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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 21, 2021
Think tank: Florida is a national leader in liberty

Florida trails one state in annual freedom report.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • July 31, 2023
Skills training program in Bradenton graduates 78 students

The program included middle and high school students who had access to a career fair, six-week internships and mentoring.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 2, 2019
Just Like Starting Over

Karl "Dee" Maret rose high and fast at Coldwell Banker Commercial, but the travel he endured got to him, and ultimately he decided to take a job with a start-up brokerage close to his home in St. Petersburg.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2009
Local entrepreneur wins another award

The Review's 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year is getting some statewide recognition.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 14, 2010
Rowing facility approved

Sarasota County has not determined the funding source for the $28 million project.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 5, 2010
Nearly 75% of spilled oil gone

The vast majority of the oil that had leaked into the Gulf has been removed.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2011
Boat retailer profitable again

Clearwater-based MarineMax posts strongest financial results in years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 2, 2012
Lincare to bring $3.8 billion

The Linde Group has entered an agreement to acquire the home health company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2014
Sarasota-Bradenton home prices surge 13%

Home prices across the region in April also increased slightly over March.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 4, 2025
Naples developer pays $26M for downtown Sarasota sites

The Lutgert Cos. has built more than a dozen projects in Naples.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 13, 2026
7 Gulf Coast master-planned communities among top 50 in US

John Burns Research & Consulting ranks the country's top master-planned communities based on 2025 sales.

  • Florida
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 1, 2022
Debut state of region event highlights (lack of) affordable housing

Speakers and panelists in the region spoke to the housing issue and presented solutions.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 10, 2006
Cameratta in Focus

The Cleveland-based developer gave up $18 million worth of condos so downtown Fort Myers could have a Publix supermarket. But he also won $18 million in tax breaks from the city. Publix, meanwhile, agreed to bend some of its rules, too.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 14, 2020
Top cookie entrepreneur combines hard work, friendliness to become sales success story

The area’s top Girl Scout Cookie seller in 2019 was Catelyn Holcomb.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2026
Tickets on sale for Business Observer's flagship event: Top Entrepreneur Luncheon

The event is May 15 at The Ora in Sarasota.

  • Florida
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 31, 2006
Real Estate Briefs-Lee/Collier

Chicago firm acquires Naples apartmentsNew York firm acquiresNaples commercial centerINDIANA DEVELOPER BUILDS CONDOS AT MALL

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 26, 2010
South Florida investor buys Sabal Pointe condos

Miami Gardens-based NRI Investments purchased 170 condos in the Enclave at Sabal Pointe for $4.12 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2010
Dessberg pursuing approvals for Stickney Point Plaza

Sarasota developer Rodney Dessberg is moving forward with plans to build Stickney Point Plaza, a strip mall planned for an area just north of Stickney Point Road.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 15, 2024
47-year-old Fort Myers retail plaza sells for $4.8 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a new hotel is coming to Sarasota, a new subdivision to be built near Tampa, and a Naples industrial property brings $1 million.

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 2, 2019
Ronto Group plans luxury condo tower in Tampa

The Ronto Group of Naples has proposed building a 22-story luxury condo tower near downtown Tampa. Altura Bayshore would contain 73 residences priced at $1 million to over $2.9 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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