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  • June 5, 2017
Report: $10M investment leads to 4,000 workers trained

CareerEdge impact report states funding led to $20.7M earnings increase.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 5, 2018
Last Stand

Can merger bring strength in scale?

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  • March 7, 2014
City approvals frustration

City planning staff was disappointed to read the article in the Feb. 14 Business Observer.

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  • November 8, 2013
HCA West Florida buys hospitals from IASIS Healthcare

Palms of Pasadena Hospital is a 307-bed, 185,000-square-foot medical facility.

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  • December 2, 2013
Habitat for Humanity of Lee, Hendry buys Majorca Palms Estates

Habitat for Humanity of Lee and Hendry Counties Inc. purchased the partially developed Majorca Palms Estates property for $3.47 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • August 17, 2020
Rental car giant names new CFO, executive vice president

Eric Esper has been promoted to CFO and executive vice president of finance at Estero, Florida-based Hertz Global Holdings Inc., succeeding outgoing CFO Jamere Jackson.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 7, 2026
$1B Midtown Tampa developer adds Palm Beach investor for retail growth

The Bromley Cos. has formed a joint venture to help "ensure the retail offering evolves in a way that complements" office, residential and hotel components.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 9, 2026
Naples country club completes $15M, '2.0' renovation project

Countryside Golf & Country Club project was also under budget.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 22, 2026
Olde Naples Hotel opens off Third Street South

The 109-room hotel in Naples blends legacy touches with modern amenities.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 24, 2016
Eat, sleep, dive

Wayne Hasson co-founded the Aggressor Fleet with one scuba boat in the Cayman Islands more than 30 years ago. Today, the fleet consists of 20 luxury yachts that ply 31 exotic destinations around the world.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 9, 2024
Tervis bankruptcy: Revenue fell from $90M in 2022 to $33M so far in 2024

Company officials vow this isn't the end of Tervis. "Bankruptcy," say officials in the filing, "is a means of ensuring its continued existence and operational success in the decades to come."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 22, 2016
Sembler expands its portfolio

Sembler expanding its portfolio; Tampa's GE bid short-circuited; Validus Senior Living adding projects; Power brokers change firms to start 2016

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  • December 9, 2005
Family Jewels

After Hurricane Charley destroyed one of the jewelry stores of Scot Congress, left, and brother Doug onSanibel Island, the Congresses had $10 million of jewelry sitting in an uninsured safe. "Until you take your policy for a test drive, you really don't know what's going to be covered," Scot says.

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  • July 16, 2010
Here's our chance: Elect business competence

The media and Bill McCollum are pounding on Rick Scott's Medicare record. But the totality of his record clearly puts him on top.

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  • November 25, 2011
All in the Family

It wasn't patronage that landed Ed Kobel at the head of DeBartolo Development LLC, one the Tampa Bay area's largest family-owned companies; it was fate, success and hard work. But his genes sure didn't hurt.

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  • June 30, 2024
Benderson buys Naples TJ Maxx, Walmart-anchored shopping center

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Lakeland credit union buys a Venice property, a Chicago developer opens one apartment complex and sells another in Tampa, and a health care company signs a $4 million lease in Port Charlotte.

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  • October 7, 2010
Star firms to be recognized

GrowFL, UCF, and others are organizing a “Companies to Watch” awards program.

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  • September 20, 2010
Sheriff's surtax opposed

Manatee County's tentative budget eliminates a surtax for its Sheriff's Office.

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  • January 29, 2013
Naples wine festival raises $8.5 million

The Naples Winter Wine Festival raised $8.5 million for children's charities.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2012
County seeks to spur business

Sarasota officials will consider a 10% cut in building permit fees.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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