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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 12, 2025
Naples billionaire keeps up major investment in newspapers

David Hoffmann, who grew up in a small town with a strong local paper, believes the newspaper industry can bounces back with strong local coverage and sound business practices.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Origin Capital buys 14 Lee County homesSellstate Professional Realtyowners buy North Cape CentreSchool Board of Lee Countybuys 19-acre Buckingham ChaseBCBE renovatingVillage on Venetian BayColorado REIT UDR buys Vintage LoftsNiagara Falls, N.Y. firmbuys Fowler Pilot Bank branchBZ Properties buys, renovating Clearwater retail strip centerSovereign Investment buys Ruth's Chris buildingMosaic Fertilizer buys270 acres from G&D FarmsFDOT buys SR-64 land,for roadway expansionSovereign Investment Co.buys Ruth's Chris building

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2004
Risk Management

How the lawyer who runs the world's largest municipal law office saves New York City millions of dollars.

  • Industries
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 25, 2011
Taken by maps

New government flood maps are forcing property owners into previously uncharted territory. A case study of one Fort Myers property owner shows the government slashed the value of his property by more than half.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 27, 2023
Prominent Sarasota beer, beverage distributor names new president

Andrea Saputo Cox has been working in the family business for decades.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 14, 2022
Jayme Waters, 30

Integrity Employee Leasing, sales director

  • Class of 2022
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 26, 2005
Health Care Isn't Capitalistic

In this letter to the editor: Health Care Isn't Capitalistic: But it's in Sarasota taxpayers' best interests to act capitalistic and patronize their tax-supported hospital.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 29, 2010
Ratner's Return

A decade on the sidelines of his favorite industry was enough to make Rick Ratner feel like a piece of driftwood. He thinks he's found a lifeboat.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 8, 2021
In Memoriam: Sam Galloway, 1944-2021

In 1971, Sam Galloway, then 27, became the country's youngest Ford dealer.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 10, 2020
Entrepreneur seizes remote work business opportunity

Kimberly Martinez went inside the box to fight back against the pandemic.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 15, 2020
Fitness entrepreneur seeks certainty amid chaos

What's it like to open two niche gym locations in a pandemic? Stressful. 'If we have to close again it’s going to get really serious,' says the owner.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 21, 2020
Clinical precision: Nonprofit executive confronts, overcomes stern leadership test

Yeagley became CEO of the St. Petersburg Free Clinic two weeks before the coronavirus pandemic would strain the nonprofit's resources to the breaking point.

  • Leadership
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 17, 2019
After selling a funeral home business, duo breathes life into customer service

Who says great customer service is dead? Nikki and John McQueen believe they have the clues to help others.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 24, 2022
Rent a center: Building owner has a 'suite' solution for vacant space

Dunedin, Florida-based Achieva Credit Union, previously the sole occupant of its corporate headquarters, has opened up its office to new tenants.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 22, 2017
Buy Side

A Chicago firm has bought more than a dozen Naples commercial properties in the past three years, and has more in its sights.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 25, 2024
Boat towing business plans headquarters on US 41 Bypass

Sea Tow Venice, known as “AAA but on the water,” is getting anchored off the U.S. 41 Bypass in Venice.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 22, 2023
Well-known Southwest Florida restaurant owner retires, sells three brands

Skip Quillen opened his first restaurant, Pazzo! Cucina Italiana, nearly 30 years ago in Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 7, 2022
Pinellas industrial flex property sells for $24.5 million

A property on U.S. 19 sold to an investor with a footprint in the area and a long history in Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 12, 2022
Clearwater office portfolio sells for $18 million

A local investment group buys the five-building development just north of St. Pete-Clearwater Airport.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2010
Gordon Food Services buys Center 41 strip

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based food distributor Gordon Food Service purchased the 26,380-square-foot 41 Center retail strip building on U.S. 41 and Orlando Avenue for $2.26 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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