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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 12, 2026
Gulf-front Siesta Key estate lists for $26 million

The home on Point of Rocks features an infinity pool that appears to merge with the Gulf.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • March 12, 2024
Restaurant marketing exec tackles new side hustle: Children’s book author

Longtime hospitality business ad man Kevin Rooney, in writing a children’s book, takes a bite out of new market, with new challenges and opportunities.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 20, 2023
Bankrupt retailer to shutter 11 stores across the Gulf Coast

Sales at the closing Tuesday Morning stores, which includes 24 in Florida, will go on for about eight weeks before the locations go back to landlords.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 1, 2018
School's quest to attract students for new program takes simple, straightforward approach

Sarasota's Ringling College of Art and Design will introduce a new major — virtual reality development — this fall. The communications team is marketing it with simple, straightforward approach.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 10, 2015
The biggest winner

BistroMD co-founders Ed and Caroline Cederquist say television appearances on shows like 'Dr. Phil' and 'The Biggest Loser' boosted their meal-delivery business.

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  • By Jim DeLa |
  • February 4, 2025
DeSantis seeks to bring Ringling Museum in Sarasota under control of New College

The transfer of stewardship is seen as part of larger plan to consolidate campuses along U.S. 41.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 30, 2025
Build-to-rent community opens in Bonita Springs

Swell by Soltura will include 200 cottage-style homes when fully built out.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 1, 2024
Alabama, Pinellas Park men face prison in digital NFT scam

Federal authorities say the two men, one who was convicted and one who pleaded guilty, schemed to defraud investors.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 7, 2025
St. Pete palliative care physician charged with sexually exploiting kids

Dr. Stephen Andrew Leedy has worked in Tampa Bay and Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 19, 2026
Fort Myers Beach cottages being rebuilt, will start at $2.6M

Construction has begun on the site of the Cottages of Paradise Point. The new homes will meet new resiliency standards and will be sold rather than rented.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • February 11, 2011
Bedside Advocate

Jim Wilkes has a national reputation for fighting nursing homes who favor cash over care. Industry watchers call him a 'holy terror,' though he doesn't care much for the term.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 16, 2011
Naples home sales increase 7%

Sales of existing single-family homes increased 7% over the year in November.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2017
New Sarasota County Tax Collectors' office breaks ground

$6.7 million project will provide enhanced services for residents.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 5, 2017
Tampa man must forfeit Porsche in $342K theft case

Weldon Malveau pleaded guilty to scamming the IRS for nearly $350,000.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 15, 2015
Local auto group buys Missouri dealership

Morgan Auto Group and a former Joe Machens executive acquired a Columbia, Mo., Kia auto dealership.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 11, 2015
Chico's stock soars on buyout rumors

Shares of women's retailer Chico's FAS rose more than 9% in after-hours trading on renewed speculation it will be taken private.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 26, 2025
Fort Myers airport adds Phoenix flight for holidays

American Airlines is adding service between RSW and PHX from November to January.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2007
Hospital Survival

Hospital operators in Southwest Florida are fighting to keep their organizations profitable, but they're taking different approaches. Which strategy will pay off?

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • January 13, 2017
Horsing around

Attorney Jenifer Schembri starts most days in the saddle.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 6, 2013
Shirt Success

A traveling sales couple spends half the year on the road, where it's more grind than glamour. They always pack their sense of humor.

  • Strategies
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