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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2008
Calendar of Events

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  • April 13, 2007
On a Roll

Rick Collins had to cajole about 1,000 customers to rescue hurricane-shutter company Rolsafe. Now, he's marching up the West Coast to Sarasota and Tampa with ambitious growth plans.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 2, 2021
Companies hope to avoid fights while requiring some jabs

Despite the seemingly endless polarization, some employers see vaccine requirements as a huge step forward in the war against the pandemic. But rolling out vaccine policies — and rolling up sleeves — isn't always a cinch.

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  • May 4, 2010
Sykes organic growth slow

Revenues were lifted by an acquisition, but otherwise they fell.

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  • April 22, 2010
Real estate sales up statewide

Data also released for realtor sales in Tampa, Sarasota, and Fort Myers.

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  • June 29, 2010
Hoeper joins TRC

Technology Research Corp. added Paul Hoeper to its board of directors.

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  • October 10, 2011
Avantair buys another $7M jet

The Clearwater-based firm expands its fleet to include 58 aircraft.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2011
Quality acquires Greensville

The Tampa trucking firm paid $8.5 million for its newest acquisition.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 18, 2011
Octex plans job growth

The Sarasota-based plastic mold injection business to add 80 employees.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 21, 2011
Punta Gorda flight traffic up

Passenger traffic at Punta Gorda Airport is up 67% so far this year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2016
Home Appreciation

The Sarasota and Fort Myers areas posted some of the strongest rebounds in the region in house price appreciation since the bust five years ago.

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  • October 9, 2015
Business investment: No slowdown

Even heading into slower summer months, businesses on the Gulf Coast continued to boost spending on everything from computers to packaging, machinery and medical supplies.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 21, 2025
Seafood restaurant to open in Sarasota's Rosemary District

Lefty's Oyster & Seafood Bar is a business developed by Watershed Hospitality Concepts.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2007
Coffee Talk

Sarasota company hopes to shine in India: Sarasota-based cartridge valve manufacturer Sun Hydraulics has a good grip on at least six global markets, from Korea to Germany.Lee County: Anotherday, another tax: Not a week goes by in Lee County that county government doesn't dream up another tax on builders.Cold storage creates trifecta for Sarasota warehouse: The latest tenant for the Meridian Distribution Center, a 950,000-square-foot warehouse facility on Clark Road in south Sarasota, is especially apropos, given the sweltering Gulf Coast summerAnother public company going private: First, there was Outback Steakhouse. Now, St. Petersburg-based Catalina Marketing is headed to the private companies club.Nightline dumbs down Ave Maria: Ave Maria, the new town being built in eastern Collier County around the newest Catholic university, has been getting lots of national publicity lately opening to new residents, students and faculty.Good guys sometimes lose: Ethical companies don't always win, even when their employees do the right thing.Call the sign shop, again: MacDill Federal Credit Union, an institution of sorts in the Tampa area financial services industry, is changing its name to Grow Financial Federal Credit Union.Kottkamp bashes Hometown Democracy: Gov. Charlie Crist has been notably absent from the raging debate over the Hometown Democracy movement that seeks to put every major land-use change in Florida on the ba

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  • November 14, 2008
Technology Reboot

After a few years of quiet time, a company that focuses on helping new technology businesses get going is back at it. It hopes to make some noise.

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  • July 13, 2018
Kingsway Country Club agrees to purchase by Allegiant

Allegiant's Sunseeker Resorts to purchase Kingsway County Club to pair with its inaugural Charlotte Harbor resort

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 29, 2013
Rate Management

Longtime hotelier Fred Hirschovits says room rates are rising again after years of declines.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 3, 2019
Alta Resources moving to build-to-suit

Fast-growing Fort Myers company will occupy 90,000 square feet near Southwest Florida International AIrport

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • October 8, 2025
Private wellness, pickleball club coming to South Tampa

The Bath & Racquet House promises to combine “wellness, sport, social lifestyle and longevity medicine” into one location.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 5, 2013
D.R. Horton buys more lots to build more homes in Willow Chase

The price equated to $59,000 per lot.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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