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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2021
Land developer closes 2020 ahead of sales goal

Neal Land & Neighborhoods reported strong home sales at master planned-community North River Ranch.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Dan Posada |
  • July 17, 2020
Top Five Best Practices: Employers Supporting Employee Mental Health

Top Five Best Practices: Employers Supporting Employee Mental Health

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • July 24, 2020
Honor system: Residents return restaurateur's missing $180,000

Restaurateur Dan Bavaro's $180,000 coronavirus relief loan mistakenly went into the account of a retired lawyer, whose daughter returned the money.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 14, 2020
Well done: Restaurant known for steaks wins major wine award

Charley’s is the only restaurant on Fort Myers Beach to win Wine Spectator’s 2020 Award of Excellence.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 28, 2020
Brokerage CEO says remote work will continue

Cushman & Wakefield boss Brett White believes that pandemic has caused the “work from home” workforce to have doubled.

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  • September 13, 2020
Heroes eat here: Restaurateur thanks patrons

Skip Quillen, who owns five restaurants in Southwest Florida, shows gratitude to people coming in for a meal.

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  • September 17, 2020
Doctor, sales rep charged in alleged health care fraud kickback conspiracy

Steven Chun, a doctor, owned and operated a pain management medical practice in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 25, 2020
Blue Steel sells Lakeland building to Indiana firm

Bobeck Real Estate Co. adds to Florida holdings with speculative Lakeland distribution project completed this summer by Blue Steel Development.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 29, 2019
Area company buys Houston esports team

The business of esports is worth nearly $1 billion.

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  • February 21, 2020
Shore thing: City's profile as tech hub on the rise

The St. Petersburg EDC has pulled out all the stops in an effort to market the Florida city as the nation's next great tech hub, referring to it as "Silicon Shores."

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 25, 2020
Restaurateur to staff: 'We're going to have cuts'

Restaurateur Dan Bavaro expects to lay off half of his staff — 50 people — as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • April 14, 2020
Developer: Pandemic won’t totally curtail $65M firm’s 2020 growth

Seagate Development Group has made many changes — but expects to grow, again, in 2020.

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  • May 1, 2020
Cancer center, after scandal, names new executive

John Cleveland joined Moffitt Cancer Center in 2014.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 22, 2020
Moorings buys Grand Lake's first phase

Moorings Inc. acquired the first phase of its Grande Lake luxury senior living community from partner London Bay Development for $80.3 million as residents began moving in.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 17, 2020
Fitness studio navigates reopening after coronavirus closure

The Sarasota location of The Exercise Coach has opened, closed and opened again in recent weeks, thanks to the pandemic.

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  • May 10, 2019
Area health care firms score big wins at global trade shows

Enterprise Florida officials say 23 Florida companies reported more than $143 million in total actual and projected export sales at MEDICA 2018 in Germany.

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  • May 18, 2019
Retailer tells potential buyer 'thanks, but no thanks'

Chico’s FAS board of directions unanimously rejects buyout bid by its largest shareholder, describing it as significantly undervaluing the company.

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  • By Jennifer Fowler-Hermes, Board Certified Labor and Employment Attorney, Williams Parker |
  • July 2, 2019
Planning for the Next Hurricane: During and After a Storm

Planning for the Next Hurricane: During and After a Storm

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  • July 26, 2019
On the edge: Neighborhood gets connected thanks to collaboration

A collaboration among GoZone WiFi, hardware supplier Cambium Networks and the EDGE Business District Association, along with support from sponsors UPC Insurance and Goldman Wetzel Law Firm, has brought a new, free Wi-Fi network to St. Petersburg, Florida'

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 21, 2022
Risk mitigation: Summit sets sights on boosting regional resiliency

Tampa Bay leaders are set to gather in St. Petersburg, Florida, for a Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council conference that will make an economic case for greater resiliency.

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