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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 14, 2020
Restaurateur details pandemic's toll, how he plans to stay in business

To help his company survive the COVID-19 pandemic, Richard Gonzmart, head of the Columbia Restaurant Group, isn't taking a salary and has given back his 2019 profit share.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 22, 2017
Medical Match

More retail landlords than ever before are turning to medical-related tenants to fill their centers, to the delight of both.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • February 17, 2026
New USF president kicks off tenure with energy, promises — and selfies

Tuesday was USF President Moez Limayem’s first day on the job — a day spent engaging with students, faculty and community members.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2008
From the Trenches

There are pundits, ivory tower profs and media purveyors of doom, then there are those entrepreneurs and businessmen in the trenches of everyday business warfare. Here is their boots-on-the-ground outlook.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • November 24, 2022
Animal rescue expansion to double capacity for dogs, cats

The project at Nate's Honor Animal Rescue is expected to cost $12 million.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2007
What's up doc?

Armed with the newest technology and the best-paying patients, many doctors have hired Stevens Construction to build outpatient centers all over Southwest Florida.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • June 29, 2012
Sustaining Change

The commercial real estate industry is steadily seeing the financial benefits of sustainable, energy-efficient buildings.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 17, 2025
Dog Bar Sarasota opens in Rosemary District

The new venue for dogs and their people is in the former Boo’s Ice House & Dog Bar location.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 19, 2026
National funeral chain turns St. Pete steakhouse into $6M events space

The former Harold Seltzer's Steakhouse on Tyrone Boulevard has been completely renovated to host celebrations of life, whether they be birthday parties or to honor some who died.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 14, 2022
Robert Podgorski, 32

Green Cup Café, co-owner

  • Class of 2022
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 26, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

It's a new world: Walt Smith, court administrator for the 12th Judicial Circuit that includes Manatee and Sarasota counties, is among the objectors to a long-awaited report that supports making court records available on the Internet.Alpert: You got me: Through illness and divorce, retired Tampa lawyer Jonathan L. Alpert says he has remained true to himself and his profession.This sand's gold: A recent sale on Indian Rocks Beach shows just how much investors prize beachfront on the Gulf Coast.Another warning: Pinellas Park bank analyst Richard X. Bove pooh-poohs affordability indices, which show skyrocketing home prices far outpacing tiny increases in personal income within hot real estate markets around the country.

  • News
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 7, 2006
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Triton, RBS to buy Gold Bank buildingKaplans, Bennett buy three downtown propertiesADESA buys local ABC auto auctionPrudential Florida WCI Realty growing in Sarasota, CharlottFamily group purchases Palmetto office buildingVertical construction begins on Summer Cove

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 14, 2008
Bloomin good business

Entrepreneur Ruth Doroslovac has started small but wants tomake Flowers to Eat a nationally franchised food products company.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Tech group makes hireHelping othersIs Fifth Third first again?Small world

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 13, 2013
Good Swing

Unusual construction projects are still hard to spot in this economic recovery. The Alico Family Golf Center in Lee County shows why.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 27, 2021
Six bids over $20 million for county administration building

Sarasota County receives six bids, with leaseback options, for administration building on Ringling Boulevard and adjacent lots.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 9, 2018
Pace maker: Entrepreneur gets back to basics

Doug Pace, CEO of Tampa-based Stonehill, a performance management consulting firm, suffered a massive stroke in 2016 right after he exited his previous company. The experience caused him to re-evaluate his business priorities.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By John Haughey |
  • September 13, 2019
Bowling-aligned firm strikes balance between old, new customers

What’s a company supposed to do when its core customer base begins to shrink? For one business, the answer lies in innovation and a heavy dose of customer education.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 6, 2024
First Watch co-founder, former CEO dies at 70

Ken Pendery meant so much to the company that the new company headquarters was built on a street named for him.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 9, 2026
Tampa attorney gets hands-on with woodworking hobby

Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Alan Higbee says carpentry helps him leave the stressful work of a lawyer where it belongs — at the office.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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