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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2015
Hertz boosts rental rates

Newly installed Hertz CEO and President John Tague makes his first major move by boosting rental-car rates starting this month.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 15, 2015
Hodges names business dean

Hodges University named Aysegul Timur dean of the Johnson School of Business, where she has been teaching since 2000.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 28, 2015
Money manager makes $10M gift

Tim Ubben, the retired chairman of Lincoln Capital Management in Chicago, is giving $10 million to the Boys & Girls Club of Collier County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2015
Miller promoted to Transamerica CEO

After five years as president, retired U.S. Air Force officer moves up the ranks, bringing a managing director with him.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 23, 2015
Sarasota firm rescues Pasco apartments

Sarasota management company buys two complexes in the middle of foreclosure by a San Antonio nonprofit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2015
So much for the uncertainty

Several industries that generated the best returns on equity in 2014 were in health care — the second straight year the sector fared well in the report from Raleigh, N.C.-based data firm Sageworks.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2015
Hertz to slash more costs

Rental-car giant Hertz says it plans to double its cost-cutting measures to $200 million as it continues its financial restatements.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 6, 2015
Tampa investor grabs Clearwater apartments

Blue Rock Partners will change the name of Cameron Lakes Apartments to The Park at Gibraltar.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 13, 2015
Polk County: Company led by Naples couple buys Haines City Dollar Tree

A company led by Pierre and Daphnee Vidallet of Naples purchased a 7,607-square-foot retail building for $1.2 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2015
Wawa stages three-store opening in Lee County

Three Wawa stores open in Lee County today. The chain of convenience stores plans to open 300 stores in Florida, including 80 on the Gulf Coast.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 24, 2015
What's WCI worth?

If the stock price of Bonita Springs-based developer and homebuilder WCI Communities is any indication, investors appear bullish on Florida real estate.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2015
Naples shopping destination sold

Insurance giant Prudential has acquired Mercato, the 450,000-square-foot shopping destination in Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 15, 2024
Retail space near Rays stadium site sells for $2.4M

A Miami developer has bought the ground floor retail space at a 20-story tower in downtown St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 1, 2023
Alabama construction company expands into Tampa

Hoar Construction says that a growing workload in the Tampa and Sarasota markets requires it have a local office.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • February 14, 2025
Longtime exec of Clearwater financial services firm named partial owner

Churchill Stateside Group now has a trio of owners.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • April 2, 2025
Saddam Hussein prosecutor named Interim US attorney for region

The Tampa-based attorney has had several international appointments.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 25, 2024
Tampa, Fort Myers pick up more nonstop flights to Canada

Porter Airlines serves multiple Florida markets.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 29, 2025
Fort Myers flight training school solidifies fleet

Following a strategic plan, Paragon Flight Training is "Piper exclusive."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 9, 2025
Ruskin apartment community refinanced for $56 million

The owners of the 300-unit Hillsborough County apartment complex have taken out a three-year floating rate loan to pay off a previous construction loan.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 16, 2025
Storage facility near Tampa port sells for $37.8 million

The 32-acre industrial outdoor storage was bought by a Chicago private equity real estate investment firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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