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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 15, 2020
Veronica LeBlanc, 37

Sanibel Captiva Community Bank, vice president, office manager

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 26, 2020
On Fire

Gulf Coast hospitality development and investment sales have been rampant — but the upswing is far from over, a leading industry expert says.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • March 13, 2020
Naples capital firm helps its portfolio of companies with hands-on strategy

Hands-on approach goes a long way for firm investing some $150 million in promising companies.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 12, 2020
FCCI reverses course, fires CEO for alleged battery on police officers

The termination of Craig Johnson, who has maintained he will be vindicated, comes one day after he was granted a leave of absence.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 14, 2018
The shipping news: Brewery welcomed with open arms abroad

Big Storm Brewery, headquartered in Pinellas County, Florida, looks set to generate approximately $200,000-$250,000 in export sales to Chile. Founder Mike Bishop explains how he did it.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jay Schlichter |
  • September 13, 2019
Luxury hotel on barrier island remarketing itself following $320M renovation

JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort is aiming big in the intense hustle for high-end clients.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 20, 2019
Urgent Undertaking

Longtime community bankers, despite some obstacles, believe the timing is right to invest — significantly — in the industry’s future.

  • Finance
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 25, 2019
Business slow? Try taking a Nickel Ride

One part mobile marketing agency, one part eco-friendly transportation service, The Nickel Ride, headquartered in Fort Myers, Florida, has grown rapidly as communities seek new and improved ways to move people and boost commerce year-round in downtown bus

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 22, 2019
Master class: Restoration firm takes big step up with new property

With the help of a $2.5 million loan from American Momentum Bank, Master Restoration — a 10-year-old Clearwater, Florida, firm that helps residential and commercial property owners across Florida and the Southeast recover from fires, floods, hurricanes an

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 19, 2019
Banker, nearing 80, forges ahead with tech startup

CapTec is a matchmaking entity of sorts to connect small businesses nationwide with community banks for loan opportunities, using proprietary data algorithms.

  • Finance
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • July 27, 2018
Small, former post office home to big dreams for new cafe

Ann Michelle Stoltzfus has plans in the works for a new restaurant — Postal 98 Cafe — in the former U.S. Post Office in the Pinecraft community of Sarasota.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 29, 2016
Commercial real estate Q&A: Dan O'Berski

Dan O'Berski formed Trinity Commercial Group in 2011, after more than a decade in the commercial real estate brokerage industry with companies such as CBRE Inc. and Naples Realty Services Inc.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 3, 2023
California defense contractor pays $3.9 million for Pinellas industrial site

In the week's top commercial real estate news, two hotels sell, two luxury condos towers are in the works, and a local developer heads east again.

  • Florida
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • July 26, 2023
St. Petersburg condo complex for cars sells half its units before finish

Motocave won't open until next year, but car owners are already buying space in the car condo club.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • November 22, 2023
FGCU institute on positive aging aims to boost senior industry workforce

Given more than 500,000 people over age 60 live in Southwest Florida, the region is fertile ground to study — and support — seniors.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 22, 2024
New Naples Tractor Supply store listed for nearly $12 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a St. Pete tower reaches for the sky, Sarasota County looks to conserve, and a Bonita Spring center sells.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2008
Corporate Report

Study: SinoFresh spray kills MRSA in nosesIntertape Polymer Groupreleases new roof productCryo-Cell, EndGenitor planjoint research programMIVA rearranging itsEuropean operationstate approves site forSeminole clean coal unitHSN Inc. leaves IAC,listed on NASDAQWellCare Health Plansmakes payment agreementGevity plans 5-cent dividend,31st quarterly paymentBrown & Brown buys assetsof Pennsylvania-based firm

  • Industries
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 24, 2023
High-tech insurance firm enters Florida with aggressive growth plans

FloodFlash says technology and policy structure vastly improves how fast claims are paid, allowing for quicker returns to business.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • April 12, 2022
Young real estate company makes a splash in the market

Leaving behind the comfort of a well-known real estate brand — while nerve-wracking at first — has proved to be a prescient move for a longtime entrepreneur.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 21, 2023
Seltzer's owner slows down but says restaurants aren't going anywhere

Harold Seltzer’s Steakhouse has put its location in Port Richey on the market, but the company’s owner says the deal has to be right for customers and employees.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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