• Alternate Text
  • Loading

  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Health Care
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Health Care
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login

Results for:

  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2007
LEONARD: Web 2.0 is us

The trick to understanding the phenomena of 'Web 2.0' is realizing how amorphous it is, and taming it.

  • Opinion
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jim Stinson |
  • July 17, 2023
Tampa Bay soccer team names Sarasota attorney club president

Christina Unkel is also a business owner and a former soccer referee.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 17, 2018
New Market acquires Naples center for $37.8 million

New Market Properties bought Shoppes at Neapolitan Way in Naples to augment its portfolio of 44 mainly grocery-anchored retail centers in seven states

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2014
Publix Super Markets buys Carillon Town Center store

Publix Super Markets has purchased a freestanding, 28,800-square-foot building at Carillon Town Center for $5.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 6, 2012
Atlanta's RCG Ventures buys Point Plaza center

An affiliate of Atlanta-based RCG Ventures LLC purchased the 209,714-square-foot Point Plaza strip center for $1.37 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2017
Airline adds nonstop flight to Boston

Spirit Airlines is the third airline to serve Boston nonstop from Tampa International Airport.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 15, 2013
A Better Vista

A Venezuelan-born couple is cornering the Hispanic media market in Southwest Florida. They started modestly.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • August 15, 2015
Trader Mac

A Tampa e-commerce business with an outsized commitment to advertising and marketing competes against industry giants Craigslist and eBay.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2015
Scientists face 20 years in prison

Mahmoud Aldissi and Anastassia Bogomolova were found guilty of wire fraud, identity theft and falsifying records.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 9, 2005
The Persystent Fixer

Persystent Technology's Ray Weadock believes he has software that will transform the computer world. It fixes your PC every time you boot up. Techies beware.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 5, 2005
Fixer

Persystent Technology's Ray Weadock believes he has software that will transform the computer world. It fixes your PC every time you boot up. Techies beware.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 3, 2010
Publix Super Markets buys Shops at Silverleaf

Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets purchased the 59,950-square-foot Shops at Silverleaf retail strip center for $11.25 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2021
Demand for tech-sector employment rises while salaries lag

Florida tech jobs pay well inside the state. Nationally, not so much.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 17, 2011
CPA is now Mauldin & Jenkins

CPA Associates will join with Mauldin & Jenkins, an Atlanta firm.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 3, 2020
Big game, big business

The Super Bowl LV Host Committee’s Business Connect program wants to help Tampa Bay companies land deals related to Super Bowl LV in February 2021.

  • Travel-Tourism
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2013
Resident Techie: Tasker - feel good, build something

Most modern software falls into two camps: it's either dirt simple or like teaching quantum physics to a banana slug. The strange part is that complexity in working with an application doesn't necessarily equate to complexity in what an application actually does. For example, most modern operating systems are amazingly complex, but because they have an intuitively layout, they're relatively easy to handle. Macs and PCs today are worlds easier to deal with than just 10 years ago, and they can do so much more.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2015
Tulsa private equity firm buys Lake Osprey Plaza

Private equity firm GBR Properties Inc. purchased the 32,600-square-foot Lake Osprey Plaza retail strip center for $3.68 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2017
IT firm taps board member as new CEO

Brian Marlier will lead Focal Point Data Risk, succeeding Yong-Gon Chon.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 18, 2014
Publix Super Markets buys Kingsway Crossing retail center

Publix Super Markets Inc. purchased the 63,779-square-foot Kingsway Crossing retail center north of State Road 60 for $8.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 31, 2011
Confidence approaches new low

Consumer confidence in Florida is back near its all-time low mark.

  • News
« 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 »
The best of Business Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest business and commercial real estate news from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Sign Up

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-362-4848

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Podcast
  • Big Book of Business

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Distribution Points
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Your Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
×
3 Articles Remaining!
Not a Subscriber?

Click here to Subscribe

Already a Subscriber?

Click here to Login

Sign Up for Daily Brief

Start your day with the top Gulf Coast business news you need to succeed.

Sign Up for CRE Central

Stay updated with a weekly roundup of big deals, market shifts and the people shaping commercial real estate from Tampa Bay to Naples.


Smart People Subscribe.

Turn headlines into game plans. The playbook’s right here.
Subscribe to the Business Observer today.

Subscribe Now