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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2020
Talk show hosts laud brewery's giveaway of hand sanitizer

3 Daughters Brewing's generosity caught the attention of “Kelly & Ryan,” the nationally televised morning talk show hosted by Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 22, 2020
Moorings buys Grand Lake's first phase

Moorings Inc. acquired the first phase of its Grande Lake luxury senior living community from partner London Bay Development for $80.3 million as residents began moving in.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2019
Retailer tells potential buyer 'thanks, but no thanks'

Chico’s FAS board of directions unanimously rejects buyout bid by its largest shareholder, describing it as significantly undervaluing the company.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 16, 2019
Locker room talk: Soccer club executives spill secrets of success

Tampa Bay Rowdies leaders gathered in the team's locker room on Aug. 7 in St. Petersburg, Florida, to host a Business of Soccer event where they discussed key changes that have propelled the United Soccer League club to big success in 2019.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2022
State education board to consider university’s choice for next president

Rhea law is the University of South Florida Board of Trustees' pick to be the university's next president. She's held the job on an interim basis since August 2021.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 24, 2022
Florida furniture retailer puts 35 stores, three distribution centers and HQ on the market

Badcock Furniture is selling 2.2 million square feet of property with plans to lease it back from new owners.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 25, 2018
Meighan Harris, 36

CEO, Bonita Springs-Estero Realtors

  • Class of 2018
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 14, 2018
DeSota could garner $80 million in sale

The forthcoming sale of the 10-story DeSota apartments in downtown Sarasota could set a record for the market for multifamily deals when it trades, as is anticipated early next year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2019
Investor acquires aging tourist attraction in online auction for $17.2 million

Clearwater, Florida, commercial real estate investor Ben Mallah has acquired The Shops at John’s Pass Village, a tourist attraction in Madeira Beach, for $17.2 million.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 13, 2019
Super Bowl hype machine kicks into gear

Excitement about Tampa, Florida’s fifth turn as host of the biggest of big games went next-level with the recent unveiling of the Super Bowl LV host committee leadership and logo.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 15, 2019
Restaurant firm looks at 'strategic alternatives'

Bloomin’ Brands, the Tampa-based parent company of Outback Steakhouse, might explore a sale.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 22, 2019
Tampa Bay apartment market continues to flourish

Tampa Bay's apartment market continues to flourish, as evidenced by the recent $131.5 million sale of the Icon Harbour Island apartment tower to a Texas group.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 25, 2019
Led by Capt. Jack Spare, tire company hoists the sales

Vince Ficarrotta, vice president of Tampa, Florida-based RNR Tire Express, performs as Capt. Jack Spare, the company's pirate mascot, at store openings around the country.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2018
Pricey storage suites for expensive toys selling fast

Island Storage Suites provides men — and their wives — what they want.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • April 27, 2018
Insurance firm uses interns to help build future talent pool

Sarasota-based FCCI Insurance is facing challenges from a general shortage of insurance industry workers.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2016
Premier Sotheby's hires former Coldwell Banker CEO

Budge Huskey has spent some of his executive career in Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 18, 2014
School Highlights

There's no shortage of salons that need to hire qualified cosmetologists. One school in Fort Myers is expanding to fill that need.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 25, 2016
Sarasota community bank sold after 10-year run

Pompano Beach-based Stonegate Bank adds Insignia Bank to its acquisition portfolio.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2014
Prominent Sarasota insurance firm sold

Three generations of Ludwigs have run Ludwig-Walpole Co. since 1933.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 5, 2014
Feldman, Tower, Second City pay $29M for First Central Tower

A joint venture of Feldman Equities LLC in St. Petersburg, Orlando-based Tower Realty Partners and Vancouver's Second City Real Estate purchased the 17-story First Central Tower and adjacent parking garage in downtown St. Petersburg for $29.15 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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