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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 6, 2010
Keep the Cool

Not even a highly successful, specialized medical technology company on the Gulf Coast has been spared from some recession woes. A new top executive hopes some transformative moves will pay off.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 15, 2011
Tower Time

David Grain parlayed a devoted data-driven approach to business decisions into some terrific triumphs. He foresees more success soon.

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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 Mark Gordon |
  • January 29, 2021
Entrepreneur 'takes the yuck out’ of convenience stores

Gigi Rogers seeks to revolutionize convenience stores for customers from all walks of life. She’s already invested some $10 million into the project — with more on the horizon.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 13, 2019
Builders race to capture a trendy crowd: 55-and-up buyers

Some homebuilders have found an edge in the growing niche.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 30, 2019
Westshore riding a wave of activity

A raft of recent office sales illustrate that investors remain drawn to the suburban Tampa business district.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 25, 2016
Mixed-Use Mecca

St. Petersburg has blended live/work/play elements into a cohesive urban experience that is drawing raves -- and investment.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 3, 2015
Lessons learned

Seven Beall's senior executives share lessons learned about retail, corporate culture and business at Beall's.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • July 31, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for July 4-10 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A $78.8 million apartment complex deal in Lee County leads the week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Jeff Durosko |
  • April 17, 2023
Win the day with employees — even in a tight labor market

From luncheons to launching a monthly good news newsletter, there are better to ways to engage with a firm's No. 1 asset.

  • Advice
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 20, 2018
Tampa is considered a secondary market no longer

Lantower Residential says Tampa is now on the radar of the large institutions it competes against

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Elizabeth Djinis |
  • May 17, 2021
Clean air technology firm blows through sales goals

After 15 years of tinkering and tweaks, SecureAire does everything it can to keep up with a pandemic-fueled surge in demand. ‘We’re making what we sell. We haven’t had inventory in a long time, says the CEO.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • July 28, 2022
Defense attorneys push back at PPP fraud allegations

Lawyers say banks bear at least some responsibility for rampant PPP fraud — but doubt government will take action.

  • Law
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 10, 2022
Industry report blames attorney fees for state’s property insurance woes

The new report from the Insurance Information Institute backs up what critics have long said is the root cause of Florida’s property insurance problems.

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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 14, 2022
Patrick Britton-Harr, 38

AeroVanti, CEO and Founder

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 5, 2022
Visionary tennis coach dead at 91

Nick Bollettieri was the kind of coach that gave athletes exactly the kind of support they needed to find success, leading him to coach 10 of the world's top tennis players.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • January 6, 2023
Executive focuses on culture in the new year

Laura Sorensen says employers should be focused on building a culture top talent can't turn down.

  • Leadership
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2006
Goin' Fishin'

A Sarasota couple is attempting to turn a backwater barrier island into a lap of luxury.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2007
Moving Up The Coast

D.T. Minich, a veteran of tourism promotion on the Gulf Coast, has moved from the Lee County position to Pinellas County, a community with a different set of challenges.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 19, 2006
Gang Green

Steven Winter, the granddaddy of green building concepts, thinks there are greenbacks aplenty for companies that use the environmentally friendly concept.

  • Entrepreneurs
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