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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 11, 2020
Fast-casual dining company buys 47 Dunkin’ locations

Agreement can be expanded to include six more stores.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 9, 2020
Fast-growing community opens new golf course

Babcock National is a 18-hole Gordon Lewis-designed course.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2020
With NFL great as a fan, couple expands cheesecake biz to new cafe

Bassano Cheesecake, a family-owned cheesecake company, will open its first cafe on Friday at 507 Main St. in Safety Harbor, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 26, 2019
Dallas partners buy Fort Myers industrial land

A Dallas-based partnership has acquired a 100-acre tract zoned for industrial development for what will likely be a major new business park in Fort Myers

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 14, 2019
Several area banks surge ahead in assets

Banks in the region added $6.1 billion in assets in the first quarter.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2019
New hotel hires 30-year industry veteran as general manager

Luminary Hotel taps Bob Megazzini to oversee hiring, opening and operations of downtown Fort Myers hotel and adjacent facilities.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 19, 2019
From shovel to Slurpees, builder gulps more work for client

7-Eleven found Creighton Development in 2010 for a rush job. The go-to builder for the convenience store giant recently completed eight projects.

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  • March 28, 2022
Chicken salad restaurant concept to open in Bradenton

The location will open in early April.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2022
Naples soap business opens another store — its biggest yet

Naples Soap Co. taps into Orlando market.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2019
Federal, county governments step up support for economic diversification

$9 million will go toward building a new business incubator in St. Petersburg.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2019
Global law firm opens new office in area, plans 300 hires

Global law firm Baker McKenzie on Monday unveiled its new office in Tampa, Florida, at the SunTrust Centre in the city’s downtown business district.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 20, 2019
National professional services firm consolidates its position in local market

The strategic merger will create a new accounting powerhouse in Tampa Bay.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 1, 2019
A place to bunker down

New Amavida Senior Living’s hidden gem is a Cat 5 shelter with natural gas-powered generators and redundant back-up.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 26, 2019
Big shift in thinking about red tide cause

The cause of the devastating red tide that took a bite out of Gulf Coast tourism revenues last year are more complicated than first thought, according to new findings by University of South Florida researchers in Tampa, Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 31, 2018
Tech talent search gets under way in Tampa Bay

ETL Tampa Bay is a new group dedicated to grooming and promoting the leaders of the tech industry in Tampa, Florida.

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  • March 2, 2018
Work together

Sarasota Memorial Hospital expanding cancer care.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 11, 2016
New York investment firms snap up St. Pete apartments

A pair of New York-based multifamily investment firms have spent a combined $149 million to acquire two St. Petersburg apartment complexes, Pinellas County property records show.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 2, 2016
Times are changing at firm

Prominent New Jersey commercial real estate executive Steven Denholtz has done plenty of real estate deals on Florida's east coast, but for him the Tampa-St. Petersburg market is the way to go.

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  • December 13, 2016
Company, with new $3.8M contract, re-ups in Tampa

Lukos LLC will add 10 technical and senior level jobs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 27, 2017
Columbia Restaurant owners buy $4M building

The three-story building on Longboat Key follows the acquisition of property next door.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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