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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • May 6, 2011
Thinking Ahead

Leaders of three mid-Florida cities urge cooperation in an increasingly competitive economic landscape. A former mayor says that will become necessary during the next two decades.

  • Strategies
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 12, 2018
Publix CEO shares insights on competition, customer service and the company's founder

Publix President and CEO Todd Jones was recently honored at a Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County Leadership Breakfast.

  • Leadership
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  • By Pam Schuneman |
  • December 16, 2016
Surprising effects of tax reform

With a new president, tax policies are ripe for change in the coming year. But plans differ in both how much they want to tax businesses and what the new world of deductions will look like.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2016
Planes, Trains, Boats and Automobiles

Business owners like tax deductions. They especially like the idea that maybe the cost of the new boat that caught their eye at the boat show could be a tax deduction for their business.

  • Strategies
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 16, 2024
Construction begins on 4-acre lagoon at 3,000-home north Manatee community

Seaire will bring a new “lagoon lifestyle” to Parrish, according to the Tampa developer that has made lagoons a signature offering.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • October 28, 2025
City of Tampa breaks ground on $57M Riverwalk expansion

City officials held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for the West River BUILD project, which will add another 2 miles to the Tampa Riverwalk along the west bank of the Hillsborough River.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 14, 2024
Florida business owner charged with running human trafficking ring

The attorney general highlighted a human trafficking case out of spas in Manatee and Hillsborough counties in pointing to the need for a newly formed state task force.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • July 28, 2023
Bloomin' Brands picks new leader for Fleming's

Bloomin' Brands' elite steakhouse brand now has a new leader.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 31, 2023
Tampa virtual reality firm names CEO

Threshold 360 also named a new vice president of engineering.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • July 5, 2022
Sarasota marketing services firm promotes three, adds one to leadership team

Among the promotions announced was Craig McGlynn, the new managing director and executive vice president of agency.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 3, 2009
Kadampa Meditation Center plans Buddhist temple

Kadampa Meditation Center New York purchased a 9,500-square-foot office building on the east side of U.S. 301 between 7th and 8th streets for $1.25 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2013
Management buys Legacy course for $2.2 million

A subsidiary of Och-Ziff Capital Management, a New York-based hedge fund, bought the course for $2.2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2012
Capstone Real Estate Investments buys Sun Pointe Lake

The price equated to $40,771 per unit or $80 per square foot.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 22, 2012
NYC-based firm buys 15 Tampa warehouses

The 15 warehouse/distribution buildings in Hillsborough County were purchased for a total of $32.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 8, 2021
Sarasota golf club community reports homebuying frenzy — $10M in sales

The Founders Club also saw an increase of 35 percent in new club memberships

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2021
Breakfast concept opens the doors of new 39,000-square-foot headquarters

The building will serve as an office for 100 employees.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2021
Airline adds nonstop flights to Texas, Michigan from region

Southwest Airlines now served 11 markets from the Sarasota Bradenton region.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 14, 2021
Airport sets passenger record

SRQ saw more travelers in March than any time in its history

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 22, 2021
Another restaurant set to open in $3B mixed-use development

Locally owned restaurant development company Next Level Brands is bringing a new French bistro concept, Boulon Brasserie, to Water Street Tampa in Tampa, Florida, next year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 13, 2021
Locally owned community bank breaks ground on new branch in region

St. Petersburg, Florida-based First Home Bank plans to open a second location in Sarasota in late 2022 or early 2023.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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