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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • November 2, 2018
Aviation veteran buys airline, aims to ramp up company's growth

After 40 years in commercial aviation, Sanford Rederer decided he wanted an airline of his own. How will he make this business take off?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 7, 2018
The eyes have it for inventive opthalmologist

Dr. Alexander Eaton of Retina Health Center invents XactDrop, a stabilizing eye drop device.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • November 1, 2019
Storied property moves forward on multimillion-dollar project

A big challenge at the revamped Shangri-La Springs? Finding staff to meet the demand.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • February 1, 2019
Great Jones keeping up with high-tech platform

Residential property management firm Great Jones uses proprietary technology to provide Wall Street service to Main Street investors.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • February 8, 2019
Potentially scary company news can be easy to break

Establishing and maintaining two-way channels of communication is how Tervis President Rogan Donelly builds trust with employees for the delivery of any kind of information.

  • Leadership
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 1, 2019
Solutions for the Future

Commercial real estate brokerage firm Land Solutions Inc. is expanding its services and installing a second-generation leader to carry the 20-year-old firm forward

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 8, 2019
Smooth and steady: Law firm works the system to bring big projects to life

Tampa, Florida-based law firm Bryant Miller Olive will celebrate 50 years in business in 2020.

  • Law
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 8, 2019
Scheme team: Attorneys share lessons learned from Bernie Madoff scandal

Mark Kornfeld has joined Tampa, Florida-based Quarles & Brady LLP,  where he and his new colleague, commercial litigator Jordan Maglich — who founded and runs Ponzitracker, an award-winning business law blog — have created something of an anti-Ponzi schem

  • Law
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 15, 2019
Seeing growth, construction firm puts more resources into Florida's west coast

Pompano Beach-based Current Builders has opened an office in St. Petersburg.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 8, 2018
Recession lesson taught by Hurricane Irma

Capt. Harry Julian, CEO of Pure Florida learned from Hurricane Irma how to run a lean operation in times of recession and inclement weather

  • Strategies
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • July 13, 2018
Dentist takes big bite into technology to grow practice

Dr. Matthew Peterson has opted to use technology as a differentiator. Over the past several years, he’s invested about $500,000 in cutting-edge equipment for his practice, Digital Dentistry of Sarasota.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 21, 2017
Towering Figure

100 North Tampa turns 25 years old this month, but it still looks like one of Tampa's freshest office offerings.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Cheryl O'Neill |
  • October 18, 2013
Five tips to help get your bank loan approved

With new regulations and tight lending, bank financing has only gotten harder to secure. Follow these steps to improve your chances of approval.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • September 21, 2016
Proper props

A company with a simple and streamlined business model — lien searches — is on the verge of surpassing $10 million in annual revenues, from less than $1 million four years ago. Can it maintain the rapid pace?

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 13, 2016
Commercial Real Estate Profile | Don Paxton

Don Paxton has been involved in the development of more than 175 multifamily communities throughout Florida and two dozen other states throughout his career.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 13, 2016
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROFILE: Don Paxton

Don Paxton has been involved in the development of more than 175 multifamily communities throughout Florida and two dozen other states throughout his career.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2015
Corporate report

Front Burner Brands reorganizing, splitting off Burger 21; Jabil aftermarket buyer, iQor relocating to St. Pete's One Progress Plaza; BayCare Health CEO retiring in 2016, COO Inzina to assume top role; Tech Data board agrees to $100 million buyback; American Water Chemicals rebranding, changing name to Alkema Solutions; American Water Chemicals rebranding, changing name to Alkema Solutions; Morristown, N.J.'s Covanta operating new waste plant

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 6, 2024
St. Pete firm starts work on 96-unit affordable housing project in Sarasota

Development on the North Trail will set the tone for affordable housing with a market rate lifestyle.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • January 10, 2025
SWFL nonprofit exec takes center stage with dramatic side gig

Horizon Foundation Executive Director Bill Johnson's advice for people who try acting is wise counsel for anyone, in any endeavor. "Anything is possible," he says. "If you don’t try it, you’ll never know."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 15, 2025
Noted Manatee waterfront restaurant unveils $1M in renovations

Sandbar, an Anna Maria Island mainstay, has a refreshed look after the fall hurricanes and an acquisition by St. Petersburg restaurant company Beachside Hospitality Group.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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