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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 21, 2020
Area marketing firm taps 20-year industry veteran as new president

Jennie Treby is the new president of Roger West, a Tampa-based marketing agency founded in 2007.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 3, 2019
Foundation names new director of philanthropy

Lee Ann Rodriguez was development manager at Para la Naturaleza of the Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 11, 2019
City approves zoning for new hospital

Sarasota Memorial broke ground on its Venice hospital campus in April.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 17, 2019
Performing arts foundation names new director of development

Most recently, Sasha Hausman served as executive director of AdventHealth Zephyrhills and Dade City Foundation.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2019
Employer services firm opens new office in area

The Sarasota location was selected because a need for human resources services was recognized in the surrounding area.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 20, 2022
County government office fills two leadership roles

The pair will lead building and development, and IT services for the organization.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 13, 2018
Medical device maker changes name, stock listing

Bovie Medical Corp., a Clearwater, Florida-based maker of medical supplies and devices for cosmetic surgery practices, has changed its name to Apyx Medical Corp. and plans to move its stock to the NASDAQ exchange.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2022
Former CEO joins Venice nonprofit in new role

Kameron Partridge Hodgens will now work side-by-side with Jennifer Johnston, the new director of community leadership.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 21, 2016
Piece of the Puzzle

Michael Saunders & Co.'s recent move into more than 16,000 square feet in the 13-story Ellis Building in downtown Sarasota marked a new chapter in the 40-year history of the region's largest locally based residential real estate brokerage firm.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2016
Investors buy Sarasota apartment complex for $70.5M

This is the second acquisition in the area for New York-based TGM Associates since 2014.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 15, 2017
Sobelman starts new NNN firm

Triple net lease specialist and Calkain Cos. co-founder David Sobelman has left the Herndon, Va.-based firm to start his own commercial real estate brokerage.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2017
The buzz is on

And it's really good news for the city of North Port.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 5, 2017
Global manufacturer goes internal for next CFO

Haresh Shah joined Welbilt last June.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 7, 2017
Home is where the art is

Floridians really love their art.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 12, 2016
Homebuilder pounces on market opportunity

Longtime local homebuilder David Hunihan will oversee M/I Homes of Sarasota LLC.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 22, 2016
Developer's lament

Homebuilders often cite the high cost of regulations as a reason there are affordable housing predicaments in so many markets nationwide.

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  • September 11, 2015
Progressive firm secures new owner

Progressive Employer Management Co. was founded in 1999.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2015
New York City's W.P. Carey fund buys, rebranding Fibber McGee's Closet

CPA: 18 Limited Partnership, an investment fund managed by W.P. Carey Inc., purchased the 179,791-square-foot Fibber McGee's Closet property for $16.43 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 24, 2015
Florida: Weak link in the middle market

The job-creating power of middle market companies is a beautiful thing, according to a new large study, with on major hiccup: Florida is the worst performer in this sector in the country.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 10, 2025
Cape Coral Walk On’s Sport Bistreaux set to open

The new restaurant will be the Louisiana born chain’s first in Southwest Florida and fourth along the gulf coast.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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