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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2015
High fidelity: Atlanta bank warms up to Bradenton

Fidelity Southern Corp. acquires First Bank's Florida portfolio.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • May 22, 2015
Florida Silica Sand expanding in Plant City

Florida Silica Sand Co. purchased 5.21 acres in Woodside Airport Industrial Park for $5.02 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • July 10, 2015
On tap: More brewskies

Southwest Florida's thirst for beer isn't quenched.

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  • July 17, 2015
Tech shakes up real estate

Over the last two decades, technology has radically changed how people live and work.

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  • December 11, 2015
Architect comes home

Sarasota architect David Young left his Naples home after graduating from high school.

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  • December 18, 2015
It's what the doctor ordered

The Wicked Dolphin billboard on Interstate 75 continues to make social media waves — even though it was taken down months ago.

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  • January 8, 2016
Low inventory issue looms

With December left to count, leaders with the Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee are confident 2015 will be a record for total sales in the two-county region.

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  • September 25, 2015
Florida: The state that loves lawsuits

Frivolous lawsuits are in growth mode in Florida.

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  • September 30, 2015
Ad agency extends reach to Sarasota

The O'Donnell Agency, based in West Palm Beach, has a third office in New York City.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • December 12, 2014
Bad news keeps on coming

Health care insurance brokers are getting a large dose of experience in being deliverers of bad news, courtesy of the Affordable Care Act.

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  • January 23, 2015
Set course for Wasmer Reef

Martin Wasmer is well known in money management circles, but now his name will be associated with great fishing and scuba diving, too.

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  • February 6, 2015
Roper buys two more firms for $450M

Conglomerate acquires one company in Pittsburgh and another in Vermont.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • March 6, 2015
Investor group buys Cape Town Apartments

Dieci 10th Street Properties LLC, a group that includes a mixture of local and foreign investors, purchased the 16-unit Cape Town Apartments for $1.65 million.

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  • March 16, 2015
Tampa biotech invests $9M to expand

Xcelience slated to create 100 jobs over next six years, paying at least $56,000.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • April 3, 2015
Old, but still quite useful

Growing old is like wine, as the saying goes, because people get better with age.

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  • April 10, 2015
Money comes to those who wait

There's patient money, and then there's really patient money.

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  • April 24, 2015
Orange Avenue building sells for $1.9 million

A company led by Sarasota businessman Eric Collin purchased an 11,452-square-foot office building on Orange Avenue and a vacant lot on Fruitville Road for $1.85 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • May 8, 2015
Vanguard Cos. affiliate buys ranch's Tire Choice

Three investment firms led by Kony Properties, an affiliate of Sarasota's Vanguard Cos., purchased a 5,226-square-foot retail/automotive service building for $2.93 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • May 8, 2015
Realtors roll into growth days

The latest sign of a robust residential real estate market: The membership roster at the Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee has swelled.

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  • January 16, 2024
Sarasota builder promotes leader to board of directors, VP post

Magnum Builders of Sarasota recently promoted executive Ralph Abela to the role of vice president and appointed him to the company’s board of directors.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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