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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 19, 2012
Chamber scores solid session

Pro-business outlook spells good news, Manatee chamber officials said.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 26, 2016
Saunders' Sarasota move delayed

Michael Saunders & Co.'s highly anticipated move within downtown Sarasota has been delayed until the end of this quarter, company officials say.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 19, 2021
Quay gamble is paying off

GreenPointe Holdings’ Sarasota Quay purchase in 2014 has generated dividends, and more is in the offing.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 29, 2022
Local pastors back Sugar Hill group for Tropicana Field redevelopment

St. Petersburg's mayor is just weeks away from a decision on the site of Tropicana Field.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2020
Florida loses out on two big economic development projects

Florida lags other states in economic development game.

  • News
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 25, 2014
Come back home

Sanjay Kuttemperoor is building a real estate forum utilizing the 'wiki' concept of widespread content contribution. It's a big undertaking that requires top talent.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 5, 2016
St. Pete site going for $18 million

When New York billionaire John Catsimatidis emerged as the buyer for a coveted block in St. Petersburg occupied by a crumbling garage and the old Pheil Hotel, reports described the price as “above $15 million.”

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 21, 2026
New hotel will complete three-facility campus at SRQ airport

The Sarasota Planning Board has approved a new Kompose Hotel to bring the total number of rooms on SRQ airport property to 300.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • February 7, 2025
Group buys historic Sarasota hotel for Black community for $700K

At least one other proposal, which wasn't approved, called for demolition of the Colson Hotel building in Sarasota's Rosemary District.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 19, 2020
Moffitt plans new $400 million hospital in Tampa

Planned hospital development with 19 new operating rooms comes three years after the purchase of North McKinley Drive property in Tampa

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 6, 2024
Boar's Head lawsuits filed in two states over listeria outbreak

Two sets of consumers filed a lawsuit against the Sarasota-based deli meat company.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 30, 2024
Sarasota roofing firm provides pick-me-up with crane for water skiing nonprofit

Despite seeing his business multiply after the storm, the president of Sutter Roofing says he believes it's important to take time out to help the community.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 4, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

Carrot or stick?: Businessman Harvey Vengroff had a not so subtle ace up his sleeve in negotiations with the City of Sarasota over The Backlot project.Colorful choice: Sarasota's newest hotel is on the way.Last straw: Don't ask a banker about his CAMELS.Study: Florida small business friendly: Florida's business climate is supportive of small business, according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)/Florida's small-business conditions report.

  • News
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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • November 18, 2011
A New Network

Natasha Dedis and Spiro Verras both experienced frustration at the hands of Facebook. Instead of looking for a new social network, they're starting one.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 7, 2006
Coffee Talk

A good morning to you: Contractors, plumbers and anyone else working on construction sites in Sarasota County might be in for a surprise with their morning coffee: a building inspector.Cleveland Clinic land in limbo: Now that the Cleveland Clinic has sold its Naples hospital to Health Management Associates, what is it going to do with land it owns in adjacent Lee County?Dogged effort: Last November, the Review reported land agent Bill Eshenbaugh's somewhat unusual approach to selling a 450-acre development site in rural Pasco County.Floridaboom: Pity Tallahassee. While it's 1.6% job growth rate over one year and 2.8% over five years is respectable for any state capital, it's pretty paltry when compared to just about every other Florida region.Community banks, thrifts disappoint: A flat yield curve and intense competition for commercial and industrial loans hurt community banks and thrifts during the first quarter of the year. Welcome, Sabal: It looks like Brian Hall and some other bankers in the area (see AmSouth, next item) didn't get the Ryan Beck & Co. memo.Unrestrained Exuberance: AmSouth Bank is about a year behind its Florida peers, but it plans to catch up fast.Hotels are the new condos: The aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 and Hurricane Charley put a halt to new hotel developments in Southwest Florida.Law now fair?: The legal doctrine of joint and several liability, recently overturned by t

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 15, 2013
Michigan's Oakland Management Corp. plans Naples senior facility

The price equated to $206,422 per acre.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 13, 2013
Myakka River RV Resort sells for $2.58 million

The price equated to $31,790 per space.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2012
Two U.S. 41 buildings sold for Stan Thompson Auto Sales

The price equated to $211,765 per acre.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2020
County buys more than 200 acres for land conservation

The parcels, combined, are being acquired for $1.35 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 10, 2017
Feldman to demo Tampa's CapTrust Building

Calling it a “significant hurdle” in the planned development of a 52-story, mixed-use tower that would become Tampa's tallest building, Feldman Equities and Tower Realty Partners are planning to demolish a downtown office building early in 2018.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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