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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2010
Big airport victory could turn to defeat

The Sarasota Bradenton International Airport is close to signing a deal with a German airline to provide two non-stop flights a week from Frankfurt, Germany to Sarasota.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 10, 2010
Ratio Redux

A bank's true health is often a mystery to even the most astute observers. A new ratio on the scene might help the process.

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 25, 2010
Row, row, row your revenue

Paul Blackketter's job as a project manager for Manatee County-based Benderson Development has turned him into something of a boat man.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 16, 2010
WEDNESDAY'S CUP: Who's who in the 'Stimulus' book?

One of this summer's biggest guessing games will undoubtedly be who's included in “Our Stimulus Package,” a new book by Julia Silva and Kirsten Becker.

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  • April 19, 2010
Funding bait and (rail) switch

A good chunk of operating funding for central Florida's $1.2 billion commuter rail project, SunRail, will likely come from the region's state road budget.

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  • November 11, 2011
TJM Properties buys Lodge at Mainlands

Clearwater-based TJM Properties purchased the 157-unit The Lodge at Mainlands assisted-living and memory-care facility for $3.55 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 8, 2013
Insignia Real Estate Cos.group buys Vanderbilt Shops floors

The price equated to $61 per square foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 30, 2011
Mise en Place: Dining with Tampa's finest

Maryann Ferenc and Marty Blitz have owned the establishment for 25 years. Blitz also serves as the head chef.

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  • July 11, 2011
Sarasota's Kimsey wages financing fight

Sarasota entrepreneur Rick Kimsey, with a goal to shoot a dose of Starbucks into the urgent care industry, is now Exhibit A in the lending tug-of-war between banks and small businesses.

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  • December 14, 2011
Businessman hopes to find more success

Entrepreneur Jesse Biter has taken two significant steps to prove his vision, that his adopted hometown, Sarasota, could be more than a retirement haven.

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  • April 22, 2011
Gulfstream Investment Advisors buys Heritage Lake Park units

Coral Gables-based Gulfstream Investment Advisors Inc. purchased 64 villa and condominium units and 12 building pads in Heritage Lake Park for $3.2 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 24, 2013
International fraud scheme netted more than $137M

Telemarketers in Spain boiler rooms sold fraudulent penny stocks.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • May 17, 2012
Bank plans Sarasota branch

Florida Shores Bank, already a fast-growth institution, will expand to Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2012
Apple repair business peels fast growth

iHospital is based on the premise that when someone's Apple device breaks it calls for an emergency fix.

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  • June 22, 2012
Exercise entrepreneur pumps up all over again

Count Geoff Dyer as another Gulf Coast executive-entrepreneur who couldn't stay away from the business life for long.

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  • October 9, 2012
Presidential impact on small businesses up for debate

Despite the tsunami of heat President Barack Obama took for his “You didn't build that” comment, the business community, at least in one new survey, stands behind him.

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  • October 26, 2012
Tampa apartment investor adds Arbors at Belleair to portfolio

The price equated to $55,000 per unit or $63 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2012
Construction company embraces its new normal

Even back in the boom, when Sarasota-based Southern Cross Contracting had construction work all over town, the firm's niche was projects outside the norm.

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  • August 20, 2012
Prominent business changes ownership

A saga more than two years in the making inside the corner office at one of the region's largest locally owned tree and landscaping businesses is officially over.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2012
Partnership creates optimism downtown

One of the most prominent properties in downtown Sarasota is primed to become a high-end restaurant.

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