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  • July 8, 2020
Company doubles its space, increases technology

Metro Forecasting plans for more growth.

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  • April 12, 2011
Lakewood Ranch sales rebound

A total of 107 homes were sold in the year's first quarter, up from 31 in 2010.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • October 9, 2023
Trader Joe's hosts a hiring fair for new location

The goal of the three-day fair is to add 25 team members.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • November 20, 2025
Allegiant adds service between SRQ and Toledo

A new Allegiant Air route to Toledo, Ohio brings to 69 the total of nonstop destinations offered from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 30, 2012
Bureaucrats to Account

A new free-enterprise organization on the Gulf Coast seeks to identify and remove government obstacles.

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  • By Randi Donahue |
  • October 21, 2016
Interactive tech

Millennial makes a play to bridge the social connection gap in the alternate reality gaming world.

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  • December 3, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Judges neededNo help from Hollywood Youire invitedFlorida: Middle of the pack

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  • November 1, 2013
A class app

Got 10 minutes to spare? MassiveU's learning applications for mobile devices are for busy adults and young, tech-savvy students.

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  • November 3, 2006
Coffee Talk

American Banker honors Orion Bank's Jerry Williams Michael Saunders & Co. is going Hollywood - for a day, anyway. The real estate firm's founder, Michael Saunders, recently flew out to Beverly Hills, where she was a top speaker at a Christi's Great Estates conference on innovative marketing for small residential projects or large-scale developments. Sarasota County Commissioners recently approved giving the EDC $60,000 to create a Film and Entertainment office.Analyst says Chico's stock may jump The Review's 2006 Entrepreneur winner, Amscot Financial founder Ian MacKechnie, was named "Person of the Year" by an industry trade group.Home sales down across the boardTech Forum award finalists announced Sun Coast Industry Expo postponed

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  • March 15, 2022
CBRE arranged for $72.5 million in financing for sale of St. Pete Beach hotel

Financing put together by commercial real estate firm for $83 million sale of the Postcard Inn.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 4, 2022
President, CEO sheds interim title after more than doubling new patient visits

Rishi Patel began his journey with CAN Community Health in 2015.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 29, 2018
Tampa Bay Bucs executive buys iconic area hotel

Tampa Bay Bucs executive buys famed Vinoy Renaissance resort in St. Petersburg, the latest in a string of high-profile lodging deals.

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  • April 24, 2025
Sarasota Memorial Hospital unveils $75M research, education center

The Kolschowsky Research and Education Institute will provide space for medical and clinical innovation.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • January 18, 2019
Moving company finds Florida in good shape

U-haul in its annual migration survey, calculated net gain of one-way truck renters in states and cities versus who left that state or city during 2018. The migration trends data, according to a statement, is compiled from more than 2 million one-way U-Ha

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  • February 25, 2010
Hyde Park Builders on 'Extreme Makeover'

Tampa-based Hyde Park Builders will get a national boost when the company appears on a popular ABC program in May.

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  • February 22, 2013
Government cheese on the move

Government didn't get its reputation for inefficiency for nothing.

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  • October 12, 2012
Builder sales surge in 2012

Neal Communities sold 62 homes in September, up 59% from 2011.

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  • November 27, 2012
Bright House snags Tampa firm

Sale of communications tech company is expected to close within two months.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 11, 2020
Builder plans new residences at lagoon community

Lennar, a Miami-based national homebuilder, has unveiled plans to build another community at Epperson, the master-planned Wesley Chapel, Florida, district that features a seven-acre recreational lagoon built by Crystal Lagoons.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 8, 2019
Restaurant group expanding its offerings with a new concept

Eatery will offer simple Italian comfort food with Grappa bar.

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