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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 23, 2022
Women’s retailer scores new board member with Nike exec

Eli Kumekpor joined the Chico’s board Feb. 21.

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  • January 30, 2022
Nonprofit adds trio to business hall of fame

Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida will celebrate the winners at a dinner in April.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • May 27, 2018
Florida college students falter with loan debt

college, student loans, default, debt, Florida, pay

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  • November 9, 2018
List of largest retailers has stalwarts, surprises

t No. 15 on Chain Store Age magazine’s new ranking of the largest retailers by revenue, Publix is nestled between two disparate companies: TJX Cos., the Framingham, Mass.-based retailer behind TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods and other chains, is No. 14, at

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 16, 2018
Economic Forecast: Zac Kearns, vice president, Kearns Restaurant Group

Zac Kearns sees rebound from off year for Kearns Restaurant Group because of green algae, red tide

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • November 16, 2018
Economic Forecast: Construction firm sees growth potential in new division, parts of region

Construction — Jack Cox, president, Halfacre Construction Co., Lakewood Ranch

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 30, 2018
UPS leases entire McCraney building in Polk County

UPS has signed a lease for the entire new 27 Logistics Park building that McCraney Property Co. of West Palm Beach recently completed in Davenport, in Polk County

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 7, 2018
Job growth up, cap rates down. Coincidence?

CBRE Group contends in a new study that job growth and cap rates are more closely linked than many have believed, and that tracking the two data points can help investors

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • September 13, 2019
Prominent real estate development firm names new CEO

St. Petersburg, Fla.-based The Sembler Co., which has developed more than 350 real estate projects totaling 27 million square feet throughout the Southeast and Puerto Rico, has named Greg Sembler CEO, effective Jan. 1.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2019
Restaurant leader dashes ahead on dinner delivery

Bloomin’ Brands expands ways to reach customers with delivery options.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 11, 2019
Pasco office complex sells via online auction

Woodside Capital Partners has acquired the eight-building Counsel Square office complex in New Port Richey for $9.1 million, in a deal brokered by Transwestern Commercial Services. But what made the transaction unusual was that it sold through the online

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • November 14, 2019
Finance pioneer CEO plans retirement after 15 years

Revenues at ACI Worldwide surged under Phil Heasley.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 15, 2019
Economic forecast 2020: Technology

Bill Lederer, chairman and CEO of iSocrates

  • Technology
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  • January 17, 2019
Tech firm shuffles C-suite, other leadership roles with promotions

Business software company ConnectWise has promoted Jason Magee, who joined the Tampa, Florida-based firm in 2011 and had been serving as executive vice president and chief operating officer, to president.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 15, 2019
Bend it like Echelman

The design for the aerial art installation planned for the St. Petersburg Pier District — a piece that will be created by world-renowned artist Janet Echelman, who lives in Boston but grew up in Tampa, Florida — was officially unveiled in late January at

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  • February 18, 2019
Major brokerage transfers ownership of rental division

Gulf Coast Property Management, a Lakewood Ranch based firm with some 1,000 rental properties in its portfolio, has assumed ownership of the rental leasing and management division of Michael Saunders & Co.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 5, 2019
Pulse check: Business confidence high despite long-term concerns

SunTrust Bank's annual Business Pulse survey produced dissonant results as company leaders feel good about their own prospects while expressing worry about a possible recession. Tim Schar, the bank's Tampa, Florida, market president, provides context.

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  • June 8, 2018
Plant construction marks milestone for community

A new wastewater treatment plant signals forward momentum for the West Villages master-planned community in south Sarasota County.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 24, 2018
McKibbon Hospitality ramping up hotel development

McKibbon Hospitality hires industry veteran Rod Radcliff as vice president of development to finish Hotel Arras project in North Carolina and to beef up the company's third-party development services division, spun off in January.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2018
Lunch delivery company opens new location

Apple Spice has more than 40 locations across the U.S.

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