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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 2, 2021
Taste test: Food company faces new challenges in market it helped define

Tampa, Florida-based FitLife Foods faces a competitive landscape reshaped by the pandemic and a proliferation of meal-delivery services.

  • Strategies
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 20, 2020
Construction industry faces persistent labor shortage

The construction field is getting squeezed on both ends — not as many young people are entering the industry and more people, especially the bulge of baby boomers, are retiring.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 12, 2017
'House of cards'

A key industry reform initiative backed by powerful insurance supporters — and opposed by trial lawyers — flopped in the state Legislature. Consequences loom large.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2004
Lawyer of First Resort (Tampa edition)

Prominent people turn to Greg Kehoe when they need a skilled defense advocate.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2008
ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR Lee/Collier: REINHOLD SCHMIEDING

Few people have heard of Reinhold Schmieding, but the reclusive Naples entrepreneur has quietly built one of the world's leading medical-device manufacturing companies.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 29, 2024
Exit interview: Key moments in 30-year transformation of University of Tampa

Ron Vaughn’s turnaround strategy at the University of Tampa nearly 30 years ago was straightforward: Stop overspending. Find the big problems and solve them fast. And prioritize constant improvement.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 18, 2024
Hoffmann co-CEO on the art of buying 10 business in 8 months

Geoff Hoffmann has an unabashedly simple philosophy to the complicated world of buying businesses: "It's critical that all businesses have a pathway to growth."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 12, 2023
Erin Cigich, 38

A hard-charging tech CEO leans on her mentor for perspective.

  • Class of 2023
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 14, 2022
Robert Podgorski, 32

Green Cup Café, co-owner

  • Class of 2022
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 14, 2022
Alyssa Thomas, 34

Sarasota Sailing Squadron, manager

  • Class of 2022
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 16, 2022
Still reeling from death of star dolphin, aquarium welcomes new CEO to inspire support

With an $80 million makeover and a new top executive, Clearwater Marine Aquarium aims to get people flipping out again over experience-based tourism.

  • Leadership
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 26, 2005
Go-to Lawyers Change Firms

Litigators Lyann Goudie and Fred Zinober won verdicts of $24 million in four months. Now they're leaving Barry Cohen's firm.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 3, 2006
Landlord's Market

Falling vacancy rates and rising construction costs mean landlords will be increasing commercial rents along the Gulf Coast.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 31, 2006
Coffee Talk

No fools here: The list of debtors with claims against Infinium Labs just continues to grow.Then there were three: Two companies purchased an 11-acre portion of the much-ballyhooed $65-million Bay Street Village & Towncenter in Osprey. Should there have been three?Big bird could flyinto Fort Myers: Coffee Talk hears rumors that Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers could one day be home to a maintenance and repair facility for the world's biggest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A-380.Mad Money's Jim Cramer sides with Chico's: Jim Cramer, the screeching host of the business-news show Mad Money on CNBC, told Chico's Chief Financial Officer Charlie Kleman that he was ready to rip up a recently published J.P. Morgan research report critical of the Fort Myers-based retailer.Real estate investors eye State Road 29: Bet you never heard of a small Florida town called Felda. How about the hamlets of Jerome, Sunniland or Rock Island?

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  • By Dan Ping |
  • July 29, 2011
Huge Fun

Orlando becomes the first U.S. city to top 50 million visitors, thanks in part to Harry Potter and cheap flights. Those visitors are fueling expansion, and local businesses.

  • Strategies
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • August 26, 2020
Project transforms '70s-era office building into luxury apartments

During the project, McShane Construction Co. had to navigate some obstacles, including finding enough skilled workers.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 11, 2024
Walmart shopping center in Brandon sells for $6.9 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, matching Sarasota apartment buildings sell, a CRE firm closes a deal and wins a prize in Fort Myers, and an interesting Lakeland property is on the market.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 26, 2025
$31 million freestanding ER opens in Wellen Park

The new emergency room is an extension of HCA Florida Englewood Hospital.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 27, 2025
Polk County storage facility sells for $10.2 million

A California owner of self-storage centers bought the newly built Winter Haven property.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 2, 2025
Naples club undergoes $16M renovation

Full renovations scheduled to begin next month at The Club at Olde Cypress.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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