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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 15, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Construction Starts on San Marco PlazaFlorida Apple buys land for North Port Applebee's Taylors buy third phase for Bella Villino condominiumDevelopers expand plans for Rye Road Medical ParkDevelopers buy Myakka land for luxury home communityGulf Coast foundation buys property for land trust

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 21, 2005
Ideas to Money

Are the pieces falling into place for the Tampa Bay area's technology sector? One former Silicon Valley player thinks so.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Sembler Co. develops S.R. 64 Eckerd storeWalters family buys Bradenton's Globe TrailersThree Najmy brothers buy Sand Pebble ApartmentsSunset Automotive Group buys Mitsubishi land, franchise

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • April 30, 2010
Turning Tables

Beef 'O' Brady's, a mainstay among Gulf Coast sports fans for nearly 25 years, finds itself going head to head more with national casual dining chains during the downturn. Will a new CEO help?

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  • By Dan Ping |
  • June 24, 2011
High-tech Dream

Orlando wants to become the Silicon Valley for the digital-media industry. A third-generation Floridian has a plan to do just that by building a $1 billion high-tech village.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 10, 2016
Next up

Tervis has a new president. It's the third generation of leadership — usually littered with pitfalls. The company is well prepared to overcome the obstacles.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2009
Adjusting Care

Dr. Jon Hemstreet, a St. Petersburg doctor, expands the services of his concierge medical practice.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 16, 2009
Love of Law

Marcy Shaw, 35 Wright & Shaw

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 17, 2021
Medical equipment firm and its owner agree to pay $20.3M in fraud scheme

Indian Rocks Beach businesswoman Kelly L. Wolfe faces 13 years in prison as company Regency Inc. agrees to $20.3 million civil settlement.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 25, 2020
Soap company founder utilizes past crisis-management lessons

Online sales are up 140% year-over-year at Naples Soap Co.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 13, 2020
Area group temporarily closes company-owned restaurants

The group has 309 company-owned restaurants and 73 franchise locations.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2019
Hotel group trades traditional hotel shuttle for Uber

Scarlett Hotel Group started an Uber program for guests first in Omaha, then in Sarasota in late summer 2018.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2018
Dermatologist physician assistant travels to India

Florida Skin Center physician assistant Shirisha Vallarapu returns to her parents' native India on medical mission trip to treat and educate remote villagers

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 13, 2018
Food truck marks business owner's transition from the traditional

A Lakeland business owner is trading her storefront for a truck.

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  • March 17, 2017
Bandage brigade

Vern Buchanan celebrates jobs at ASO LLC

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  • By Jennifer M. Fowler | Board Certified Labor & Employment Attorney |
  • May 6, 2022
Hurricane Season is Here: Understanding Employee Pay During and After a Hurricane

Hurricane Season is Here: Understanding Employee Pay During and After a Hurricane

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 29, 2015
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Here's who you have to be — crazy passionate about cheese and you have to love food, and want to know where it comes from.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 26, 2015
Former Bradenton housing official admits to theft

Stephany West faces up to 10 years in prison, in addition to a $250,000 fine.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Jennifer M. Fowler | Board Certified Labor and Employment Attorney |
  • January 2, 2024
Budgeting Employee Pay for 2024

Businesses should keep in mind recent and upcoming minimum wage increases.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • November 7, 2023
Clearwater fraud protection firm fined $150K for using 'unfair' tactics

Chargebacks911 was founded 13 years ago.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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