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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 22, 2016
Large canvas

An artist with a mind for business has made significant progress in a mission to disprove the starving artist myth. It has taken some serious hustle.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 19, 2016
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROFILE: ADAM PALMER

Adam Palmer has been with LandQwest Commercial, one of Southwest Florida's leading commercial real estate brokerages, since 2009, following a career in the software industry.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • November 21, 2014
Pleasing the pooch

Dan thinks of his dog as his child, and believes she should be treated as such. He's launched a membership-based dog spa for people who think the same.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Elizabeth Djinis |
  • April 1, 2021
Builders give first-time buyers a second look

Homebuilders that traditionally shy away from first-time buyers — margins can be thin there — are embracing that segment like never before. One key: Make sure the homes are cool.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

102 Development, RAR-1 LLC buys Collier's Pelican PlazaLee County 20/20buys 31 acres for preserveTaylor Morrison of Floridabuys 21 Treviso Bay lotsStevens Constructionrenovates Florida Hospital ER,Lutgert Cos. renovatingVillage on Venetian BayNew Port Richey trustbuys Woodland OaksTampa investor buysformer PolyGard buildingInvestor buys LeveretteHome Design CenterWestfield seeking approvals to enlarge SouthgateTwo U.K. companiesbuy Venice commercial landBradenton real estate partnersbuy Morgan Johnson landSchenkelShultz Architecturedesigns unversities joint-use facilityBank forecloses on Mariner

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 1, 2005
Attorney's Health Forces Mistrial

Attorney Greg Schultz earns a new trial - and a rebuke - on federal criminal securities charges.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2010
Corporate Report: Jabil, BP Solar deal expands to Mexico

St. Petersburg-based Jabil Circuit Inc. will assemble BP Solar modules for the North American market at Jabil's Chihuahua, Mexico, plant beginning in the second quarter through a recent agreement.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 4, 2011
Aqua Expertise

The byzantine water permit process has befuddled many an entrepreneur. A Gulf Coast firm aims to capitalize on the confusion.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 21, 2013
Planning for the recovery

Johnson Engineering survived the brutal recession, outliving many competitors. Now, it's planning for the recovery in real estate development.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 1, 2012
Investors housing dollars in apartments

Multifamily is leading the first wave of commercial real estate recovery with investors diving for income production.

  • Industries
  • By Sara A. Qureshi, Esq., LL.M. of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A. |
  • May 22, 2020
Addressing Employer Shared Responsibility Payment Penalties under the Affordable Care Act

Addressing Employer Shared Responsibility Payment Penalties under the Affordable Care Act

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Sponsored Content
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  • By Alicia Ceccarelli |
  • December 30, 2016
Keep going

When it comes to getting a product launched, don't let perfect be the enemy of good. Two entrepreneurs learn to keep pushing to make progress.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • April 28, 2017
The Right Note

With listeners in 125 countries, Bruce Wawrzyniak believes his popular podcast can be much more than a marketing tool.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 26, 2017
Cottage industry

Developer Marshall Gobuty says his plans for a new development could spark a shift in homebuilding, to smaller, more efficient properties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 9, 2017
Food for Life

Employees embrace, not avoid, problems at Fitlife. The model has produced some stellar growth.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 1, 2013
Pegged together

Frank Schooley created a shelter you can assemble with just a hammer and pegs. It could help solve the global housing crisis as population swells and provide shelters in disaster or war zones.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 31, 2014
Open it up

Some recession-era lessons have started to pay off for a Gulf Coast business owner. A big one: Avoid the office on Mondays.

  • Strategies
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • September 18, 2015
Medical marketing

Multiple hospitals and institutions are sitting on medical device inventions that never get to market. A Tampa company looks to change that.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 16, 2015
Change up

The workers' comp insurance sector hasn't always embraced technology. One entrepreneur aims to alter that dynamic.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 16, 2025
Fort Myers bank acquired in $585 million deal

FineMark National Bank & Trust began looking at options to grow at the end of last year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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