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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 1, 2019
Close to home: Builder attributes fast growth to focus on local market

By carving out a niche and sticking to it, Riverview-based, privately held Homes By WestBay is one of the fastest-growing builders in the Tampa Bay, Florida, region.

  • Strategies
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • January 30, 2023
New restaurant concept to open soon in Sarasota

The new Mediterranean dining spot is set to begin service Feb. 8.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Gail E. Farb, Labor & Employment Attorney, Williams Parker |
  • December 18, 2019
Another New Overtime Pay Rule for the New Year

Another New Overtime Pay Rule for the New Year

  • Williams Parker
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  • By Andrick & Associates |
  • January 14, 2022
Make 2022 Your Best Year Ever

Make 2022 Your Best Year Ever

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 12, 2019
Tampa, despite low-cost image, creeps onto high-rent list

Three of the top 10 high-rent cities on a new Freddie Mac report are in Florida.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 15, 2016
Profile | Rick Narkiewicz

Rick Narkiewicz joined commercial real estate brokerage firm Newmark Grubb Knight Frank at the end of last year, after spending nearly 18 years at rival CBRE Inc., the world's largest commercial real estate services firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2012
Betting the House

Former U.K. equities trader Steven Hanson makes the gutsy move from rental developments to speculation homebuilding.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • April 30, 2010
Banking on a Business Plan

Florida CFO Alex Sink's campaign for governor includes a new business plan to revitalize the modern Florida economy. But she has not forgotten her tobacco farming upbringing.

  • Florida
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • January 10, 2023
Trust company executive finds opportunity during pandemic

Instead of sitting around waiting for places to open in 2020, Kelly Caldwell became a pilot.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Nicholas Zaffiris, Chief Executive Officer at UnitedHealthcare of Florida Health Plan |
  • June 6, 2025
How a modernized health plan is lowering total cost of care and improving employee experience

Less than a decade ago, the Surest health plan came on the scene, driving a trend toward simpler, more modern employer health benefits and empowering people to shop for care.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 9, 2011
Merger Momentum

The union between Whitney Bank and Hancock Bank creates a star Southeast institution. The trick for the bank's Gulf Coast executives is to nurture long-term success with a new approach.

  • Finance
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 10, 2020
Back to the Future

Lincoln Property left Tampa two decades ago, after developing a series of signature buildings. Now, it's back.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 18, 2019
Sound and fury: Entrepreneur finds innovative ways to fend off attacks

Matt Heller's Zephyrhills, Florida-based company, HornBlasters Inc., which makes high-powered air horns for cars and trucks, has been on the receiving end of lawsuits, threats from cut-rate competitors and social media backlash for years.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • June 5, 2023
Scrappy, innovative real estate entrepreneur reaps rewards of hard work

In just six years, Josh Marzucco, thanks to a strong housing market, has transformed his real estate startup into a statewide player.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 28, 2018
Mindset shift: Lucrative pivot a result of hard-learned lessons

Chad Nuss, co-founder of St. Petersburg, Florida-based sales training firm InsideOut, discusses the progress his company made in 2018 and its outlook for 2019.

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  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 12, 2023
Manatee County lines up to buy well-known farm — but it might take awhile

Manatee County is readying a purchase of Mixon's Fruit Farms through its environmentally significant lands program. It promises to be a lengthy process.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 26, 2010
USF gives execs shot at 'green belt'

Registration is under way at the University of South Florida College of Business for Lean Six Sigma “green belt” certification.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 22, 2010
Florida benefits from volcanic ash

The ash cloud keeping Europeans away from Florida is also holding some visitors here. Officials at Tampa International Airport are watching developments carefully.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 23, 2011
When Grand Prix and Dali collide

Let's say you're a fan of surrealist art but not open-wheel street racing. If you're in downtown St. Petersburg next weekend, you could be out of luck.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 21, 2011
Tampa Bay & Co. names CEO

The tourism-promotion organization taps Kelly Miller to lead.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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