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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2018
Area firm funds massive solar power array at theme park

Seminole Financial Services LLC, headquartered in Belleair Bluffs, has agreed to provide loans to KDC Solar LLC — a Bedminster, N.J.-based developer, owner and operator of solar power facilities — for the construction of a 23.5-megawatt solar photovoltaic

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 19, 2018
Banyan Street, Oaktree complete Tampa City Center deal

Banyan Street Capital and Oaktree Management team up to acquire the 38-story Tampa City Center office tower in downtown Tampa, for $110 million, subject to a ground lease by seller Alliance Partners HSP.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2018
Major manufacturer names chief information officer

John Engelstad most recently served as chief information officer for Western Window Systems.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 23, 2018
Museum expansion kicks off $75 million arts group master plan

A reimagined Baker Museum is the first phase of Artis-Naples’ renovation and expansion efforts. The board of directors seeded the capital campaign with $50 million in contributions.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 13, 2018
Health care firm expands with acquisition worth at least $125M

Fort Myers-baed NeoGenomics purchases Genoptix of Carlsbad, Calif., to expand its footprint into oncology practices.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2019
Area restaurant chain opens new concept in Nashville

Sun & Fork joins nine First Watch restaurants in the Nashville area.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 27, 2019
Home services tech firm boosted by $15M financing round

HOMEE, an on-demand home services platform, has closed a $15 million Series B financing round, bringing the total invested in the company to nearly $30 million since the Tampa, Florida, firm was founded three years ago.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 3, 2019
Hospital announces new nursing leadership

Most recently, Todd Haner was chief nursing officer at Lower Keys Medical Center in Key West.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 30, 2019
Area firm sells manufacturing company for $925 million

Gatan's product portfolio includes electron microscopy cameras and instrumentation, electron energy filters, software and accessories.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2019
Fast-growing cybersecurity firm grows again with acquisition

ReliaQuest, a Tampa, Florida-based enterprise cybersecurity firm, has agreed to acquire Austin-based Threatcare, which offers proactive cyber defense services to tech companies.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 8, 2019
Financial teams merge to form new group

The Zelniker Dorfman Heritage Group manages nearly $1 billion of client assets.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2019
New town to develop first golf course community

Babcock Ranch reaches 250 home sales and announces development of Babcock National

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  • February 7, 2019
Off-market home sells for $9.85 million

The 4,874-square-foot Southern plantation-style estate is on 0.85 acres with views of downtown Sarasota and Bird Key.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 22, 2019
Tampa firm buys Lakeland apartments

A Tampa firm has set a Polk County pricing record for multifamily with a $50 million purchase of the Victoria Landing apartments, in Lakeland

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 6, 2019
Women’s retailer woos Nordstrom executive for top post

Longtime Nordstrom executive Karen McKibbin beings her new role with Chico’s FAS April 1.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 15, 2019
Cosentino Surfaces to be first tenant in Benderson industrial project

Cosentino Surfaces will become the first tenant in Benderson Development Co.'s Florida International Trade Port project, in Ellenton.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2019
Area firm to acquire London-based software company for $544 million

Foundry provides software technologies for the digital design, visualization and entertainment industries.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2019
Health care system breaks ground on new hospital

Sarasota Memorial's new Venice hospital will open with 110 private rooms.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 8, 2018
Fort Myers sale marks largest office deal in Southwest Florida in 2018

Eastlink Business Park sale for $25 million from Collier family entity to European investor marks largest office deal in Southwest Florida in 2018 to date

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 23, 2018
Company CFO resigns, replacement named

Jamere Jackson will join Hertz Global Holdings on Sept. 10, replacing Thomas Kennedy who recently announced his resignation.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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