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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 17, 2020
Multifamily developer buys downtown Sarasota block for $6.8 million

Belpointe REIT Inc.'s purchase of 1700 Main St. block and Frontier Communications building marks its second deal in the city in the past year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 13, 2019
Australian company buys health care firm, plans $300M investment

Fort Myers-based  21st Century Oncology is less than two years removed from emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 3, 2017
Corporate report

Storm Smart licenses first Florida distributor; Economic development agency names chief administration executive; Travel insurance firm up for customer service award; Regional pest service adds to executive, training ranks

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 27, 2016
Site selector: Sarasota made 'big mistake'

One of Florida's leading site selection executives — a former state official who oversaw the deal that brought the Hertz corporate headquarters to Lee County — has harsh words for Sarasota.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 22, 2016
Dialing out

Air conditioning entrepreneur Louis Bruno overcomes the major objections to home-appliance monitors: privacy and security.

  • Strategies
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • March 4, 2016
Protect and serve

Finding customers in new markets, even with a proven product, can be a daunting task. Ed Dottery has no problem with daunting.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 1, 2016
Survey says

An influential business group seeks a long-term guide for how companies in the region can better understand — and conquer — the next workforce wave.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • June 12, 2015
Engines on

Elder Automotive Group is not a huge force in the car dealership world. But size is not everything.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 18, 2015
All about location

How important is site selection? Just ask McDonald's. The store on its first real estate land deal in Florida is still busy nearly 60 years later.

  • Industries
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 14, 2015
Market notes: Gary Tasman

Tasman, 54, founded the Fort Myers affiliate of Cushman & Wakefield seven years ago. He has has been involved in the region's commercial real estate market since 1994.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2015
GL Homes sets sights on Bonita

The Sunrise-based homebuilder purchased the Bonita Beach Road Estates development site for its first community in the city.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 13, 2025
Chicago 'hot dog king' lists 3 Naples properties for $58.6M

The founder of popular Chicago-area chain Portillo’s and a local builder partnered on the homes and have listed them with a prominent national broker.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 1, 2024
Tampa-area construction, concrete entrepreneur and inventor dies at 78

James Patrick Judge, a Dunedin resident and longtime entrepreneur in the concrete and construction industries in the region and across the state, has died.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • December 18, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for Oct. 24-31 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Pinellas County apartment deal for nearly $90 million paces the week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 23, 2024
Famed Seltzer's steakhouse closed, St. Petersburg building sold

Harold Seltzer's Steakhouse has shut its last restaurant about 30 years after its founder, a Montreal lawyer, opened its first location on Dale Mabry.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • October 28, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A $128 million land deal in Lee County paces transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Kevin Gillen & Aubrey LaBoda – Synovus Bank |
  • January 2, 2026
Commercial Payments Fraud is on the Rise: Here’s How to Protect Your Business

Learn how to protect your company... and your customers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • March 16, 2026
Penthouse at Tampa’s Pendry hotel and condo tower lists for $45.5M

The 38th-floor home at Tampa’s Pendry Residences features a rooftop terrace, pool and sweeping views of Tampa’s Riverwalk.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 27, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Sarasota businessman sees opportunities along U.S. 301Elegant Concrete owner gets ready to buildWestwater Construction buys Concession propertySarasota investors buy Fruitville Road parcels

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 9, 2005
Speculative Growth

Decreased vacancies in the I-75 corridor submarket accounts for why Duke Realty decided to build a new Class A spec building at Highland Oaks.

  • Entrepreneurs
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