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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2009
The Hard Part

A mixed-use project revolving around condos is near completion, despitethe market turmoil. The next challenge: Landing buyers and tenants.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 5, 2003
Building Starts on the Rise

Construction, which increased nearly $71 million, migrated south in Manatee and Sarasota counties during the first part of the year.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2004
Exemplary Work (Tampa edition)

It was a year of anticipation for employees in the 13th Judicial Circuit. They executed the relocation of court services to the George E. Edgecomb Courthouse from Hillsborough County's old building.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2004
Newmakers (Sara/Mana edition)

The latest activities of local movers and shakers is provided free of charge.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2010
Chamber chairman never gets his chair

The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce had barely elevated a Sarasota County employee to be its next chairman when word spread that a government worker would head the county's premier business group and the chamber backed down.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 15, 2010
Bank takes big step in survival effort

Here's a twist in the latest episode of a Gulf Coast community's bank search for capital: Sarasota-based Landmark Bank of Florida recently received letters of intent for capital infusions worth more than $6 million — with no control changes at the bank as a prerequisite for the investment.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 18, 2009
Enemies among meat companies

Boar's Head Provisions, the nationwide deli meat company with a corporate headquarters in Sarasota, has found itself in a food fight with a competitor.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2009
Horizon Bay Hyde Park develops six-story building

Horizon Bay Hyde Park LLC purchased slightly less than two acres on South Boulevard and Horatio Street for $3.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2010
Celebrity Apprentice likes Clockwork

Sarasota executive Jim Abrams will be one nervous TV watcher May 2.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2009
Feds may jack up Florida sewer bills

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to establish stringent, numeric nutrient water quality standards throughout the state will be impossible to meet and impose serious economic hardship, according to a coalition of Florida businesses, associations and public entities.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2009
Prudential Palms Realty owner buys Lakewood Ranch Realty

Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch has agreed to sell its subsidiary Lakewood Ranch Realty Co. to Palms Real Estate Solutions.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 6, 2011
Last one standing

Collier County was home to four of the largest banks on the Gulf Coast just a few years ago. TIB Bank is the lone survivor today.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 16, 2010
WEDNESDAY'S CUP: Who's who in the 'Stimulus' book?

One of this summer's biggest guessing games will undoubtedly be who's included in “Our Stimulus Package,” a new book by Julia Silva and Kirsten Becker.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 3, 2010
Company non-local, company non grata

In St. Petersburg, the city's purchasing department might need to re-read its own mission statement. And throw in city ordinances, too.

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  • April 19, 2010
Funding bait and (rail) switch

A good chunk of operating funding for central Florida's $1.2 billion commuter rail project, SunRail, will likely come from the region's state road budget.

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  • April 5, 2010
Preview: Sink's business plan

The latest opinion piece from Editor Matt Walsh takes on Alex Sink's proposal for Florida business.

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  • May 7, 2013
Hertz to move headquarters to Estero

Lee County will give Hertz $4 million in incentives to move and create 700 jobs.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2011
TJM Properties buys Lodge at Mainlands

Clearwater-based TJM Properties purchased the 157-unit The Lodge at Mainlands assisted-living and memory-care facility for $3.55 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 12, 2013
County addresses responsiveness issues

The implication that Sarasota County officials were slow to handle what a developer considered a simple land planning issue was touched on in the Business Observer's recent issue.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 30, 2011
Mise en Place: Dining with Tampa's finest

Maryann Ferenc and Marty Blitz have owned the establishment for 25 years. Blitz also serves as the head chef.

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