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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 16, 2021
Bankers seek to get foothold in medical marijuana industry

Most Florida banks avoid cannabis and related companies — given the obstacles and legal uncertainty. Others see opportunity in the mushrooming industry.

  • Finance
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  • By Denise Federer |
  • March 13, 2020
How to Exit the Family Business — Without Exiting the Family

The family dynamic doesn't have to collapse when a family member departs a business.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 28, 2025
Upscale Sarasota vacation rental company expands to Clearwater

The frenzied hurricane season didn't dent the enthusiasm — or wallet — that high-end vacation rental development firm Vunique Vacations has for the region.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Sturdivent Foods buys three buildingsMetro Parkway Realty buys Metro strip centerMiami builders plan Marco Island officeBrooks & Freund begins PaseoFinergy closes on Nokomis hotel siteSarasota Ophthalmology moves to Tamiami TrailRingling buys nine homes, one commercial buildingKeller Williams buys Channelside building for new officeAdvanced Developmentbuys Dixon Legal for condosGulfshore Bank headquarters planned

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2008
Club Slippage

The "dockominium" boom appears to be suffering just as much as thecondominium market. Yacht Clubs of the Americas is counting on new President Jon Finstrom to keep the business going through the sales slump.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Origin Capital buys 14 Lee County homesSellstate Professional Realtyowners buy North Cape CentreSchool Board of Lee Countybuys 19-acre Buckingham ChaseBCBE renovatingVillage on Venetian BayColorado REIT UDR buys Vintage LoftsNiagara Falls, N.Y. firmbuys Fowler Pilot Bank branchBZ Properties buys, renovating Clearwater retail strip centerSovereign Investment buys Ruth's Chris buildingMosaic Fertilizer buys270 acres from G&D FarmsFDOT buys SR-64 land,for roadway expansionSovereign Investment Co.buys Ruth's Chris building

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 16, 2022
Leadership Q&A: Iconic U.S. Olympian on leading with honesty and humility

Mike Eruzione believes in miracles. And leading by setting the right example.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2006
The Future of Real Estate

A gathering sponsored by the Urban Land Institute in Fort Myers yields some surprising outlooks.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2007
Finding Gold in Dirt

By providing commercial real estate services, Murphy Business & Financial Servicesfills a niche and grows its own business.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2007
Painful Pullback

Cutting employees will never be pleasant. But take it from a CEO who did it twice in eight months: Be prepared.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2007
Spec's Return

Developers are building speculative office and industrial buildings along the Gulf Coast as vacancy rates drop and rents rise. Overbuilding isn't a problem so far, brokers say.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 6, 2007
Young Quest

Two twenty-somethings are building a medical-manufacturing business. They aim to build it slowly to avoid costly mistakes.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2007
Coffee Talk

First the FBI, then lawyers, now stock crash: First, WellCare Health Plans in Tampa got a visit from the FBI last week.Shareholder seeks more money - and pancakes: Maple syrup was gushing down Wall Street Oct. 30 after shareholders of sit-down, casual restaurant chain Applebee's approved a $1.9 billion buyout offer from IHOP Corp.Found: A trio of buyers for high-end eateries: After a yearlong search, going as far as meeting with international prospects and running ads in the Wall Street Journal, the owners of a Sarasota-based conglomerate of high-end restaurants and grocery stores have finally found a buyer.

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  • November 29, 2007
A Dose of Fear

This year's gathering of commercial real estate executives at the Urban Land Institute's Emerging Trends in Real Estate conference in Bonita Springs was more somber than in years past. But there will be opportunities in 2008.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2007
Always on his mind

Being laid off was the tipping point for a marketing guru who long dreamed about starting his own firm. A timely run-in with country legend Willie Nelson was the inspiration.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2007
A Bridge to Somewhere

A developer's response to the collapsing Gulf Coast condo market is to think big by building a two-lane bridge. Innovation, though, doesn't come cheap: The project is costing more than $3 million.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 4, 2007
Top of the Game

While CB Richard Ellis Group is a public, multibillion global company, its Florida offices had gross revenue of more than $100 million in 2005 at the peak of the real estate boom.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2007
The 'Fishingest' Hotel

How do you market a nine-room hotel that's off the beaten path? It helps to be nestled next to the world's most fishingest bridge.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2007
A New Pitch

A top New York Yankees draft pick now dispenses financial advice, not fastballs.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2008
Smile Supply

An accountant-turned-bar-owner gambled she could handle the restaurant equipment business two years ago. The bet is paying off.

  • Entrepreneurs
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