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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2017
DataSnapshot: School days

Cape Coral struggles in Thumbtack survey of small businesses.

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  • November 17, 2017
New York developer plans Naples retail

Fifth Avenue South property comes together.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • November 27, 2017
Beer and pizza restaurant concept expands in area

Oak & Stone will open next to new downtown Hyatt in 2018.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • January 26, 2018
Loaded up and truckin'

If you thought Florida is getting more people, you're absolutely correct.

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  • August 1, 2014
Sarasota's McKay Law Firm buys former Pat Cook Construction building

Sarasota-based McKay Law Firm PA purchased the 6,600-square-foot former Pat Cook Construction building for $990,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 8, 2014
WCI scouts Jacksonville, Orlando

WCI Communities is scouting sites in Jacksonville, Orlando and other areas of Florida where it plans build new residential communities.

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  • August 24, 2016
Health care giant shakes up executive team

Rhonda Mims was named Senior vice president and chief public affairs officer.

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  • September 23, 2016
Bank looks for marketing boost

Kara LeComte's boss at USAmeriBank, president and CEO Joe Chillura, gave her a tough task when she was promoted late last year to oversee marketing of the bank's wide retail branch network.

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  • April 29, 2016
Expensive lessons

The recession, supposedly, put a dent in wild and crazy expense reports, from lavish hotel stays to extravagant lunches.

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  • June 3, 2016
Chico's proxy battle

It's only been 180 days since Shelley Broader was named president and CEO of women's retailer Chico's FAS, but the job of turning around the struggling company just got a lot harder.

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  • October 31, 2014
Bradenton's Mermaid Manor mobile home park sells for $2.1 million

A company led by Wisconsin attorney Michael Hickmann and a separate company led by Cindy McFerrin, a Realtor with Future Home Realty, purchased the 80-lot Mermaid Manor mobile home park for $2.1 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 5, 2015
Centennial Holding Co. buys second Tampa apartment

Atlanta-based Centennial Holding Co. LLC purchased the 297-unit The Gardens At Cross Creek apartments for $38.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • July 20, 2015
Teco execs jolt market with potential sale

The Tampa-based Teco Energy says its exploring 'strategic alternatives,' including one that could sell the major Florida utility.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • December 11, 2015
Big-time asset goal within reach

The billion-dollar asset mark in banking is increasingly being recognized as an industry threshold: Get over it, and a bank can survive, thrive and even buy some other banks.

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  • August 21, 2015
Homebuilder not for sale

WCI Communities is attracting all kinds of positive attention from investors for its most recent quarterly earnings report, so it's no surprise there's talk of the company becoming an acquisition target.

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  • August 21, 2015
Commercial Real Estate

Rivergate owner plans renovations; Dimmitt sales to boost city tax rolls

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 11, 2015
Commercial Real Estate

Continental buys land for Sarasota rentals; Tampa construction soaring

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  • February 18, 2015
Pippenger donates $10M to USF

Retired Raymond James executive was inspired by $25 million gift that renamed the school's Muma College of Business.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 21, 2024
$250 million Great Wolf Lodge to open early in Naples

Great Wolf Lodge South Florida has pushed its opening day up and started hiring for some of the 600 positions it expects to fill.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 24, 2024
First Watch adds 2 finance experts to board

The First Watch Restaurant Group expands its board of directors with two additions.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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