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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 18, 2006
Lee-Collier Runner-Up 3

Daniel Dosoretz, CEO, Radiation Therapy Services: When Daniel Dosoretz arrived in Fort Myers in 1980, cancer patients who needed radiation therapy didn't have many choices in town. That was about to change.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2014
Pine Tree Commercial Realty, partner buy South Pasadena Shopping Center

A joint venture of Northbrook-based Pine Tree Commercial Realty LLC and Chicago's Walton Street Capital purchased the 165,886-square-foot South Pasadena Shopping Center for $21.1 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 23, 2015
Major renovations could spark new life in Tampa mall

RD Management, the owner of University Mall in North Tampa, is converting a long-vacant former J.C. Penney store into space for two new anchors.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 25, 2026
Bankrupt brewer Big Storm sells Clearwater property

The 3.58-acre, two-building property sold for $5.5 million after a bankruptcy judge approved the sale last month.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2021
Prominent rowing regatta in Massachusetts gains local voice

David Wyant Jr. to lead commentary on rowing regatta that brings in more than 11,000 athletes.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2016
Pair sent to prison in $46M biodiesel fraud scheme

Both of the men sent to federal prison are from Southwest Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 6, 2024
Florida, with $1.6B, leads nation on livestream sales platform Whatnot

Sellers in Florida grab top spot nationally in live commerce sales, according to a new report from livestream shopping platform Whatnot.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2015
Daytime cafe continues rapid expansion

First Watch Restaurants is opening a new restaurant in Virginia.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 25, 2016
An antidote to help Trump on trade

When you hear Donald Trump launch into one of his rants against the Chi-nese, Japanese and Mexicans for “killing us” on trade and how he's going to pound them with 45% tariffs, you can imagine so many Americans cheering him on.

  • Opinion
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 3, 2021
Health care double down

Sila Realty Trust’s plan to shed its portfolio of data centers will further focus the Tampa company and better position it for its future goal.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 27, 2023
See where Florida ranks among best states to start a business

WalletHub’s study involved 27 metrics across three main criteria: business environment, access to resources and business costs.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2018
Credit union promotes staffers to key roles

Three longtime GTE Financial employees have risen through the organization's ranks.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 17, 2019
Matthew Plummer, 37

Managing partner, Blalock Walters

  • Class of 2019
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2014
Corporate report

Premier awards uniform agreement to Superior Uniform's Fashion Seal; WilsonHCG receives recruitment award for Best Candidate Experience; General Dynamics Ordnance, Tactical granted new Hydra rocket contract and more corporate news.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 23, 2024
Naples' Golf Club of the Everglades sold to Orlando company

The upscale, private club was bought by Concert Golf Partners, which says it maintains long-held traditions while making improvements.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 27, 2013
Can I eat that?

Norman Love is a chocolate master, but the team he's assembled at Norman Love Confections in Fort Myers can compete with the best in the nation.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 26, 2023
East Manatee County apartment complex sells for $102 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, more storage coming to Cape Coral, money for a housing study in Tampa and 412 apartments coming to Lee County.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 10, 2025
$30M redevelopment heads to former Wimauma mobile home park

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Allegiant still pays for a Port Charlotte resort, a warehouse project comes to Tampa, and Ruskin apartments are getting refinanced.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2019
The 2019 40 Under 40 winners talk lessons learned

The Business Observer's 2019 40 under 40 award winners share the best advice they've ever received, their biggest challenges and and what they learned from them.

  • Class of 2019
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2007
A Shark Tale

Jim DePorre turned his personal adversityinto an American success story by balancing risks. He leans more toward taking them.

  • Entrepreneurs
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