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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2010
A new entrepreneur gets a good sign

The sign business has been so good to industry rookie and Gulf Coast newcomer Brian Lamb that he recently bought out one of his closest competitors.

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  • December 13, 2010
Jackson labs saga far from done deal

As the saga of Jackson Laboratories' plods along in Collier County, it's starting to look like the project might drag out like Scripps.

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  • July 21, 2010
Ex-Beef's president goes back to school

Nick Vojnovic, longtime veteran of the Beef 'O' Brady's chain of family sports pubs, agreed last month to step down from his position as president.

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  • May 10, 2013
Blast from the past in real estate

News snippets nationwide have documented the recent housing market surge and one recent source, in a front page Wall Street Journal story, is a familiar voice to the Gulf Coast: Budge Huskey, a top Florida executive for NRT and Coldwell Banker, based in Sarasota, in the early and mid-2000s.

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  • May 29, 2013
HMA's CEO retires to lead Mormon mission

The hospital operator's CEO will retire from the company July 31.

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  • December 21, 2012
Flat lending market defies banking improvements

The amount of institutions on federal regulators' troubled bank watch list is at a three-year low, yet the national bank lending scene, at least in commercial real estate, remains flat.

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  • October 21, 2011
Manatee County gets swallowed up in raise-gate

A brouhaha bellowed in Manatee County recently, when the seven county commissioners faced a thorny question: to accept or reject a state-mandated $272 raise.

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  • January 25, 2013
Sweetbay closures present new challenges

The grocery industry is abuzz with the announcement made by Sweetbay, that it will shutter 33 underperforming Florida stores by the middle of February.

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  • July 17, 2013
Statewide bank to surpass $4.5B in assets with new deal

Florida Community Bank, with several Gulf Coast locations, aims for more growth.

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  • March 11, 2013
Former Disney exec to run statewide rail project

All Aboard Florida names Donald Robinson president and promotes another executive.

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  • March 22, 2013
Top 50 Contractors 2013

The recession may have wrecked havoc on our list of Top 50 Contractors, but those on top show staying power.

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  • February 1, 2013
Investor group buys land lease for South Trail Shopping Center

The 8.3-acre ground lease, which has a little more than 50 years remaining on it, is held by landlord Vercil and Helen Senseman LLP.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 19, 2013
Senior Management Advisors, ValStone buy, renovating Palazzo Di Oro

The price equated to $17 per square foot.

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  • September 12, 2011
National firm expands Gulf Coast presence

The nation's high unemployment rate would seemingly be a disaster for the professional employer organization industry, which partially relies on the size of a client's payroll to succeed.

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  • July 2, 2011
Former Trump Tower site sells for $2.5 million

Tampa investment group Brownstone Tampa Partners LLC purchased the 1.67-acre site of the proposed Trump Tower Tampa and the adjacent 67,487-square-foot CapTrust building for $5 million.

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  • September 23, 2011
Blue Rock, Konover South buy Marbrisa Apartments

A joint venture of Tampa-based Blue Rock Partners LLC and Deerfield Beach-based Konover South LLC purchased the 224-unit Marbrisa Apartments in Carrollwood for $15.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • April 22, 2011
Tampa TV station ditches the 'W'

Tampa's WMOR-TV 32 operates less like an independent station and more like a locally based cable channel. Now it has rebranded to reflect its mission.

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  • September 5, 2013
Jabil factory accused of labor violations

Labor group alleges ethical and legal labor violations in Chinese iPhone plant.

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  • July 31, 2013
Tampa trade mission heads to Brazil

Group intends to improve global relationship and increase exports to Latin America.

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  • August 7, 2013
Scott wades into federal fight

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has sought out U.S. Rep Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, for an ally in a controversial federal battle over the reinsurance industry that could impact the Sunshine State.

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