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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • July 17, 2024
Tampa sign company appoints new CFO

The banner appointment is official this week

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • June 22, 2024
Tampa insurance firm adds Georgia market

American Integrity Insurance Group, which specializes in residential property insurance, is launching into new territory.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 10, 2024
Tampa-area homebuilder reorganizes structure as it expands in region

Riverview homebuilder Casa Fresca Homes is expanding its reach and restructuring operations to make growth easier.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 12, 2024
Florida Wells Fargo branch unionizes, first in state

Employees at a Wells Fargo branch in Daytona Beach voted to unionize Thursday, increasing the possibility that the effort could spread statewide.

  • Florida
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • February 4, 2024
South Florida banking giant invests in Tampa Bay expansion

Coral Gables-based Amerant Bank, with $9.3 billion in assets, has opened its first banking center in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 17, 2023
Agricultural company names new CFO

Bradley Heine has experience in technology and consumer brands.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 19, 2022
New $1.7 million office opportunity sprouts for potato farmer

The office building became available five days after Alan Jones reached out to a brokerage firm.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 10, 2023
Longtime Sarasota bank executive, politico to chair national trust board

Christine Jennings founded Sarasota Bank for 15 years and ran for a congressional seat twice.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • August 2, 2023
Two financial firms merge in Fort Myers

Southwest Florida advisers decide to merge to create larger financial shopping.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 10, 2025
Avelo Airlines extends 9 flights into 2026 at four airports in region

The low-cost airline will provide service from LAL, SRQ, RSW and TPA.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 16, 2025
Prominent Lakeland commercial real estate firm grows

Saunders Real Estate, a to Polk County CRE firm best known for conservation easements, is expanding into Tampa, with a new office on Westshore Boulevard.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 24, 2026
Tampa to rebuild historic community center with $5M in CRA funds

The 71-year-old Rey Park Center in West Tampa will be demolished and rebuilt as the park around it gets upgrades.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • June 8, 2026
Popular NY lifestyle brand to open third Florida store, in Tampa hot spot

The ultra-feminine lifestyle brand LoveShackFancy will move into a storefront in Hyde Park Village.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 16, 2005
Retire? Too Many Opportunities

Peninsula Bank CEO Simon Portnoy keeps a low profile on the Gulf Coast. But this experienced Gold Coast banker knows what he's doing. Keep your eye on Peninsula.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 23, 2025
New SRQ airport CEO reflects on first month on the job

New Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport President and CEO Paul Hoback equates SRQ and the region to living and working in paradise.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 9, 2008
Merchants of Hope

Providing death with dignity on the Gulf Coast is big business. It requires big-thinking executives.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Group buys Tidemark Resort, saves from bankruptcyConstruction starts on new phase of University Health ParkMGA Insurance Services constructing new buildingFirst Priority Bank plans new branch

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • December 14, 2018
Sub chain CEO: 'I'll clean the worst restrooms'

Don Fox was recently in Tampa for a University of South Florida Muma College of Business “Conversation with a CEO” event. In an interview with the Business Observer, Fox talked about leadership, franchise best practices and connecting business with philan

  • Leadership
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2008
BankEstate

The old banker's refrain - they don't want to be in real estate - is dying as foreclosures multiply across the Gulf Coast. Still, some banks are getting creative in solving the problem.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Stephen W. Hall, CEBS CPBS, CSFS, CHRP Market President of Alltrust Insurance |
  • November 23, 2020
5 Things You Need To Know About Mindfulness

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