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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 8, 2019
Yacht club, among sea of challenges, boosts membership tally

Bird Key Yacht Club is adding members while others lose people.

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  • January 25, 2019
Led by Capt. Jack Spare, tire company hoists the sales

Vince Ficarrotta, vice president of Tampa, Florida-based RNR Tire Express, performs as Capt. Jack Spare, the company's pirate mascot, at store openings around the country.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 1, 2019
LandQwest Commercial adding Naples office to its fold

LandQwest Commercial Realty Services is adding a fourth office in Naples to better serve clients and beef up its property management portfolio

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Steven D. Brownlee, J.D., M.B.A., M.D. |
  • June 8, 2018
Senior Living Providers: Are you ready for Beryl, Chris, and Debby?

The new rules allow for a “single campus” exception to the alternate power source requirement.

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  • June 15, 2018
Pricey storage suites for expensive toys selling fast

Island Storage Suites provides men — and their wives — what they want.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 18, 2018
Prominent area restaurant plans renovation, second location

Prominent area restaurant plans renovation, second location, Sarasota, Libby's, eats, foods, foodie. Joe Seidensticker, CEO of Tableseide Restaurant Group, conglomerate .

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 7, 2018
Luxury condo project beats back challenges — and avoids tree

The 24-story, 71-residence Virage condo tower in Tampa, Florida, is rising on the land formerly occupied by the beloved Colonnade restaurant — a community icon since 1935 that closed in April 2016.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • September 7, 2018
Multipurpose building uses insulated concrete forms to streamline construction

The Church of the Palms' new building in Sarasota includes three classrooms and a gym.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 4, 2018
Market Spotlight: Tampa Office Market

Tampa office vacancy at 6.7% at end of first quarter

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 27, 2022
DeSantis sets special session on property insurance for late May

Legislators will meet again to address insurance crisis in the state; blame laid at the feet of lawyers.

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  • April 21, 2022
In memoriam: Theresa Jean-Pierre Coy, 1981-2022

Theresa Jean-Pierre Coy, a Tampa, Florida, defense attorney who ran her own practice for many years before joining the Hillsborough State Attorney’s Office in January, died on April 11 at age 41.

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  • April 6, 2022
Naples man cleared in $70 million fraud lawsuit

The civil case dates back to summer 2018.

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  • November 4, 2016
Project generates controversy

Collier County commissioners, against vocal opposition, recently approved a large expansion project for medial device manufacturer Arthrex, one of the largest companies and employers in Naples.

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  • September 1, 2017
Sarasota's 'Mr. Downtown' had died

Paul Thorpe led revitalization efforts for decades

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 17, 2017
Investor hits back at bank

Marvin Kaplin is suing Regions Bank in federal court.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 17, 2017
Economic Forecast 2018

A Movie with Swagger

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  • December 8, 2017
Are rich people different?

'It came down to two competing versions of what happened.'

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 5, 2018
Pink Reign

New ownership is bringing a bevy of ambitious changes — $50 million worth — to St. Petersburg's storied Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club.

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  • October 4, 2013
Kristin Cartwright, 38

Director of Marketing, Development Services, Premier Sotheby's International Realty; The Lutgert Cos.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 18, 2014
School Highlights

There's no shortage of salons that need to hire qualified cosmetologists. One school in Fort Myers is expanding to fill that need.

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