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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 9, 2022
Voters approve massive downtown development

Clearwater will move forward with the sale of two properties to developers looking to transform the city’s downtown.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2009
Still on Fire

A Bradenton manufacturer of super tough fire trucks keeps on motoring. It's fueled partially by Army contracts.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 25, 2011
M Waterfront Grille: Meal with a view

Located at 4300 Gulf Shore Blvd. in Naples, M Waterfront Grille has some creative flair, but doesn't go overboard with its continental cuisine.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 28, 2012
Spring training sites vie for event supremacy

Turns out the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox don't only compete in baseball.

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  • September 10, 2021
Area engineering firm merges with Michigan company

Waldrop Engineering was founded in 2020.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2021
Moving and storage firm expands leadership team with four hires

Executives Susan Jacobs, Opal Perry, Salvador Salazar and Rich Schwartz have joined Clearwater, Florida-based PODS Enterprises.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 3, 2020
Health care system CEO named chair of state hospital alliance

Verinder will serve a two-year term as chair of the Safety Net Alliance board.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2020
Real estate brokerage expands to Orlando region with merger

Premier Sotheby’s International Realty aims to build on its luxury services in Central Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 23, 2018
Key International buys dual-branded hotel in Clearwater

Key International Inc. has purchased a dual-branded hotel on the water in Clearwater for $71 million, where it plans a series of upgrades to the property that was completed last year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 29, 2018
Retailer, after drop in sales, profits, loses top exec

fter a little more than two years at the helm of the Chico’s brand, a unit of Fort Myers-based women’s retailer Chico’s FAS, Diane Ellis has left the company.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 13, 2019
Region’s largest public company to be acquired for $5.4B

Tech Data Corp. has agreed to be acquired, for $5.4 billion, by an affiliate of funds managed by private equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 1, 2017
Luxury home sells for $4.6M, sets new mark

Sale is one of three area non-waterfront homes to surpass $4 million in the last 15 months.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2016
Developer eyes St. Petersburg's tallest building

The 28-story tower would be the firm's fourth downtown St. Petersburg acquisition since 2012.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2016
King of the (Harley) World

Texas and Arizona auto dealer Bert King bought a Charlotte County Harley-Davidson dealership last summer and quickly infused it with a strategy to make it a club-like destination.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • January 2, 2016
Bright future

Sunfresh Produce discovered a niche in the $250 billion food distribution industry. Now it wants a bigger piece.

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2023
Two-story Italian restaurant to open on St. Armands in early 2024

15 South by Napulè, a Neapolitan-inspired concept, will feature pizzas made in an authentic, gold-tiled oven.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • June 3, 2025
Sarasota County commits $4.5M to promote Senior PGA Championship

The major tournament coming to The Concession for three years, beginning in 2026.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 8, 2025
British firm buys majority stake in $1B Tampa cybersecurity firm

A-LIGN plans to use the funds from Hg to grow in global markets.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 10, 2026
Ikea to open at UTC in Sarasota

The store will span 48,000 square feet off Cattlemen Road.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2003
Judge to Mediator

Former Bankruptcy Judge Timothy Corcoran opened a mediation practice following his unplanned retirement from the bench.Timothy Corcoran says he was a superb judge in Tampa's Middle District bankruptcy court.

  • Law
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