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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • July 17, 2015
Energy expert

Laura Duda has learned to give herself more credit for her success.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 17, 2015
Power up

Sarlo Power Mowers manufactures rugged mowers that have helped drive the company's success for 80 years. It also adheres to some basic business principles.

  • Industries
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 17, 2015
The return of spec

In a move not seen in years, a developer plans new offices in Naples — sans tenants.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 7, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: Jay Caplin | investor, Miami

Jay Caplin and Gavin Campbell formed Steelbridge Capital in 2008 to take advantage of what they believed were recovering office markets with distressed and undervalued assets in Florida and Illinois.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 7, 2015
Super paella

An entrepreneurial chef turned a farmers market paella stand into a franchise catering operation that can feed hundreds of people at a time.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 21, 2015
Sweeping up Sweetbay

The grocery chain's sale leaves behind lots of vacancies, and lots of challenges in how to fill them.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 9, 2015
Island time

Naples attorney Jonathan Gopman helped the Caribbean island of Nevis rewrite its trust laws. It's now a leading refuge from creditors.

  • Law
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2014
Corporate report

Premier awards uniform agreement to Superior Uniform's Fashion Seal; WilsonHCG receives recruitment award for Best Candidate Experience; General Dynamics Ordnance, Tactical granted new Hydra rocket contract and more corporate news.

  • Strategies
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 9, 2024
Lack of control over prominent fairgrounds site irks Sarasota officials

County commissioners learn that as long as the 54-acre parcel near downtown hosts an agricultural fair, it can never reclaimed by the county.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Steven Benna |
  • June 10, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Lee County commercial condo complex sale for $92.5 million leads transactions.

  • Transactions
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 23, 2024
Bradenton police seek to regulate post-midnight alcohol sales

An "after midnight permit" would be required for businesses to sell alcoholic beverages from midnight to 2:30 a.m. in Bradenton, under an ordinance proposed by the Bradenton Police Department.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Steven Benna |
  • July 29, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Tampa warehouse changing hands in $94.5 million deal paces the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 17, 2024
Pickleball club chain, including debut Lakewood Ranch location, shutters

Founded in 2019, the club says it doesn’t "have sufficient financial resources to continue operations."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Steven Benna |
  • March 31, 2025
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A $145 million office building sale in Tampa paces the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • May 5, 2025
Former Manatee administrator, AeroVanti CEO facing new charges

The charges against Scott Hopes have been updated after his legal team argued original charges were not specific enough.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 10, 2024
Tampa children's hospital receives $50 million donation

The donation from the Pagidipati family will go toward building a new St. Joseph's Children's Hospital building facility set to open in 2030.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 22, 2024
Report: 4 Gulf Coast cities rank in top 50 places to live in US

U.S. News & World Report put Naples at No. 1 on its Best Places to Live list for 2024. Sarasota, also on the list, is drawing not just residents but employers too, according to an economic development official.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 22, 2024
Tampa-area journalist and PR professional Nancy Howe dies

Nancy Howe, a prominent local journalist and business owner who for years published Tampa Bay Newswire and owned the communications company KnowHowe, has died. She was 73.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 24, 2024
Bradenton to buy Tropicana property for $5.25M after council approves

The city of Bradenton is seizing an "opportunity to move into the future" for its public works department, City Administrator Rob Perry said.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 29, 2025
$450M hospital approved for North Port

"Building a hospital in North Port has been part of our strategic plan and goals for many years," Sarasota Memorial Health Care System President and CEO David Verinder says in a statement.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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