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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 25, 2010
Sun Sports owners buy flex building

An entity led by Sun Sports Cycle and Watercraft Inc. owner Iain Johnstone purchased a 63,960-square-foot flex building on Executive Circle between Winkler Avenue and Colonial Boulevard for $1.75 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • November 13, 2009
Tech start-ups recognized

Five Tampa Bay-area technology entrepreneurs won support from the STAR Technology Enterprise Center, or STAR TEC, this week and will be getting office space and branding support from the organization.

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  • November 16, 2009
Tech start-ups boosted by STAR TEC

Five Tampa Bay-area technology entrepreneurs won support from the STAR Technology Enterprise Center, or STAR TEC, this week and will be getting office space and branding support from the organization.

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  • March 25, 2010
Bank staging an encore in Florida

Contrary to recent news reports, Thomas Ray wants you and his sister to know he isn't leaving Florida.

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  • December 11, 2009
MK Construction buys in Taylor Business Center

Punta Gorda-based general contractor and developer MK Construction has bought out a partner for total ownership of five building pads and five condominium units in Taylor Business Center for $1.15 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • November 8, 2010
Company makes a quick U-turn

The patient transport vans at Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care have doubled as a mobile advertising vehicle for more than a decade.

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  • December 24, 2010
Clockwork keeps ticking under new leader

Jim Abrams, one of the Gulf Coast's most dynamic CEOs, will move into an advisory role at Clockwork Home Services in 2011.

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  • January 5, 2011
Community bank provides app 'spark'

One Tampa-based institution is promoting its financing deal for an innovative smart-phone application created by one of its local customers.

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  • November 18, 2010
Fifth Third not sour on Florida

You'd think that Fifth Third Bancorp would have had enough of Florida.

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  • November 19, 2010
EPA water rules may prove costly

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved final rules designed to cut water pollution causing algae blooms.

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  • June 21, 2010
Rays: Anywhere but the Trop

Owner Stuart Sternberg says his team is willing to move anywhere in Tampa Bay.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 10, 2011
Quality's business improving

The Tampa-based truck network operator recovers from a challenging 2009.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • May 31, 2013
Miami-area investment firm buys Oasis at Naples condos

Aventura-based Coast Capital Partners LLC purchased the 78 condominium units at the Oasis at Naples for $5.61 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • October 2, 2013
Popular local TV anchor signs off

Lauren Dorsett will leave ABC 7 later this year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • December 21, 2012
Melting Pot opens new markets

The Tampa-based restaurant franchise finds global welcome.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 28, 2011
Chain rocks and rolls to growth mode

A national guitar store chain is in expansion mode for the first time in four years, with the Gulf Coast an integral part of the growth.

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  • November 10, 2011
Former hockey star joins Savtira

Kelly Chase racked up 2,017 minutes in the sin bin throughout his career as a hockey player. Now Tampa-based Savtira is bringing in the former bruiser to fight for bigger contracts.

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  • November 14, 2011
It's not all bad for Bank of America

Bank of America might be the most battered entity in Corporate America these days. But the Sarasota Yacht Club remains a fan.

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  • October 17, 2011
Inuvo buys Vertro in stock swap

A pair of companies struggling to be profitable combine their assets.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • January 9, 2013
Institute may aid Bay startups

The Founder Institute has trained hundreds of tech entrepreneurs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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