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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2014
North Port EDC names new chief

New leader previously worked at Florida International University in Miami

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 22, 2014
Florida leads U.S. in construction job gains

State added 41,000 construction jobs between March 2013 and March 2014.

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  • May 2, 2014
What firm will be the next Hertz?

Economic development officials are notoriously mum when it comes to details of pending projects, especially corporate relocations, and Enterprise Florida President and CEO Gray Swoope is no exception.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2014
Root for the home team

The business of baseball can be brutal, as municipalities fight to win or keep a team for their town.

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  • September 28, 2016
Preacher jailed for $750K mortgage fraud

A jury previously convicted Nelson Cristiano Machado Jr.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 29, 2014
USF campus names new chancellor

Sandra Stone to oversee the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2015
BMX world champ will earn crown in Sarasota

Sarasota is one of five places worldwide selected to host events in 2016.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2015
Contract awarded for massive reservoir

The South Florida Water Management District has awarded the contract for early construction of a massive reservoir that will control the flow of water from Lake Okeechobee to Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 13, 2025
Construction begins on Tampa 22-mile bike loop

The city of Tampa announced that construction has officially begun on a long-awaited pedestrian and bicycle loop around the city.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 23, 2024
Fort Myers airport passenger traffic down 11% in October

Despite taking a dip in October, passenger traffic for the year to date is up overall, according to the Lee County Port Authority.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 29, 2024
New freestanding ER opens in west Bradenton

The emergency room is affiliated with Manatee Memorial Hospital.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 11, 2022
Tampa apartment complex refinanced for nearly $80 million

The owners of the Hamilton Point on Egypt Lake apartments have refinanced about a year after buying the property and renovating it.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 1, 2022
Georgia apartment developer buys almost 9 acres in downtown Sarasota

The Atlanta-based developer bought the property with plans to bring more units to downtown.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • February 4, 2010
Economy drowns online pool guy

Chris Smith, founder of a once high-flying, Internet-based Gulf Coast pool supply business, is drowning in debt caused by an admitted massive miscalculation in the economy.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 13, 2024
Luxury island hotel accepting reservations ahead of opening

Although St. Regis Longboat Key may not be open yet, people can make their reservations now.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 29, 2010
Cell Space

The boom in cell-phone data transmission from devices such as the iPhone is leading to more communication towers. One Fort Myers entrepreneur helps landowners negotiate long-term leases with tower operators and cell-phone companies.

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  • July 20, 2007
40 Under 40 (Lee-Collier)

Jason BreedTroy D. BuhsThomas L. BurtPaul McCullersTammie NemecekDino RedzicMichael SmithChristian SpilkerMilissa SprecherComer TurleyBrian LucasBlake GableOrlando RosalesMayela Rosales

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • August 20, 2010
Government Digest: Aug. 20 - Aug. 26

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2009
Corporate Report: Moffitt awarded $19 million in grants

The Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa has been awarded nearly $19 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including $4 million to study patient-centered outcomes research in personalized medicine, one of only seven such grants so far awarded.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 17, 2013
'Queen of Tax Fraud' locked up for 21 years

A 26-year-old woman with a sixth-grade education orchestrated a multimillion-dollar tax scheme.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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