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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 25, 2018
Business school sold on sales education

The University of Tampa has launched an Institute for Sales Excellence to help students make the most of entry-level jobs.

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  • October 26, 2018
Brevity — the soul of branding?

Valley National Bank has shortened its brand name to "Valley" and given its logo a makeover as it consolidates its new foothold in the Tampa, Florida, market.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 16, 2018
Economic forecast: Marie Tomassi, managing shareholder, Trenam Law, Tampa/St. Petersburg

Marie Tomassi, managing shareholder of Trenam Law in Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida, looks ahead to 2019 and sees the firm expanding into new practice areas like solar energy and possibly medical marijuana.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2019
Investor acquires aging tourist attraction in online auction for $17.2 million

Clearwater, Florida, commercial real estate investor Ben Mallah has acquired The Shops at John’s Pass Village, a tourist attraction in Madeira Beach, for $17.2 million.

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  • November 8, 2019
Yacht club, among sea of challenges, boosts membership tally

Bird Key Yacht Club is adding members while others lose people.

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  • November 15, 2019
Restaurant firm looks at 'strategic alternatives'

Bloomin’ Brands, the Tampa-based parent company of Outback Steakhouse, might explore a sale.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 29, 2019
Former CBRE Tampa head lands at Fore

Chase Pattillo, who until late last year led commercial real estate brokerage firm CBRE's Tampa operations, has been hired by Fore Property Co. to oversee apartment development from a new Tampa office

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 29, 2018
Sarasota County tract has lone bidder

Investment banker L. Ron Gray from New York plans to develop a five-star hotel on a current Sarasota County parking lot at 20 N. Washington Blvd. in a deal brokered by Steve HOrn of Ian Black Real Estate and John Harshman of Harshman & Co. Inc.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 20, 2018
Company that builds big goes big on employee perks

Tight labor market has done little to slow down momentum at Suffolk Construction.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 17, 2022
Hertz's new CEO addresses wrongful theft lawsuit

Stephen Scherr says practice of reporting cars stolen not acceptable

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  • September 22, 2017
Lessons on tap

You, too, can Dream Big if you ask for help, winning entrepreneur says.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 10, 2016
Firm hired for Herald-Tribune HQ search

The New York-based parent company of the Herald-Tribune Media Group has retained a commercial real estate brokerage firm to help negotiate a future headquarters for the media group — a move that could result in its exit from its iconic three-story office building in Sarasota's downtown.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • July 1, 2016
Corporate report

Car dealership adds 40 jobs; Former bank CFO moves to insurance; Pest control firm names Tampa leader; Manufacturer appoints sales official

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • March 18, 2016
Early enrollment

Persuading millennials to invest money in a financial adviser isn't easy. How will Lawrence Financial Planning do it?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 26, 2015
Burger guru looks back

Culver's is one of the fastest-growing burger chains in the country, with more than 500 restaurants in 22 states. A slice of that growth has come on the Gulf Coast in the last two years, with at least 15 new franchised locations from Sarasota to Naples.

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  • December 5, 2014
Feldman, Tower, Second City pay $29M for First Central Tower

A joint venture of Feldman Equities LLC in St. Petersburg, Orlando-based Tower Realty Partners and Vancouver's Second City Real Estate purchased the 17-story First Central Tower and adjacent parking garage in downtown St. Petersburg for $29.15 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 13, 2015
Village counsel

Naples attorney Burt Saunders helped birth a new municipality. It was an atypical career highlight.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 24, 2025
Report: Tampa Bay's population growth slows as cost of living rises

Tampa Bay’s net inflow in 2024 was less than one-third of what it was the year before, the “biggest slowdown in domestic migration” in the country.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 14, 2025
Sarasota Orchestra picks up $10M gift

Funds will go toward the organization's new Music Center project.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 22, 2025
Tervis relocates central office, frees space up at former Venice HQ

The manufacturer, which emerged from bankruptcy earlier this year, has returned to its original facility in Osprey.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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