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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2013
Atlanta's Cortland Partners redeveloping Preserve at Deer Park

The price equated to $59,821 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 19, 2014
Smoking hot business grows like a weed

New personal marijuana use laws in Washington state and Colorado have pushed a Pasco County business from super-busy to unhinged, send-in-the-reinforcements, crazy hectic.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 22, 2024
6 builders sign on to new south Sarasota County neighborhood

A new community in Wellen Park has attracted several national homebuilders.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • February 6, 2024
National zoo consultant based in St. Pete adds three clients

Felis Consulting, a St. Petersburg company specializing in small zoos and aquariums, brought in record revenue in 2023 and will have three new clients in 2024.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 11, 2023
International air ambulance company building $10.5 million hangar

The new facility will be near Tampa International Airport and will allow Jet ICU to consolidate operations to streamline missions.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • November 13, 2023
Tampa Bay scores regional construction headquarters

After doing business in Florida, an Ohio construction firm will expand its geographic footprint with the opening of a new office in downtown Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 5, 2025
Englewood restaurateurs to open new concept this fall

Chophouse 285 will bring a steakhouse and seafood restaurant to Dearborn Street.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 9, 2025
$247M Fort Myers contractor moves Sarasota-area office

B&I Contractors has relocated its Sarasota-Manatee operations to a larger, more visible facility.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 7, 2024
Tampa airport board members to interview with four CEO finalists

The Hillsborough County Aviation Authority's board will begin interviews Sept. 30 and vote on a successor to Joe Lopano on Oct. 30.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 30, 2023
As property premiums rise, should state-run Citizens be charging more?

There is a school of thought that Citizens Property Insurance Corp. should, like its counterpart in Louisiana, raise its premiums.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: Sept. 22

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • January 19, 2012
Gulf Coast Week: Jan. 20

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 16, 2009
Review and Comment

Foreclosure moratorium great PR, but that's all

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • May 21, 2010
Resetting the Table

Tampa's Innovative Concept Group has been helping align restaurants with food suppliers for more than 10 years. Overcoming old relationships is part of the challenge.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2007
Sowell: War of Words

It has long been recognized that those on the political left are more articulate than their opponents. The words they choose for the things they are for or against make it easy to decide whether to be for or against those things.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 20, 2006
40 Under 40 Introduction: Bright Young Things

40 Under 40 Introduction: Bright Young Things

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 24, 2015
The rub

Customer acquisition isn't a one-and-done proposition for a fast-growth massage chain. Rewarding regulars is a key component.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 21, 2011
Stay-at-Home Scribe

Falling insurance reimbursements have forced physicians and hospitals to become more efficient.

  • Industries
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 4, 2026
Waldorf Astoria developer says sales 'remarkable,' likens city to Monaco

A developer with three active residential projects in Sarasota shares how the Waldorf Astoria Residences Sarasota came to be, why Sarasota is in its own class and what his next development won't be.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 19, 2024
Celebrity real estate investor pays $59.6M for Fort Myers apartments

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a retail center is on the market in Sarasota, a major renovation comes to Lakeland shopping center, and a medical building sells in Bradenton.

  • Florida
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