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  • By Ted Carter |
  • August 4, 2017
Built to order

Cape Coral manufacturer Action Craft is building on a reputation for stable, light fishing boats.

  • Manufacturing
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 21, 2014
Travel pro

Wilma Boyd, president and CEO of Preferred Travel of Naples, is the doyenne of luxury travel. From hiring flight attendants for TWA in the 1970s to running a successful travel agency today, Boyd speaks about her entrepreneurial career and shares insights into the business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 18, 2008
Marinelli was the great American business tale

When the modern history of Collier County is written, Paul Marinelli Jr. will be regarded as one of the county's greatest visionaries, businessmen and leaders. Marinelli, chief executive officer of Collier County's most prominent company, the Barron Collier Cos., died April 10 at age 52. He was in New York City at the time undergoing medical tests related to a fight with cancer.

  • Opinion
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 22, 2019
Property pros: Savvy firm uncovers value in unexpected places

In just eight years, EquiAlt, a privately held, Tampa, Florida-based property investment and management firm, has amassed more than $150 million in assets, specializing in distressed properties.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 9, 2022
One of area’s biggest construction companies moves after four decades downtown

Clearwater’s Creative Contractors’ new home pays homage to the area’s natural habitat and its industry.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 21, 2010
Right Buy, Right Time

The fifth fastest growing company in the nation bought new office property on the Gulf Coast for a steal.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 18, 2011
Hit the gas

Spending is back. A new Porsche dealership in Fort Myers reflects increasing consumer and investor confidence.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 16, 2011
Home Inventory Shrinks

Residential developers and homebuilders in Charlotte, Collier and Lee counties have seen new-home prices stabilize. That's because the inventory is shrinking.

  • Industries
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 8, 2019
Institutional buyer purchases Sarasota shops

New York Life Insurance Real Estate Investors' purchase of the Whole Foods Market-anchored Shoppes at Sarasota Row, in downtown Sarasota, marks the first regional deal for the institutional investor.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 4, 2022
Print job: Public-private partnership results in a veterinary breakthrough

Crescent, a 25-year-old great Indian hornbill who resides at ZooTampa at Lowry Park, in Florida, has been given a new, 3D-printed beak — and a new lease on life.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • July 18, 2023
Famous St. Pete resort completes redesigned event space

The Vinoy Resort and Gulf Club completes 60,000 square feet of new event space.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 28, 2023
Work starts on $42M, 100,000-square-foot student center at USF Sarasota-Manatee

The University of South Florida campus hopes to change its reputation as a commuter college with new residences and a student center set to open at the start of the 2024 school year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2022
Prominent figure in the arts announces retirement

Jim Shirley says he's looking forward to seeing the new ideas that come from the new leadership at the Arts and Cultural Alliance.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 6, 2011
This new house

Few people expected WCI Communities to emerge from bankruptcy reorganization and build homes again. But David Fry is out to prove them wrong.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2011
Transportation secretary do-over?

After the Florida Transportation Commission sent a short-list of candidates for the secretary of transportation post about six weeks ago, Gov. Rick Scott may want a new list.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 5, 2020
Former Dairy Queen CEO, Walmart exec, join area company’s board

The new Bloomin’ Brands board members stem from an April agreement between the restaurant company and JANA Partners.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 18, 2020
USF scores high among peers in patents, inventions

School is. USF is No. 8 among American public research universities in generating new patents.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 18, 2019
Nonprofit breaks ground on $6.5 million headquarters

Naples Children & Education Foundation will invest $6.5 million in new, permanent home. The organization has raised $191 million since 2001 through its annual Naples Winter Wine Festival.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • March 7, 2024
Tampa Bay IT firm hires new top marketing officer

Tampa-based ConnectWise, a software company for information technology firms, has made Angus Robertson its new chief marketing officer.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 22, 2025
Tervis names new president of drinkware company

The new leader of the company, Roger Parsons, who will also serve as chief revenue officer, comes amid a shift in ownership.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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