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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 4, 2023
Tampa Bay-based car wash expands into Sarasota, Bradenton

Woodie's Wash Shack has plans to open at least 50 locations by 2026.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 5, 2025
Longevity clinic to launch franchise program in Sarasota

Anderson Longevity Clinic, which started in Jacksonsville, is coming to the Lakewood Ranch area in 2026.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 10, 2024
1 million-square-foot Tampa office park sold for $45M

New Jersey firm has bought NetPark Tampa Bay, which sits on the site of the former East Lake Square Park, the first regional mall in East Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 26, 2025
Dunedin food hall up for sale

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a retail and residential building is on the market in Sarasota, a St. Pete Beach hotel reopens, and a Fort Myers office building sells.

  • Florida
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 11, 2026
Sarasota County to buy prominent Stickney Point property for $21M project

County commissioners authorized the $18.1 million purchase of 1500 Stickney Point Road.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 1, 2019
A Crowdfunded Castille

Feldman Equities of Tampa took a distinctly different path --both geographically and in regards to financing -- in making its latest office building acquisition in the St. Petersburg suburban market of Gateway, by using a crowdfunded platform

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2004
Legal Calendar

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2013
Company hits all-time weekly sales high

Clearwater-based direct mail and marketing firm PostCardMania had a week for the ages in late February, but founder and CEO Joy Gendusa didn't celebrate for long.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 6, 2021
With major purchase, area family plans one of the largest wineries in the Midwest

The Hoffmann Family of Cos. recently closed on a series of deals.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 6, 2024
Pair of Collier County hotspots rank in top 10 on national retirement list

Retirees and those nearing retirement were surveyed about where they want to live when they’re done working.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • March 26, 2024
Lennar readies Pinellas townhouse community for sale

National homebuilder Lennar has commenced sales at Townes at Bayou Heights, a Pinellas Park gated community of 32 townhouses.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 2, 2024
Punta Gorda hospital closed due to Helene storm damage

ShorePoint Health Punta Gorda has been closed after flooding from storm surge, officials say.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • February 21, 2020
Entrepreneur creates surprise-and-delight shirt business

Sara O’Brien’s yearn for creativity led to a trendy business making and selling shirts with funky phrases. One mantra: Never quit. ‘If you just keep going,’ she says, ‘the energy eventually shifts.’

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 13, 2023
Report: Florida files more personal injury lawsuits than any other state — by far

The law firm that analyzed a year’s worth of data calls the gap “staggering.”

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 25, 2021
Waterfront hotel embarks on ambitious renovation, expansion

A renovation beginning in May at the Ritz-Carlton Naples will add new suites and a lounge and redesign interiors at the five-diamond resort.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 2, 2021
Nonprofit reaches funding goal for park transformational project

The $20 million goal was reached after a match challenge hosted by a local foundation.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • February 24, 2017
New course

An opportunistic tech company with explosive growth in one niche seeks to tap into another burgeoning sector.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 8, 2008
Designing Change

Andy Dohmen has helped Design Styles Architecture transition into commercial work although it has found a niche in affordable housing.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 27, 2023
Can Gov. DeSantis win the presidency? Should he try?

The more you read Gov. Ron DeSantis' book, the more convinced you become that it is his way of giving voters a quick-read of from where he came, his principles and that he wants to be in the White House.

  • Opinion
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