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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 11, 2011
Sarasota's Kimsey wages financing fight

Sarasota entrepreneur Rick Kimsey, with a goal to shoot a dose of Starbucks into the urgent care industry, is now Exhibit A in the lending tug-of-war between banks and small businesses.

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  • December 14, 2011
Businessman hopes to find more success

Entrepreneur Jesse Biter has taken two significant steps to prove his vision, that his adopted hometown, Sarasota, could be more than a retirement haven.

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  • April 22, 2011
Gulfstream Investment Advisors buys Heritage Lake Park units

Coral Gables-based Gulfstream Investment Advisors Inc. purchased 64 villa and condominium units and 12 building pads in Heritage Lake Park for $3.2 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 24, 2013
International fraud scheme netted more than $137M

Telemarketers in Spain boiler rooms sold fraudulent penny stocks.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • May 17, 2012
Bank plans Sarasota branch

Florida Shores Bank, already a fast-growth institution, will expand to Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2012
Apple repair business peels fast growth

iHospital is based on the premise that when someone's Apple device breaks it calls for an emergency fix.

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  • June 22, 2012
Exercise entrepreneur pumps up all over again

Count Geoff Dyer as another Gulf Coast executive-entrepreneur who couldn't stay away from the business life for long.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2012
Presidential impact on small businesses up for debate

Despite the tsunami of heat President Barack Obama took for his “You didn't build that” comment, the business community, at least in one new survey, stands behind him.

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  • October 26, 2012
Tampa apartment investor adds Arbors at Belleair to portfolio

The price equated to $55,000 per unit or $63 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2012
Construction company embraces its new normal

Even back in the boom, when Sarasota-based Southern Cross Contracting had construction work all over town, the firm's niche was projects outside the norm.

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  • August 20, 2012
Prominent business changes ownership

A saga more than two years in the making inside the corner office at one of the region's largest locally owned tree and landscaping businesses is officially over.

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  • April 27, 2012
Partnership creates optimism downtown

One of the most prominent properties in downtown Sarasota is primed to become a high-end restaurant.

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  • May 11, 2012
More Money

A new federal law alters the rules that regulate how private firms can raise money. One local entrepreneur senses opportunity.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • May 16, 2012
CEO: Sorry for $745K loss

New Sunovia top executive says 18% drop in revenues is “not acceptable.”

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • February 22, 2012
Local product receives 'awesome' endorsement

Würkin Stiffs, the business behind magnetic devices that connect collars to shirts, got the gift of entrepreneurial dreams just before Christmas.

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  • February 28, 2012
Big bank shifts its downtown presence

The Bank of America name perched on a downtown Sarasota building will be coming down — likely by early next year.

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  • June 24, 2021
Area office building, after $3M in upgrades, signs new tenants

Fifth Third Center’s occupancy growth in downtown Tampa comes as vacancy has edged up amid negative absorption brought about by COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • August 19, 2021
Super Bowl champs find a new sponsor

Ohio-based bank signs on as sponsor of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • September 2, 2021
Area fast-foods chain attacks markets out west with vigor

Checkers looks for more growth in California, Arizona.

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  • September 13, 2021
Local company receives premarket clearance on wound care product

The Omeza Collagen Matrix is the company's first medical prescription product.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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