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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 24, 2015
Pay dirt

Investors in TerraCap Management funds targeting distressed commercial real estate in Florida have benefited handsomely. The investment management firm says more deals are coming.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 12, 2025
$1.7B in construction projects: Tracking hospital boom across the region

Health care construction is underway from Wesley Chapel to Fort Myers, as new hospitals are in the works and existing ones grow to meet capacity needs.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 28, 2025
Publisher extends 'poison pill' in response to courtship from Naples firm

The Hoffmann Family of Cos. seeks to open discussions with Lee Enterprises "regarding a potential combination of our companies."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 8, 2025
Henry Detwiler: From a 10x20 egg tent to a thriving, 6-store grocery business

“Every thing, every square foot matters.” –Henry Detwiler, Detwiler’s Farm Market

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 5, 2025
Sarasota fencing company brings hospitality mindset to business

The co-founders of Level Up Fencing met while working in the restaurant industry and see their goal as providing excellent customer service.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 16, 2024
Sarasota window company declares bankruptcy, owes more than $1.2M

Sash & Sill owner Todd Hoch has filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy and been censured in Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • March 26, 2024
Headhunting firms project a surge in promotions and new business

Companies in industries from financial services to supply chain and technology to engineering are in need of executives and leaders across Tampa Bay. That means search firms are busy.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2008
Club Slippage

The "dockominium" boom appears to be suffering just as much as thecondominium market. Yacht Clubs of the Americas is counting on new President Jon Finstrom to keep the business going through the sales slump.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • March 7, 2023
Sarasota law firm embraces growth to achieve top tier status

For a while, the founders of what's now Bentley Goodrich Kison resisted big-time growth. Not anymore.

  • Law
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 14, 2022
Andres Boral, 34

Boral Engineering & Design / Boral Properties & Management, founder

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2006
Persistence Payoff

Marty Schaffel took AVI from nothing to $225 million by reinventing his company regularly, creating one of the fastest-growing businesses in the audio-visual industry.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2006
The Friendly Geek

For startup computer firm JCR Systems, the path to 1,000% revenue growth includes a hiring formula that has little to do with employing techies. No "jerks" allowed, says the founder.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2006
The Future of Real Estate

A gathering sponsored by the Urban Land Institute in Fort Myers yields some surprising outlooks.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2006
Inter-national Flavor

A diverse group of India-born hotel owners want in on the Gulf Coast community banking game.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2007
WALSH: Review and Comment

Arthur Laffer's supply-side sidekick sees the economy climbing from 1% to 3% by year end.

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2007
Coffee Talk

First the FBI, then lawyers, now stock crash: First, WellCare Health Plans in Tampa got a visit from the FBI last week.Shareholder seeks more money - and pancakes: Maple syrup was gushing down Wall Street Oct. 30 after shareholders of sit-down, casual restaurant chain Applebee's approved a $1.9 billion buyout offer from IHOP Corp.Found: A trio of buyers for high-end eateries: After a yearlong search, going as far as meeting with international prospects and running ads in the Wall Street Journal, the owners of a Sarasota-based conglomerate of high-end restaurants and grocery stores have finally found a buyer.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2008
The Dawn of Digital

Jud Parker and his firm, Digital Legal, has gone beyond digital records to working with law firms on organizing data so they can win cases and serve clients better

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2008
Corporate Report

Brown & Brown subsidiary buys Oklahoma insurance firmConMed Corp. president fills SRI/Surgical top spotTimes Publishing Co. plans CQ Press saleRomark Laboratories adds new chief medical officerValpak celebrates birthday with revamped envelope

  • Industries
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 1, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

Court records back online by summer?: The Committee on Privacy and Court Records issued a draft proposal on court records on the Internet with recommendations that fall mostly in favor of open-record advocates.Bar trouble: Rumors swirled for months that the Tampa office of the Florida Bar had lost several of its senior attorneys, including Tom DeBerg and Steve Whelan. High employee turnover was reported to have brought a slowdown in the investigation and prosecution of lawyers accused of wrongdoing.Changing of the guard: John LaRocca succeeded Ray Sandelli as chairman of the Tampa Downtown Partnership at its recent annual meeting. LaRocca partners with Allen Murphy at Tampa's Murphy LaRocca Consulting Group, a land-use and real estate consulting group.Fishkind forecast: We're at the peak: Hank Fishkind, the widely quoted Florida economist, expects the national economy to enter a slow period beginning the second half this year. But there's some good news. He doesn't expect the impact of that slowdown to appear in this part of the nation until next summer.Long-time mentor named outstanding lawyer: John "Jack" Rudy II, a founding member of Bush Ross Gardner Warren & Rudy PA, was honored June 28 as the Hillsborough County Bar Association's outstanding lawyer of the year.NFIB taps Tampa CEO as 'small-business champion': Tampa businessman David Hurley was named "Small-Business Champion" of the Southeast region by the National Federation of In

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 21, 2005
Young but Tested

Successful startup financial institutions along the Gulf Coast have one thing in common: They hire people who've done it before.

  • Entrepreneurs
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