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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 5, 2019
Naples Beach Hotel prepares for its next chapter

The Athens Group, a Phoenix-based real estate developer specializing in luxury hotels, is buying the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club to redevelop it with a luxury hotel and residences beginning in 2021.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 7, 2018
Butcher passionate about perfection takes on meaty challenge

The beef is from the Revier Cattle Co. in Minnesota, nationally known for selling Black Angus beef to high-end restaurants. The chicken and pork, too, are single-sourced from top vendors. Cheeses and olive oils are also sourced to top companies, says Hane

  • Entrepreneurs
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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 Business Observer Staff |
  • February 29, 2008
Coffee Talk

Of fairy tales and housing sales: When Michael Saunders recently addressed the 400 or so real estate agents that make up the bulk of the sales force at the Sarasota-based firm that bears her name, she wanted to combine a pep talk with humor.New Dillard's store may mean transition: Dillard's has started construction on a new store at the sprawling Wiregrass Ranch mixed-use development in Wesley ChapelPopulation slowdown threatens Gators: Construction isn't the only thing that's going to suffer from a decline in population growth in Florida.Non-profit CEO, for-profit style: Mary Labyak, 59, is president and CEO of the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast in Clearwater.Retired entrepreneur gives big for Wellness: An ambitious fundraising campaign for a new building for the Wellness Community, a Sarasota-based support group for cancer patients and their families, is off to a rousing start.Luxury hotel secret officially official: One of the worst kept secrets in the Sarasota development community is no longer a secretCalling GULF COAST entrepreneurs: The Review is seeking the best and brightest Gulf Coast entrepreneurs for its 2008 Entrepreneur Award.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 8, 2021
Grocers look for an edge as competition gets even tighter

To stay competitive in a brutal market, grocers need to find ways to differentiate themselves. A cheaper can of beans no longer cuts it.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2007
Sticking with Sullivan

A Gulf Coast executive running a company that recruits other executives shares success secrets: Start with eliminating mean employees.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 24, 2006
Open Runway

2006 has been happy so far for Aerosonic Corp. A lawsuit has been settled, and the stock price is on the rebound.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • December 3, 2010
Damage Control

Dais Analytic, a small Pasco County nanotech firm, looks to get bigger by marketing processes aimed at cleaning up the earth. It's growing rapidly with deals to China, but still looking to be profitable.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 4, 2013
Chin Up

It really is all fun and games for toy entrepreneur Tim Walsh. But — no joke — he thinks he might have a big hit ready for market.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 4, 2020
Of Amazonian Proportions

Amazon, the Seattle-based online retailer and already one of the largest occupiers of industrial space in Central Florida, is preparing to expand significantly.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jeffrey Brandes, Adrian Moore, Edward Pinto |
  • July 15, 2025
Opinion: Sarasota affordable housing plan falls short

The affordability crisis is not a market failure. Sarasota needs to remove barriers. Other cities have done so and are seeing meaningful results.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 3, 2024
Marine and auto accessories firm navigates its next growth phase

SeaSucker has graduated from a one-product startup with a cool name and a cool yet highly functional product. Challenges now include big decisions on where to invest its resources, in time and money.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • November 26, 2025
Executive Q&A: ULI chair's 20-year old prediction on Tampa's growth comes true

Tampa developer Phillip Smith talks about his goals for his term as chairman of ULI Tampa Bay, what attracts developers to the region and the challenges that lie ahead.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 20, 2006
Gateway to Sales

The right connections got N.J. Olivieri in the door. Planning and technology then helped him close on $124 million in real estate sales in three states.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 7, 2011
The Cleaning Dude

Anthony DeNardis is always looking for creative ways to market his cleaning services. He started with the name of his company.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 22, 2011
Bounce Back

A partner dispute cost Kristi Bonsack a lot, including control of the firm she founded. But Bonsack made a big comeback.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • August 16, 2013
Shadow Test

Brothers-in-law Rocky Santa Cruz and Vic Donati are self-professed watch geeks. With a creative virtual approach to design and marketing, the two turned their avocation into a business.

  • Strategies
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • August 31, 2012
Capitol Chatter: August 31

The weekly roundup of what's happening in government and how it affects business.

  • Florida
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  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 13, 2020
Builder gets started on a landmark project — a new aquarium

Willis Smith has a nearly 50-year history in the region.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Adrian Moore and Steven Gassenberger |
  • August 11, 2020
Time running short for Florida's underperforming pensions

State pension plan administrators have been slow to investment assumptions. That could be a costly delay.

  • Opinion
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