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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • September 1, 2020
Startup connects beekeepers and landowners for mutual benefits

LeaseHoney founder Gianna Whitver is signing up users across the country and focusing on gaining traction in Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2018
Plans for second Crystal Lagoon development take shape

Metro Development Group has released additional details about Southshore Bay, near Wimauma, Florida, southeast of Tampa — the second master-planned community in the United States to feature a Crystal Lagoons amenity.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 25, 2012
Money Bugs

How hard could it be to sell insect-repellent in Florida? It's not as easy as you think, but one entrepreneur is undeterred.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • December 1, 2021
Six steps to find an attitude of gratitude

Personal signs of appreciation go a long way.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 22, 2011
Publix redeveloping Longboat's Avenue of the Flowers

Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets Inc. revealed plans for the aging and mostly empty Avenue of the Flowers plaza on Longboat Key.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 28, 2019
Construction equipment firm takes in nearly $300M in auction

Records were in abundance at a recent Ritchie Bros. auction in Polk County, where construction and agriculture equipment changed hands rapidly.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2016
Block party for developers

A so-called super block in downtown St. Petersburg, part of a complicated battle and now agreement between a preservation group and landowners, is open for development.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 12, 2017
At the gate

Data threats are exacerbated when a company has communication breakdowns. A new report aims to restore balance.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 23, 2018
Statement Earrings

Broken earrings led Linda Keefe on a years-long journey. That led to a business, and lots of lessons learned.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2015
Daytime cafe continues rapid expansion

First Watch Restaurants is opening a new restaurant in Virginia.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 26, 2021
Homebuilder breaks ground on luxury eco-friendly community

The community will include 86 single-family homes

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2018
Luxury condo tower in works for downtown Sarasota

The project, named Evolution, is planned as an eight-story building with 20 units and a rooftop terrace, according to a statement. At 111 Golden Gate Point, the project, is expected to break ground in the first quarter of 2019, the release adds.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • July 11, 2014
Saglo Development Corp. buys Ruskin's Sun Point retail center

Commercial real estate developer Saglo Development Corp. purchased the 131,155-square-foot Sun Point retail center for $7.25 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 8, 2025
Estero's Coconut Point mall is adding and moving tenants

The open-air mall is adding two new restaurants and two retailers to its mix.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 10, 2010
Final auction tally: $45.9M

A record number of dollars was spent at an auction of foreclosed properties.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Jennifer Fowler-Hermes |
  • December 1, 2017
Florida's Minimum Wage Is Set To Increase: What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

There has not been much ado about the impending increase in Florida's minimum wage.

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  • December 22, 2017
DataSnapshot: Another chance

Millennials aren't really as stingy as everyone thinks.

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  • May 2, 2014
Firm models good exposure

A Sarasota company that connects the fashion and movie industry with area locations to do work hit its latest jackpot this week: It helped set up a photo shoot that starred Victoria's Secret model Toni Garrn — known in tabloid magazine circles as actor Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriend.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 2, 2023
St. Pete-based tech giant to lay off more than 200 in California

Jabil Inc. is laying off employees at two manufacturing facilities in Northern California.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 26, 2017
Chic Chico's

Chico's aims to bolster margins without weakening its brand. With massive shifts in how people buy clothes, it's a substantial quest.

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