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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • January 31, 2026
Tampa Bay architects predict slower real estate growth in 2026

A survey of Tampa Bay area architects predicts real estate development will continue in 2026 but at a slower pace due to high interest rates and tariffs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 30, 2023
Tampa energy exec on getting to the top: There’s ‘no easy ride’

A reflective look back at her career leads energy executive Helen Wesley to some crucial truths. Among them humility and hustle are always will never turn to fossils.

  • Leadership
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 15, 2022
Gov. DeSantis’ legacy will be property insurance

DeSantis has been the nation's leading crusader against woke-ism, but long after he is gone, his legacy in Florida will be whether he fixed the state’s property insurance disaster.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 10, 2007
Perfect Timing

Starting a homebuilding company in one of the worst housing downturns may appear foolhardy. But don't bet against Jamie Pirello. He's made a fortune timing the housing market right.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 5, 2005
Accidental Money Manager

A math whiz made a quick million trying to debunk an academic. Now Joe Galbraith finds running a hedge fund isn't so easy.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 20, 2005
South of the Border

Gulf Coast developers find success selling homes and land in new 'paradise.'

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 20, 2005
Sold on Florida

West Florida developer Al Hoffman Jr. shares his thoughts on Florida's real estate market as he prepares to become U.S. ambassador to Portugal.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2004
Martha Stewart Bets (Tampa edition)

Investors hope attorney Robert Morvillo will resuscitate the fortunes of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. by rescuing its 62-year-old founder and former chairwoman from six or more years in prison.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 20, 2009
See Through Success

When Greg Burkhart launched a window-installation firm during a recession — the one in 1992 — his inner circle thought he was a tad mad. Crazier still: He's now pumping money into the company to outlast the recession.

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 13, 2010
Happy Campers

One of the largest sports-training facilities in the country is going through a self-induced transformation. It hopes its new leader can deliver quick results.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2011
Peachy Keen

Two budding restaurateurs took over a prominent breakfast-lunch chain on the verge of collapse. It's an oversized gamble.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • March 24, 2012
Bridge to Survival

Prince Contracting in Tampa reinvented itself as a public-sector infrastructure builder. It worked.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 3, 2020
Imagine that: With $64 million project, city dreams big for downtown revitalization

2020 will bring new energy to Clearwater's stagnant downtown waterfront and business district as the ambitious, $64.5 million Imagine Clearwater project breaks ground.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 7, 2020
Zen-like developer covets stimulating projects

In a business that sometimes requires cutthroat tactics, James Brearley, with a non-conflict personality, has risen to the top.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 23, 2022
Leadership matters: Police chief shoots from heart

CJ Davis relishes her life calling. ‘It’s not about you, it’s about what you can do for other people.’

  • Advice
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 20, 2018
Alex Sink turned a statewide election defeat into a new career: startup sage

One of her newest roles includes mentoring young tech entrepreneurs.

  • Finance
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • March 29, 2025
Sarasota County EDC uses AI, other tools to overcome slashed funds

The Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County finds positive ways to combat budget cuts. "Although nobody ever wants to face a budget cut, we were already … building our efficiencies," the CEO says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 2, 2024
The power of the power pose: How a software CEO became a better leader

Through an open mind, determination to learn from missteps and lots of repetition, Dean Guida has guided himself to become a better leader.

  • Florida
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • February 17, 2025
Revised Sarasota bayfront arts center complex cost estimate: $407M

Instead of four structures, the architect for the Sarasota Performing Arts Center has scaled plans back to two buildings with an option for a future second, smaller theater.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • February 18, 2025
Tampa school launches entrepreneurship institute, seeks to hire director

The new director of a Tampa private school's Entrepreneurship Institute will be tasked with germinating relationships with local businesses.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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