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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 23, 2005
Advertising That Pays

In a local kickback case, an ex-Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy walks. Prosecutors cite legal technicalities and technical difficulties.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 30, 2005
'Leap of Faith'

Does your company need an IT guy? Don't hire one. Vertical IT Solutions Andrew Cohen has a different approach: Fix them before they break.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 1, 2005
Out on a Limb

Marketing institutional-grade properties to high net-worth investors is tricky business. The Tampa office of CB Richard Ellis has found a way to do it.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 28, 2006
Coffee Talk

Turner still headed for the top: Tragedy recently struck Tampa businessman John Turner's team as it struggles to climb Mount Everest - the world's highest peak.Kvetko returns to Fifth Third: Colleen Kvetko has returned. And she wants her customers back.Tax surprise: Which states are burdening business with the heaviest tax load? The Golden State, run by those Hollywood liberals? Taxachusetts?Faster than an Insignia: It sounds like the organizers of the not-yet-chartered Insignia Bank are itching to start lending and spending some of its initial capital.Report: Foreclosures up: Houses going into foreclosure across the nation climbed 38% to 323,102 in the first quarter from the previous quarter; Florida had the second-highest number of foreclosures at 29,636, even though the state's foreclosures dropped 14% from the same period a year earlier, according to an online real estate company.TIB Bank joins the billion-dollar club: TIB Bank recently joined the small club of Gulf Coast-based banks and thrifts with more than $1 billion in assets.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 28, 2005
Raised Expectations

New investment has fueled a mini-boom in the beleaguered commercial market at Tampa's Fowler and Nebraska avenues.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 15, 2005
Hidden Pipes Mar Properties

Homebuilder Brian Decosmo uncovered an unwelcome surprise where he planned to build his family's dream home.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2004
A Transplanted Volunteer

Pinellas clerk candidate Carrie Wadlinger says she's so into systems management that she'd rather shop at Office Depot than Dillard's.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 29, 2010
The right man

Longtime Gulf Coast builder Al Zichella takes over as president of the Florida Home Builders Association at a time when the recession has forced the industry to its knees. He'll find a welcome reception in Tallahassee, where politicians are eager for growth.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • October 29, 2010
Constitutional Queries

Voters get their chance at six more proposed constitutional amendments Nov. 2. Together and individually the results could have huge effects on politics, taxes and the economy for years to come.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2010
Corporate Report: April 30 - May 5

New information from Sunovia Energy, Walter Investment, and more.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 16, 2011
Algae Bloom

Algenol Biofuels recently won a $100 million investment from an Asian energy company to build out an ethanol facility in Bonita Springs. Commercial sales could start in 2013.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 2, 2013
Bite down

The dental practice management industry has swelled with competitors. A local firm's attack plan, backed by $66 million of Wall Street money, is to nimbly find new openings.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 9, 2013
Fully furnished

Matter Brothers Furniture is targeting Sarasota for expansion, scouting locations for a new store thanks to the recovery in residential real estate.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 23, 2012
Dapper Don

The retirement of a charismatic top executive doesn't have to spell doom. A prominent Gulf Coast nonprofit leads the way.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 4, 2012
Beat Goes On

The largest organ transplant program in the Southeast is run out of a Gulf Coast hospital. Size didn't come easy, though, and there are several potential roadblocks to continued growth.

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  • By Louis Llovio and Mark Gordon |
  • August 19, 2021
Retail developers find ways to beat back e-commerce

Several large landlord and developers aren't ready to give up on the traditional shopping plaza.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 17, 2020
Senior housing considered a well-positioned sector

Cushman & Wakefield’s Tampa-based senior housing team believes the sector will continue to experience long-term growth thanks to the nation’s demographics

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 24, 2020
One That Got Away

A Tampa broker's experience with a "heartbreaker" of a deal resonates amid Covid-19's effect on CRE sales

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 23, 2019
Top Entrepreneurs: Cybersecurity guru defies conventional wisdom

Stu Sjouwerman, founder and CEO of Clearwater, Florida-based cybersecurity firm KnowBe4, doesn’t buy into the en vogue concept of failure being a virtue. He also doesn’t believe entrepreneurs should embrace their mistakes and be content with “failing upwa

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 6, 2018
Icon Residential has one audacious goal

Icon Residential is growing fast thanks to hot selling townhome projects in Tampa, Orlando, St. Petersburg, Sarasota and Atlanta, and hopes to generate $150 million in sales in 2019.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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