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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Exeter Property Group buys Fowler centerFurniture Row Cos. buys Tampa warehouseBright House buys Brandon centerJoMar Development plans port industrial parkInvestors buy Holmes Beach propertiesFederal Express plans Manatee centerOaks Development buys, restructures Cypress CenterCole buys Fort Myers Pep Boys, eight othersLutgert renovates Village on Venetian BayFort Myers group buys office building

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 2, 2022
Nautical chart art shop makes big waves in retail sector

Online retailer Sea & Soul Nautical Chart Art is featured in 70 shops nationwide.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2004
Sold on Service

The Argus Foundation is honoring Ted Morton, former owner of Mortonis Market, with a Lifetime Achievement Award for nearly 50 years in Sarasota business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 18, 2018
Stock Development diversifying to mitigate risk

Naples developer and homebulder is branching out from its core business

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 11, 2011
Public Family

Beasley Broadcast Group provides a lesson in raising capital while keeping it in the family.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2007
The Hotel Conundrum

Guests at hotels along Florida's Gulf Coast have been paying more for lodging but occupancy rates have declined. How long can this last?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 13, 2019
Gut check: Kombucha brewer tackles growing pains as product gains traction

St. Petersburg, Florida-based Mother Kombucha is on the cusp of breakthrough success if it can successfully deal with some growing pains and outdated government regulations.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2013
Anne Frazier, 37

President and CEO, Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida

  • Class of 2013
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2013
Tracy Negoshian, 31

Tracy Negoshian Inc.

  • Class of 2013
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 22, 2025
$107M MacDill Air Force base school built to fight hurricanes

The new Tinker K-8 School on the Tampa military base is being built with a focus on resiliency and how students learn.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • March 3, 2017
Like a bull

University of South Florida's entrepreneurship program has grown into a nationally known business launching pad.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2004
A tale of two Lawyers

One attorney blew the whistle on an investment scheme. The other, accused of failing to look out for investors, has been sued for legal malpractice.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 13, 2011
Big Fish

John Langley is quietly building a giant medical-transcription company, outsmarting the competition with sophisticated technology and talent. His next challenge: government health care.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 10, 2023
Florida's new environmentalists: The real estate industry?

More and more often, those leading the charge for the state to become more environmentally friendly are the people who were once seen as villains.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 12, 2019
Team of rivals: Merged RE/MAX firms opt for strength in numbers

With an eye toward capitalizing on spillover growth from the Tampa Bay, Florida, region, two of the Gulf Coast’s leading Re/Max real estate brokerages have teamed up via merger.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 8, 2020
College president announces retirement

New College will create a search committee to help select O’Shea’s replacement and hire a search firm to lead the recruiting process.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 3, 2015
Letter to the editor

New code costs deserved in-depth look

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 13, 2025
$1.1 billion project breaks ground at Fort Myers airport

The addition of Concourse E comes amid an increasing number of passengers at RSW.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 4, 2024
Trust company triples space on Main Street in Sarasota

Canandaigua National Trust Company of Florida is expanding as its book of business grows.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 14, 2021
Hail Mary: $5M gift to Catholic school funds creation of business law institute

Ave Maria School of Law, a Naples, Florida-based institution founded on Catholic principles, seeks to shake up the career path for young attorneys.

  • Law
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