The upscale Sarasota restaurant debuts a new marketing campaign.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2015
Lee raises tax on builders

Lee County commissioners raised taxes on new construction as the economic recovery takes hold.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2008
Slump Spoilers

Looking for reasons to be optimistic in the constructionand contracting industries that don't mix reality with real wishful thinking? See Butch Mullet. He's got a bunch.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2003
1st Runner-Up: David Dunbar Chairman

President and CEO Peoples Bank/Peoples Floriday Banking Corp.In his 28 years of banking, David Dunbar has worked for the largest bank in the state and the smallest bank in the state.

  • Opinion
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 3, 2024
Broker gets creative to sell $295 million Naples compound

Dawn McKenna says selling trophy properties, like the Naples estate and the "Home Alone" house, is a happy mix of art and science.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 23, 2022
Insurance rates to continue going through the roof

Lawmakers have made it impossible for insurance carriers to make a profit while they have created a billion-dollar money train for lawyers — at Florida consumers’ expense.

  • Opinion
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 9, 2023
Construction to start on site of former Carousel Beach Inn

In the week's top commercial real estate news, two flex spaces sell, a Tampa hotel sells for $47 million, and a retailer plans to close two local stores.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 25, 2007
It's Easy Being Green

Building an environmentally sound office for his new headquarters was nice for one architect, but not enough. It had to save him money, too.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adrian Moore |
  • May 6, 2016
License to kill jobs

Florida is worse than New Jersey, New York and California when it comes to requiring business licenses. They don't protect consumers. They harm them.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2003
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: FNB joins Big BoardEconomic development shift from chamber a good thingBeware the pitfalls of workplace technologyHillsborough County Clerk of the Court quashes an unauthorized interpretation

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 1, 2013
Sarasota Housing Authority opening King Stone project

he Sarasota Housing Authority has completed and opened the King Stone Townhomes.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 14, 2016
Phone giant buys area wireless company

Wireless Technology Equipment Co. has locations in Fort Myers, Lakeland, Sarasota and Tampa.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2015
Fawley's way of life: Exceed your vision

When Bradenton architect Mike Bryant recently cared for the office effects of his late partner, Rick Fawley, Bryant came across a sheet of Fawley's thoughts, jotted while Fawley attended a conference of the Bradenton Area Economic Development Corp.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 23, 2017
New World

Sarasota might never be the next Silicon Valley. Yet two tech-centric firms, with more than 100 combined employees, recently relocated to the area. What was the attraction?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 15, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

New beginnings: After five years, Phil Wolff has split from Sarasota's Levin Tannenbaum Wolff Band Gates & Pugh PL.St. Patrick's Day in May Is Sarasota the new center of green?: The Florida Green Building Coalition Inc. sure thinks so. Happy hammers: The Associated General Contractors of America, the largest and oldest national construction trade association in the United States, has reason to be jubilant. Waiting to learn: Get ready to add another three months to the wait for a consultant to design a University District on North Tamiami Trail.

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