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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 15, 2006
Independent Streak

The Watkins family has steered the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club for 60 years by continually renovating and upgrading.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • May 21, 2010
Clutter Breakthrough

Spark founder Michael Peters still embraces the constant challenges of client demand. Quicker computers and smarter phones are part of the next frontier.

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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • October 3, 2025
Keel Farms keeps a glimpse of Old Florida alive with new event space

After roughly a year's worth of renovations, a Hillsborough farm with multiple business lines — and a keen eye for nature — transformed a 125-year-old farmhouse into a lakeside vineyard retreat dubbed The Osprey View.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 1, 2019
Real estate industry: confidence is high

A deeper look at three markets in the region — Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater; Sarasota-Bradenton; and Fort Myers-Naples — reveals several core themes. One is the market, after a lengthy run-up is, in some cases, flattening out. And to some, that’s OK.

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  • April 27, 2007
Corporate Report

Greystone partners with 3M Health Care for U.K.Ringling drops 'School' in favor of 'College'Sirion Therapeutics' awarded orphan drug statusTampa companies win Small Business AwardsClinicalVillage.com beta site unveiledShutts & Bowen hires Lee E. NelsonHSN partners with Scoop NYCMichael Saunders joins Trulia boardVAXA International launches AttendArthur Guilford heading USF Sarasota-ManateeLydian Bank planning Sarasota expansionTelovations lands $6.5 million in capitalPreferred Community Bank hires new CFO

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  • November 21, 2003
Insider Buyout

Uniroyal Technology Corp.'s chairman led a group that bought the coated-fabrics division for $17.39 million, about $12.6 million less than the Sarasota company was asking for the division prior to bankruptcy.

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  • November 28, 2003
Peltz Shoes Goes Full Circle

A family shoe business, nearly 50 years old, adapts to customer needs. Business is booming on the Internet.

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  • August 25, 2006
Real Estate Briefs

Meridian preparing office condos next to former Winn-Dixie distribution centerLocal Investor Buy Two Siesta PropertiesLutz Real Estate Investment buys Central Station buildingYacht Clubs of the Americas LLC buys Tampa Bayside MarinaKawama Development Group invests in Belcher officeKimco Realty buys strip centersNaples investors buy Bougainvillea, vacant landOmega Healthcare Investors buys elder housings centersSchottenstein Stores buys three local Albertson's spaces

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 20, 2022
School district partners with developers to possibly convert properties into affordable housing

The Hillsborough County school district has picked the developers, including one with ties to the Related Group in Miami, to work on repurposing schools if a redistricting plan is enacted.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 1, 2005
Legal Calendar

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 15, 2005
Newsmakers (Sara/Mana)

Newsmakers is available free of charge.

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  • January 9, 2004
Legal Calendar (Tampa edition)

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  • August 27, 2013
Officials earn high scores

The Florida Chamber of Commerce's 2013 Distinguished Advocates list, elected officials whom it says champion a pro-business agenda in Tallahassee, leans toward the Gulf Coast.

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  • October 19, 2012
Ask-Gary founder buys Enterprise building

Dr. Gary Kompothecras purchased the 14,940-square-foot Enterprise Building on State Street for $1.15 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 14, 2021
Arkansas man charged in multimillion-dollar area event ticket scam

Federal grand jury has indicted a 52-year-old man for wire fraud after F.B.I. and the U.S. Dept. of Treasury investigation

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 22, 2020
Company plumbs the depths of generosity

Plumbing firm, in response to pandemic, plans to give away up to $5,000 in services to a homeowner in need.

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  • October 12, 2018
'Tis the season to safeguard your data

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and Florida Capital Bank’s information security officer, Ed Bides, has tips for businesses that want to get better at safeguarding their data.

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  • September 27, 2019
Fieldr of dreams: Young entrepreneurs start networking site to connect students with businesses

The recent college graduates who founded company hope the site will bridge the gap between students and companies.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 2, 2018
Oak Street to partner with Generation Income

Generation Income Properties Inc., the nascent Tampa-based real estate investment trust that specializes in acquiring net-lease properties, has picked up a potentially powerful financial partner as it prepares for listing later this year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 22, 2016
To make America great again

On the eve of the Republican National Convention, several prominent Florida economists, including Christopher Westley of Florida Gulf Coast University and Marshall DeRosa of Florida Atlantic University, urged Donald Trump to consider seven policies to make “America great again.”

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