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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 10, 2011
Bauer rates Florida banks

Bauer Financial updated its quarterly rankings for Florida's banks today.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 6, 2021
Airport sets passenger record reenforcing sentiment that tourism is back — at least for now

St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport has the best month in its history though next few months could change the narrative

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 2, 2021
Hoffmann spends $9 million for Naples offices

Hoffmann Commercial Real Estate's purchase of 500 Fifth Avenue building affirms the Chicago company's strategy in Southwest Florida.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 22, 2021
Nonprofits embrace crypto to boost Giving Tuesday

Organizations like the Safe Children Coalition aim to diversify donation sources.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2019
Lawsuit: Man bought homes with $70M he misappropriated from oil companies

Edward Brinkmann, a German national living in Naples, is accused of stealing funds via markup scheme as head of procurement.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2018
Tampa beats back all comers in key business relocation metric

The cost of living in the Tampa metro area in the first quarter of 2018 was nearly 10% lower than the national average, according to data from the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp. With a national average index of 100, Tampa’s COLI is 90.1, ac

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 1, 2024
Report: Hurricane Ian statewide insured losses exceed $21B

People in Lee, Charlotte and Sarasota counties filed the most claims for losses after the hurricane, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation reports.

  • Florida
  • By Holtz Builders |
  • June 6, 2025
Restoring Community, Rebuilding Futures: Holtz Builders in Fort Myers Beach

Holtz Builders has always believed that construction is about more than bricks and beams—it’s about building stronger communities.

  • Holtz Builders
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 16, 2025
Tampa Bay manufacturers dispute report of sector's demise

The region's manufacturing sector is growing, local officials say, even as national worries persist.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 27, 2024
Benderson Development spends $140M on acquisitions in September

Three acquisitions this month in Florida are part of an “aggressive growth strategy," according to Benderson Development.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • April 13, 2026
USF CAMLS first in Florida to install high-tech AI surgical imaging machine

GE HealthCare’s Allia Moveo is a surgical imaging platform for minimally-invasive procedures.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 27, 2023
Walmart cuts 400 jobs at Polk County distribution facility

For the third time this year, one of the world's biggest corporations lays off employees in Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Loyd Robbins |
  • January 30, 2026
Not a Market to Sit Out: What Southwest Florida’s Economy Signals for 2026

2025 is in the rearview mirror, and many of us are trying to make sense of where the economy is headed in 2026. I spent the past several weeks attending economic outlook events across Southwest Florida, listening to a wide range of voices tied to development, finance, and market activity.

  • Loyd Robbins & Co.
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 6, 2023
New owners of St. Pete Beach Hotel hire award-winning chef

Kimberly Subject will manage the Castile Restaurant at Hotel Zamora.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2023
Prominent Sarasota aviation facility flying under new ownership

The Sarasota company Dolphin Aviation Inc. was acquired by Hawthorne Global on Tuesday.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2022
College combats nursing shortage with new Sarasota campus

The campus is the third Arizona College of Nursing to open in Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 23, 2022
Smashburger signs lucrative deal with local franchisee

Jiandong “Peter” Xu plans to open 15 Gulf Coast restaurants over the next six years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 8, 2022
Sarasota health care provider names new CEO

The move concluded a five-month search for CenterPlace Health.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2009
New economic partnership starts

A new, five-county regional economic development partnership for Southwest Florida got off the ground Nov. 10.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 24, 2013
Tamiami Hyundai owner buys, redeveloping King Richard's site

The price equated to $448,944 per acre.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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