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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2017
Celebrated chocolatier promotes son to leadership role

Norman Love Confections was founded in 2001.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2018
Novel approach

Best-selling writer's group gets nod for restaurant on the new St. Pete Pier.

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  • January 28, 2014
Smother up some expansion

The Tampa area really goes all in for cheese.

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  • March 26, 2014
Colleges appoint new academic chiefs

Leaders come with decades of higher education experience.

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  • November 7, 2014
Shareholder slams Hertz relocation

Hertz shareholder Jana Partners says the car-rental giant urgently needs to select a new CEO to regain its lost credibility with investors, blaming the company for a “disruptive headquarters relocation.”

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 26, 2024
Tampa drive-in theater site to make way for 354 affordable apartments

Work is set to officially kick off Tuesday on the affordable housing complex being built on the site of the former theater and flea market on Tampa's Hillsborough Avenue.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 8, 2024
Child welfare nonprofit names new board officers

The Safe Children Coalition named three new officers for its board of directors.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 22, 2025
Lakewood Ranch Medical Center appoints new CEO

A Texas health care executive has been selected to lead the hospital in Lakewood Ranch.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 22, 2024
Tampa health care REIT pays $86M for Texas, Arizona portfolio

One day after disclosing a new $250 million financing agreement, Sila Realty Trust announced it had bought a five-building hospital portfolio for $85.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 17, 2024
Sarasota daiquiri bar expands to Tropicana Field

Daiquiri Deck has signed a multiyear deal to partner with the Tampa Bay Rays at the team's St. Petersburg stadium.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By AG Lafley |
  • November 27, 2023
Sarasota businesses help with free programming at park

The Bay seeks to increase the number of businesses it partners with.

  • Opinion
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 13, 2023
12 retailers coming to new Babcock Ranch commercial center

Commercial real estate firm Katz & Associates has signed leases with a dozen retailers for 68,100 square feet of space in The Shoppes at Yellow Pine.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 23, 2025
Fort Myers pest control company opens Bradenton location

All U Need Pest Control operates 11 offices in Florida and Texas.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 18, 2025
FGCU, Babcock Ranch, pick up $21M in state funding for institute

The university will build a new facility in the master-planned community will promote ‘career-readiness and a commitment to environmental stewardship.’

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 11, 2023
Prominent French-Vietnamese restaurant sets Naples opening date

Le Colonial, a French-Vietnamese restaurant that debuted in New York City in 1993 and Chicago in 1996, is scheduled to open in Naples on Dec. 14.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 24, 2024
Latin-themed restaurant owners pick Naples for next hot spot

A new restaurant, Unidos: A Latin Kitchen + Bar, has opened in downtown Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 30, 2024
275 market-rate apartments under construction in Fort Myers

An Ohio builder specializing in affordable and market-rate apartments continues to expand in Florida with the new complex scheduled to open next year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 30, 2024
Tampa airport CEO search down to two internal execs

The finalists for the top job at Tampa International Airport will make public presentations Nov. 12.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 26, 2025
Seafood and steak restaurant opens in Manatee County

Oar & Iron, an upscale casual restaurant with locations in Fort Myers and Naples, now has a presence in Parrish.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 14, 2026
Tampa church buys former radio station property

Radiant Church, which has operated out of South Tampa shopping center for more than a decade, will begin construction on new church building seating 1,400.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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