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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 24, 2018
Pair of Fort Myers, Estero apartments fetch $100 million in sales

A pair of Lee County apartment complexes trade for $100 million, a further sign that investor demand for multifamily rental projects in Fort Myers and Estero remain in demand

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2014
Observer buys The West Orange Times

The Observer Media Group has added another member to its family of community newspapers this week.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 5, 2013
Proposed tax reform provision could be harmful to businesses and economy

With chaos reigning in Washington over the debt ceiling, Obamacare and the healthcare.gov website, it's easy for other issues that may have a major impact on businesses (and thus the average citizen) to fall off the national radar screen.

  • Opinion
  • By Elizabeth Stamoulis | Williams Parker Attorneys at Law |
  • June 5, 2023
What Business Owners Need to Know About Intellectual Property

Below is a brief summary of some types of IP that many businesses may own.

  • Industry Insights
Sponsored Content
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 4, 2024
Education foundation pays $6M for prime downtown Sarasota property

The Education Foundation of Sarasota County has bought a piece of property on Washington Boulevard in downtown Sarasota that, until last year, housed Michael Saunders & Co.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 7, 2024
Local entrepreneur buys Sarasota Magazine

Sarasota-based DreamLarge has acquired Sarasota Magazine, a lifestyle publication with six print issues a year and a website.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • November 6, 2025
Get paid to cash in your PTO — if you go to St. Pete-Clearwater beaches

Visit St. Pete-Clearwater has launched a new campaign to pay visitors up to $250 for booking a beach vacation before the end of the year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 13, 2024
Coca-Cola to close Pinellas County plant, lay off 200 people

The soft drink company is the third manufacturer since Feb. 5 to announce it is closing a local plant and cutting jobs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • March 18, 2026
British Airways moves Tampa flight from Gatwick to Heathrow

The switch to London Heathrow Airport improves connectivity for Tampa travelers, but flights will be reduced to a weekly capacity.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2022
College combats nursing shortage with new Sarasota campus

The campus is the third Arizona College of Nursing to open in Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 8, 2022
Sarasota health care provider names new CEO

The move concluded a five-month search for CenterPlace Health.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 19, 2013
WCI Communities: It's deja vu all over again

If you needed another sign that real estate is hot again, then consider the case of WCI Communities.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2011
United Insurance posts loss

United's fourth quarter was successful, but the company lost money in 2010.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2011
Former hockey star joins Savtira

Kelly Chase racked up 2,017 minutes in the sin bin throughout his career as a hockey player. Now Tampa-based Savtira is bringing in the former bruiser to fight for bigger contracts.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 28, 2011
Gemini Real Estate Advisors restructures plaza ownership

A Gemini Real Estate Advisors LLC-led investment partnership group purchased the interest of 11 tenant-in-common entities in the Ranch Lake Plaza retail center for $9.51 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 24, 2013
New stores brighten Tampa retail real estate

CBRE report shows strong submarkets in southwest Hillsborough, east Pasco.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 15, 2013
New York investment firm buys, leases back Gulf Coast Surgery buildings

The price equated to $341 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 1, 2013
Re/Max Alliance building sold, new owner plans to subdivide

The price equated to $73 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 6, 2011
Kvetko takes over after $4M loss

If you're going to be president and CEO of Shamrock Bank in Naples, it might be helpful to have a little Irish blood running through your veins.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2011
Inland Private Capital buys Brandon Mimi's Cafe

Inland Private Capital Corp., an affiliated company of Oak Brook, Ill.-based The Inland Real Estate Group of Cos. Inc., purchased the 7,045-square-foot Mimi's Cafe building for $2.89 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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