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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 14, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

Another Sarasota SossoBank values concern analystHoly ringmasterFight over fiberJohnson switches firmSBA looks for nominees

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 29, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: July 30 - Aug. 5

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 24, 2021
Sweet Moves at Sweetwater

Denholtz Properties completes $1 million capital improvement program at Tampa office and flex park, Sweettwater Business Center, to maintain occupancy and create value

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Stephen M. |
  • January 17, 2014
Big law

Law firms across the nation are merging to build 1,000-lawyer 'megafirms' and jolt anemic revenues. But Tampa's venerable Carlton Fields says its recent merger will bring measured growth.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 12, 2016
Hitting Bull's-eye

Austin Center is uniquely poised to take advantage of positive office trends in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • February 22, 2024
$3 million food, drink and entertainment concept a hit in Naples

Two decades of "successes, failures, bumps, bruises" guides entrepreneurs' strategy with multi-venue food and beverage venture.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 9, 2025
Price slashed on premier Fort Myers Beach development site

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Pasco property sold to adult living developer, a Tampa office building sells, and a Collier developer funds a wildlife corridor project.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2009
Money for Nothing

Land developers pay big bucks to reserve utility and road capacity for when they'll need it, but what happens to the money when projects are delayed or die varies greatly across the board.

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 26, 2016
Bounce back

Like many developers, Chris Deveso suffered through the recession last decade. But he also learned a valuable lesson about the value of timing and good customer service.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth Djinis |
  • May 20, 2026
Postcard company seeks to capture $500K in revenue — for starters — with AI shift

A legacy industry like postcards in your mailbox doesn’t seem ripe for the AI revolution. But some trial and error led one Clearwater company to a different result.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 6, 2023
Work starts on massive 50-acre, 5,000-residence downtown development

A $95 million apartment sale, retail properties change hands and a new county admin building top the week's commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 30, 2010
Salvage Operation

A group of creditors who control WCI Communities after it emerged from bankruptcy reorganization is betting the company can come back as a homebuilder. The company has fences to mend first.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 18, 2023
Our presidential contenders

Three Floridians want to be president. Timing and circumstances appear to be working against one. Another is up to his usual insults. The third has the courage, but does he have the will to bear it all?

  • Opinion
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 13, 2023
Developer to provide update on $300M affordable housing project

The Related Group and city officials will discuss Tampa's Rome Yard development project at a community event Tuesday.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • May 13, 2022
Sarasota-based entrepreneurs develop app to promote plant-based living

The Optamiz app is a resource users can tap into for restaurant suggestions and recipes.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 18, 2010
Cambridge affiliate buys 18 residential units

Del Ray Condominium Properties LLC, a company affiliated with Naples property management company Cambridge Management of Southwest Florida, purchased 18 units in six condominium developments in Lee and Collier counties for $1.2 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2010
Philly CEO touts the steady approach

David Montgomery, chief executive officer of the Philadelphia Phillies organization, spoke with Coffee Talk about what has driven the Phillies' success. And while many of his comments had an on-field focus, a discussion about his manager highlighted an approach that may help business leaders coach their own teams to a successful season.

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  • March 2, 2011
Jackson Lab pursues Sarasota

Jackson Lab picked Sarasota County for its 120,000-square-foot new facility.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 15, 2013
Firm's patent could aid Parkinson's patients

The company has patented a method for transplanting core blood stem cells.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 1, 2013
Ronto Group Inc., partners buy Waterford Landing property

The price equated to $37,890 per acre.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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