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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

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2018
New tour company gives visitors, residents inside look at Sarasota

Discover Sarasota Tours offers city tours, circus tours and ghost tours.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2019
Hotel group trades traditional hotel shuttle for Uber

Scarlett Hotel Group started an Uber program for guests first in Omaha, then in Sarasota in late summer 2018.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 16, 2019
College's ‘donor-centric’ advancement team receives award

Ringling College of Art and Design was honored with a fundraising award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 16, 2019
Fifth on first

Fifth Avenue South has seen a surge in new tenants.

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  • By American Dreams Restaurant Group Staff |
  • August 16, 2019
Downtown Dining Options Expand

Downtown Dining Options Expand

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 20, 2019
Gateway Professional Centre sells for $45.2 million

TerraCap Management of Bonita Springs has sold the four-building Gateway Professional Centre office complex in Sarasota to Boston-based Taurus Investment Holdings of Boston for $45.2 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 22, 2019
Cushman & Wakefield bolsters valuation team with Beshears

The addition of the 10-member Beshears & Associates will bolster Cushman & Wakefield's valuation and advisory team.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 18, 2019
Times' building occupancy up to 90%

With L3 Technologies new lease, 490 First Ave. S in downtown St. Petersburg is now 90% occupied, roughly double the level of commitment three years ago.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 1, 2019
As housing hot streak continues, builders throw money at creature comforts

While location will always be the No. 1 priority for buyers, amenities have become a key influence on home purchases in the Tampa Bay, Florida, region.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 1, 2019
Land demand trending toward infill, multifamily

Notable real estate land brokers see similar and diverse challenges in marketing land and lots in diverse Florida markets.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 1, 2019
Labor short, materials tight in 2019

Hurricanes, fears of housing slowdowns may mean construction materials pinch for Florida builders. 

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 1, 2019
Home run: Ex-MLB star’s $16.5 million mansion sale shatters record

A three-story, 19,000-square-foot mansion in Belleair Shores has sold for a record-breaking $16.5 million, making it the highest-priced residential sale in the Tampa Bay area. The home belonged to former Philadelphia Phillies star first baseman Ryan Howar

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 5, 2019
Highly anticipated development announces first retail tenants

Waterside Place is expected to open in 2020.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 1, 2019
Pour house: Beer flows but profits slow

Largo, Florida-based WingHouse discovered unacceptable losses stemming from its primary source of sales: draft beer. It contracted a company to help monitor the situation and the results have been impressive.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 5, 2019
Former NBA player joins forces with developer to help lead sustainable homes company

Dahntay Jones and Marshall Gobuty are teaming up to expand Pearl Homes' reach.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 14, 2019
Great Scott: Governor-turned-senator shows a lighter side

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Naples, recently spoke to a group of Sarasota area business leaders.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 19, 2019
New Yorkers continue to flee the state for Florida

The battle between New York and Florida has shifted, for now, from bagels vs. oranges, or snow against sun, to something more tangible: people. Florida is getting them, in droves, from New York (and several other northeast states.)

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2019
Defendant in alleged $75M fraud bought a Maserati, houses

Federal regulators say more than $47 million of a $75 million scheme was improperly spent; the rest was lost in the market.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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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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