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  • By Steven Benna |
  • January 22, 2016
Corporate report

Boat club opens new location; Community makes top 50 list; Port Manatee fuels up contracts; New hires at economic agency; Document firm heads south

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  • By Jim DeLa |
  • January 31, 2025
Sarasota OKs Lakewood Ranch expansion, including plans for up to 5,000 homes

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch plans to develop 4,100 acres near Old Miakka as Lakewood Ranch Southeast.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 10, 2024
Miami real estate agency acquires pair of Sarasota-Manatee firms

A firm headquartered in Miami has entered the Sarasota market with the acquisition of two local agencies.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • March 7, 2024
USF hires former undercover cop, NBA referee to combat operational stress

Former mob buster and NBA referee Bob Delaney is joining the University of South Florida's Office of Corporate Training and Professional Education to lead seminars about operational stress.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 13, 2024
Boar’s Head closes Virginia plant, discontinues liverwurst

The Sarasota company is also setting up a Boar’s Head Food Safety Council.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 9, 2005
Laser Sharp

CEO Dean Akers focused Ideal Image Development on one niche - laser hair removal - and the whole customer experience. The results: explosive growth.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 8, 2009
Image Maker

Medi spas and a tougher economy have affected plastic surgery, but physician Randall Harrell has adjusted to the industry's non-surgical growth and has thrived.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • August 2, 2019
Following career in political fundraising, entrepreneur enters bright world of lampshades

Linda Daniel has built up a clientele of homeowners, interior designers, home stagers and real estate agents for her custom lampshades.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • August 2, 2019
At fire truck plant, attention to detail reigns — right down to shiny red paint

About 500 employees work at the 37-acre Pierce Manufacturing plant in Bradenton.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 5, 2016
Power play

An ambitious tech company is in a tough spot: It has a product in high demand, but supply is also high. How will it capture market share?

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 8, 2023
DeSantis bans TikTok and the sale of agricultural land to China

The Florida governor signed bills limiting the sale of property to the Chinese government and restricting access to apps like TikTok in schools and government buildings.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 14, 2022
World Series runner-up buys Clearwater shopping center

An affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies has bought a 13-acre center next to its spring training home for less than what it pays its right fielder.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2003
Calendar

HILLSBOROUGH, PINELLAS AND PASCO COUNTIES

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2009
Small investment brings validation dividends

To Roger Branton, the recent $50,000 investment in his $16 million mobile phone technology company is worth infinitely more than the extra cash, at least in terms of what the company is really going after: Validation.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2010
Foundation Realty Advisors buy, manage Hampton Oaks

A one-year-old real-estate investment firm, Foundation Realty Advisors, and an Alabama private investor purchased the six-building Hampton Oaks Business Park off U.S. 301 and north of Interstate 4 for $18.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 21, 2011
Key Biscayne investors buy St. Armands buildings

Key Biscayne real estate investor Max Puyanic, his son David Puyanic and several silent investors bought two St. Armands Circle buildings.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 21, 2013
Skymark Real Estate Investments buys 88 lots in Summer Chase

The price equated to $16,500 per lot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2011
Foreign investor group buys Stonehenge, Sandanay

A foreign investor group purchased the Sandanay and Stonehenge apartment complexes for a total of $2.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 4, 2011
Colony Lender LLC buys 15% added interest in Colony

Randy Langley and David Siegal, the two partners of Colony Lender LLC, purchased a 15% interest in the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort's recreational/resort assets from Carolyn Field Trust on May 27 for $766,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2013
Sportsmen's land trust closes $1.4M deal

The trust, based in Bradenton, acquires a 680-acre tract in Levy County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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