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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 18, 2025
Sarasota County marks construction milestone at new high school

Willis Smith Construction recently completed the topping out of Wellen Park High School.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 3, 2025
Burrito chain to open 7 new locations in Tampa Bay

Georgia-based Barberitos is expanding its footprint in the state with the new additions.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 24, 2025
SRQ names new President and CEO to succeed retiring Rick Piccolo

Currently at Pittsburgh International Airport, Paul Hoback Jr. will succeed Rick Piccolo as Presidet and CEO at Sarasota-Manatee International Airport this fall.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 14, 2025
New eatery to take over Venice restaurant space

After Shuck N' Ale shuttered, a new restaurant tenant is moving in with a fresh concept.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 21, 2024
IMG Academy announces new chief operating officer

Mike Milliron is the new chief operating officer for IMG Academy in Bradenton.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • February 2, 2026
Tampa Bay builder seeks to build 41 townhomes near downtown Sarasota

A new proposal for 41 townhomes is breathing new life into a partially built and then demolished multifamily project on Aspinwall Street in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 30, 2025
$6.5M STEM center coming to USF Sarasota-Manatee campus

The new academic building will span 7,000 square feet and eliminate the need for off-campus subleases, University of South Florida officials say.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2007
10 years: Ambition trumped good sense

Navel gazing hasn't been our thing. You know, talking about yourself ... boring people with the most overused word in the dictionary: "I." But indulge us for a little of that - just for a little while. The Gulf Coast Business Review is 10.

  • Opinion
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 6, 2011
Out of the ER

Health Management Associates continues to cement its reputation as one of the nation's premier hospital operators in the nation. The numbers show it.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2020
Talk show hosts laud brewery's giveaway of hand sanitizer

3 Daughters Brewing's generosity caught the attention of “Kelly & Ryan,” the nationally televised morning talk show hosted by Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 23, 2015
Research city

After enduring the recession, a research hub anchored by Florida Gulf Coast University's Emergent Technology Institute takes shape.

  • Strategies
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 16, 2026
Shuttered SWFL college lives on with $10M scholarship fund

Hodges University closed in August 2024.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2022
472,000 insurance claims have been filed from Hurricane Ian damage

The National Insurance Crime Bureau reports that two-thirds of the Florida claims are homeowner and business claims.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 27, 2012
Ship Sails Itself

The Ship on U.S. 41 in Bonita Springs has been a landmark for nearly two decades in various incarnations, including a steak house and a bingo hall. What will it become?

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 26, 2021
Manufacturers association gets full-time executive director

Rob Harris of the Sarasota-Manatee Area Manufacturers Association has become the full-time executive director of the organization.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2018
County welcomes bids for prime commercial property

Pinellas County has put a 96-acre, light-industrial office park that’s home to top military contractor Raytheon up for sale.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2015
A wealth of knowledge

Sarasota executive Rob Campbell considers himself “Forrest Gump” kind of lucky — for good reasons.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 2, 2024
Post-Helene resource centers open for business owners, employees

One-Stop Business Resource Sites will open in Sarasota, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Charlotte and Lee counties this week.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 6, 2010
Built on a Hunch

Jay and Susan Weiss made plenty of mistakes when they launched their natural-products business for pets. But the entrepreneurial couple never gave up, even when corporate calamity nearly put them out of business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 3, 2023
A few months in, affordable housing legislation makes big impact

The Live Local Act is already having an effect as developers begin to take advantage of provisions in the new law aimed at boosting affordable housing.

  • Florida
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