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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 27, 2019
Fieldr of dreams: Young entrepreneurs start networking site to connect students with businesses

The recent college graduates who founded company hope the site will bridge the gap between students and companies.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 1, 2019
Atlanta-based company acquires pair of Interstate 4 corridor apartment projects

Centennial Holding Co. of Atlanta has added to its Florida portfolio by acquiring a pair of multifamily rental projects in Lakeland and Plant City.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 20, 2018
Documentary filmmaker’s work distributed to streaming services

Frank DiCesare’s 16-minute documentary is about resident blacksmith Rob Flurry at the Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown museum in Beaumont, Texas.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2018
Price is no object

Naples neighborhood tops ranking of great 11,000 in the U.S.. Median home price is a low factor.

  • Transactions
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 4, 2018
Well known real estate attorney, partner switches firms

Prominent area real estate attorney Tom Luzier is moving from Dunlap & Moran P.A., where he had been a shareholder, to Williams Parker, where he will be a partner. Luzier has successfully closed more than $1 billion in transactions to date over the past

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2016
Canadian firm buys Sarasota building for $52.5 million

Tampa-based Meridian Development Co. owned the Meridian Distribution Center for a decade.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • February 10, 2017
How to ... Start a podcast

There are a number of ways to start and strategically use a podcast, says Katie Krimitsos, host of the Biz Women Rock podcast.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2017
Prominent banker set to be released from prison

Jerry Williams, pleaded guilty in 2012 to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and making false statements to banking regulators.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 17, 2014
Halstatt Partnership's second fund buys three commercial buildings

The combined price equated to $95 per square foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 22, 2014
Broker seeks national attention for niche lease

Tampa area commercial real estate broker David Sobelman, who literally wrote the book on triple net lease investments, is about to take the niche investment approach to another audience.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2016
Senior living grows crowded

Michigan-based developer Dale Watchowski isn't necessarily daunted by competition from others in the region-wide senior housing industry boom, but it's something he thinks about — often.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2016
Senior living grows crowded

Michigan-based developer Dale Watchowski isn't necessarily daunted by competition from others in the region-wide senior housing industry boom, but it's something he thinks about — often.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2016
Tasty plate of finances

The entrepreneurial couple behind Taste of Asia, a popular Lao-Thai-Vietnamese restaurant about five miles south of downtown Sarasota, recently bit into one of the toughest tasks independent restaurateurs could face: obtaining bank financing.

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  • December 5, 2014
Starwood Capital Group affiliate buys Preserve at Manatee Bay

BRK Preserve at Manatee Bay LP, an affiliate of Starwood Capital Group, purchased the 152-unit Preserve at Manatee Bay apartments for $13.6 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2015
MULTI COUNTY: Lakeland, Charlotte County centers sell to Miami investor

Companies led by Jeff Morr of the Miami area purchased two Winn-Dixie-anchored shopping centers for $29 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 12, 2015
TRANSACTION SPOTLIGHT | Minnesota investment firm takes over Realmark property for $31.8 million

Minnesota investment firm takes over Realmark property for $31.8 million

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 27, 2015
'Dream the impossible'

Michael Saunders, one of the most prominent real estate executives on the Gulf Coast, if not all of Florida, is a forward-looking executive in charge of a firm that surpassed $2 billion in total property sales last year.

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  • February 27, 2015
Polk County: Daytona developers buy Without Walls Lakeland mega church

A company led by Daytona Beach-area developers Douglas Cook and George Anderson purchased the former Carpenters Home mega-church property for $3.75 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 10, 2015
Sun Lake Apartments sell for $7.44 million

The private real estate investment firm Highgate Capital Group purchased the 88-unit Sun Lake Apartments for $7.44 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • February 21, 2024
High earners in Tampa-St. Pete, Sarasota-Bradenton have light tax load

Recent income research finds Tampa Bay is highly ranked — in low taxes for high earners. Sarasota-Bradenton's high earners make more annually but also pay more in taxes.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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