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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 21, 2018
Kolter closes on Ritz-Carlton Residences land in Sarasota on Quay site

Kolter Group's $19.3 million deal paves way for new condo tower

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 5, 2022
$92 million project in Sarasota goes vertical

The first phase of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens project will include a plant research center and herbarium.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 28, 2016
Cancer treatment firm seeks big boost

After $10 million in research and product development into treating animals with cancer, officials with Tampa-based biotech firm Morphogenesis believe the firm is on the verge of what could be a big breakthrough: Adding a line of immunotherapy-based cancer treatments for humans, particularly people with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and melanoma.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 28, 2016
Business gets printy with printer

For a company that says printing isn't its thing, Clearwater-based direct mail and marketing firm PostcardMania sure has a passion for high-quality copy machinery.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2016
Famous waterfront restaurant property sold for $5M

The Linger Lodge & Campground had been listed for sale since 2013.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 30, 2016
Firm finds a branch

What was once one of the largest tree-planting firms in the region, Turner Tree and Landscape, has a new owner after a tumultuous five-year run that included several foreclosures and a bankruptcy filing.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 13, 2017
Ad agency with nearly $15M in sales finds buyer

Lakewood Ranch-based Grapevine Communications was founded 2002.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 16, 2017
Kick start

'Intensity over time' may be key for kickboxing gym franchise.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 30, 2017
Vision eyes more space at Renaissance Center

Vision Properties' risk in building spec at its Renaissance Center office park in Tampa's Westshore area was rewarded earlier this year, when AAA leased the developer's entire 150,000 square-foot property under construction.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 5, 2018
Drive Time

Hertz finding new ways to stay in the car-rental game.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2014
Investment Group buys Charlotte land for 400-lot residential development

An investment group led by Charlotte County developer/homebuilder Ron Greenland purchased 169.5 acres of vacant land east and north of Placida Road for $2.55 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2014
Matter Brothers Furniture entering Sarasota

The Fort Myers-based retailer bought a manufacturing plant to create one of the largest furniture stores in the state.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 7, 2014
Matter Brothers Furniture converting former manufacturing plant

The price equated to $38 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 17, 2014
Flush it out with a crowd

A plumbing supply company isn't likely front of mind when people think about raising capital through crowd funding.

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  • May 30, 2014
Minnesota's Cortec Corp.opening plant in Sarasota

A company led by Boris Miksic, president and CEO of St. Paul, Minn.-based specialty chemical company Cortec Corp., purchased a 33,335-square-foot manufacturing facility in Parkland Centre for $1.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 20, 2014
Sherman Real Estate Fund, partners buy Arlington at Northwood

Deerfield, Ill.-based Sherman Real Estate Fund IX LLC and two of the fund's trade partners purchased the 312-unit Arlington at Northwood Apartments for $36.1 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 8, 2014
Firm readies for more Gulf Coast rubs

Massage Heights, a national franchise chain of massage retreat centers, seeks to reach new peaks in store locations, with much of the growth coming in Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 8, 2016
'Ridiculously large'

Floridians who show up for work every day get a lot done — at least in comparison to Indonesia.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 22, 2016
Tampa flexes its muscle

The Tampa business community is on a summertime roll, with three major relocation and jobs announcements over eight days earlier this month.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2016
Retail on the Rise

The retail real estate market in Florida, according to a new report from real estate giant JLL, is about as hot as it's ever been.

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