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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 29, 2026
Nonprofit to buy building for Sarasota apprenticeship academy

Suncoast Apprenticeship Academy has launched a $7.8 million fundraising campaign as it plans to purchase and renovate property on Fruitville Road.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 28, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Help wanted: Reuben Ben-Aire, CEO and president of our Technology Innovation Awards winner MadahCom Inc., needs to find new employees. Quickly.Argus awards dinner: The Argus Foundation is preparing again to honor a pair of Sarasota's business greats.Luxury residential broker John R. Wood expands to Fort Myers: John R. Wood Realtors, a Naples-based luxury residential brokerage firm, has set its sights on Fort Myers and plans to open its first office there in a few weeks.What's in a name?: Far be it for us to be critical, but we have questions about the new name for Sarasota News & Books.Quay updated: Irish American Properties has unveiled more specifics and renderings for the proposed Sarasota Quay redevelopment.Older and richer men like the economy: Consumers in the Southeast are more optimistic about the future of the economy than elsewhere in the country, according to a recent survey by RBC Financial Group.Unhealthy state of medical insurance: Employer-provided medical insurance is doing a slow disappearing act in Florida, according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • May 15, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for May 2-8 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

An auto dealership sale in St. Pete for $26.2 million highlights this week's transactions.

  • Transactions
  • By Aaron Laine, Key Accounts Sales Engineer at RND & SAMA Board Member |
  • September 6, 2023
A Local Success Story... RND Automation

Back in 2005, in Bradenton, three guys followed a dream in a small shop that has now grown into a nationally known automation company.

  • Technology
Sponsored Content
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 24, 2022
Sarasota-area doctor convicted of taking bribes to prescribe opioids

A federal jury has convicted the 59-year-old doctor of collecting “speaking fees” from sham pharmaceutical company events.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • August 29, 2022
Transactions: Aug. 9-15

A Tampa apartment complex sale for $73M paces this week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 29, 2022
St. Pete Comic Con organizer turns focus to anime, manga

Dewey Caruthers says vendor booths are already sold out for the Sept. 17-18 Anime St. Pete festival.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • September 19, 2022
Transactions: Aug. 30 to Sept. 5

A Pinellas condo complex sale for nearly $100M leads the week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • November 21, 2022
Transactions: Nov. 15-21

Manatee County agricultural land sale for $39.5 million paces transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2021
Area tennis icon lists waterfront house for sale for $2.2 million

‘I’ve never used the word retirement,’ Nick Bollettieri says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2016
Sarasota bank sold in $142M deal

Deal that includes Gateway Bank of Southwest Florida leaves only one community bank based in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 8, 2017
Buying opportunity

Despite poor earnings, Chico's has 'favorable' valuation.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • November 24, 2025
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

Auto dealership sale for nearly $34 million paces the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 6, 2023
Company’s $35M acquisition comes as it cuts workforce by 14%

Clearwater digital advertiser Digital Media Solutions announced a major acquisition on the same day it cut jobs and turned down a bid to go private.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 8, 2016
Surgical alternative

Fort Myers entrepreneur George Ghanem built a network of rehabilitation that promise an alternative to surgery. More are coming to the Tampa Bay area.

  • Strategies
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • May 30, 2023
The Louis Vuitton of real estate, Living Vogue seeks to glam up industry

In four frenzied years, luxury real estate brokerage Living Vogue has added a second location and is now up to 100 agents. "We had confidence in ourselves," the co-founder says.

  • Strategies
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 14, 2005
Chow Down

Two women, stressed out from the corporate grind, joined together to open a business that answers the often-asked question: What's for dinner? The friends and business partners seek ambitious growth for their new franchise.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2008
The Old Neighborhood

Greg Sembler took the helm of The Sembler Company at a tough timeand is steering it back to what it does well: neighborhood shopping centers.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 9, 2010
Goodwill Inc.

If you think Goodwill is just a place where you drop off or buy used clothing, think again. The Southwest Florida franchise is delving into all kinds of businesses, from janitorial services to bookstores and used-car lots. Your business could be next.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 11, 2011
Concrete Save

A pair of businessmen with opposite pasts shares a common, albeit, complex, goal: To rebuild a once-successful construction company in an industry littered with hard-times stories.

  • Industries
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