• Alternate Text
  • Loading

  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Healthcare
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Healthcare
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login

Results for:

  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2008
Follow the Champs

Commercial real estate pros share their investment insight and where they're putting their money.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2008
Going Coastal

The trick to diversifying a business is to do it before times get tough. Coastal Engineering Consultants' Michael Stephen did it right.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 11, 2005
Up Close and Personal

There's a new face at the Pinellas County clerk of court's office.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 25, 2005
Struggle for Control

Will a legal challenge weaken the commercial real estate empire Jack Wilson built?

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2004
Out of the Cold

Corvus International LLC has four projects, worth about $249 million, planned for Sarasota-Manatee counties, and more projects are expected in Tampa and Southeast Florida.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 16, 2005
Provisional Situation

Gulf Coast banks lowered their loss reserves during the real estate boom. Watch this bookkeeping entry going forward. It will say a lot about the economy - and quality of a bank's loans.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 24, 2005
Rapid Escalation

Condo developer demand for industrial-warehouse land in Tampa's Channel District is pushing prices beyond $100 a square foot.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 12, 2005
Club CEO

For CEOs who need a sounding board, The Executive Committee serves as a peer-related board of directors. If you have a 'cockamamie idea, they can really help to put the brakes on it pretty quick.'

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 31, 2006
Troubled Waters Ahead

Marinas and boaters get ready: Insurers will boost premiums and deductibles to cover hurricane-related losses. And some companies won't write any marine insurance in Florida.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 7, 2006
Structured Success

John Jackson gave the Earthworks Land Development the organizational shakeup it needed to survive by using military-style leadership techniques. Now it's time to grow.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 14, 2005
SURVIVAL STORY

Industry upheaval could not derail progressive thinking company

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2008
Face off

The softer economy has put pressure on banks and credit unions to grow their business, which is similar and embattled.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2008
Tapping Technology

Scott Riley has successfully focused Fintech.com on one activity: Helping clients pay liquor vendors electronically.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2003
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: ResortQuest International buys Longboat's Silver SandsCommodore Realty buysBradenton Kash n' KarryNew Sarasotans take over Parkview ApartmentsMinneapolis franchise owners plan Sarasota DQ Grill and Chill

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2003
21 Tech Master

From computer geek to law hacker, Andrew Greenberg isn't a typical attorney.It doesn't make good cocktail party conversation. Andrew Greenberg has a long answer to the seemingly simple question, "Why did you choose the law?"Greenberg, who founded Car

  • Law
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2003
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana Edition)

This week's items: Larry Starr, of ResortQuest, says it should be a good winter tourism seasonPortofino condominium renamed The happenings of entrepreneur, developer and philanthropist Harvey Vengroff

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2008
Growth Plans

Smaller, nimbler engineering firms are quick to find profitable niches despite the economic downturn. A young Gulf Coast firm is expanding during challenging times.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2008
Smart Charlotte

Developers and builders have skipped over Charlotte County because of its reputation as an unfriendly place to do business. The county's 34-year-old director of growth management wants to change that.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 15, 2010
Fading Greens

For decades, selling homes on the golf course was a winning formula. But developers and builders say that golf may not command a premium when the economy recovers. That may benefit creative entrepreneurs, developers and builders.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 28, 2010
Mold a Winner

Investment banker Jim Westman recently made one of his gutsiest calls: In the throes of the recession he bought a manufacturing company he could call his own.

  • Entrepreneurs
« 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 »
The best of Business Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest business and commercial real estate news from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Sign Up

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-362-4848

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Podcast
  • Big Book of Business

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Distribution Points
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Your Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
×
3 Articles Remaining!
Not a Subscriber?

Click here to Subscribe

Already a Subscriber?

Click here to Login

Sign Up for Daily Brief

Start your day with the top Gulf Coast business news you need to succeed.

Sign Up for CRE Central

Stay updated with a weekly roundup of big deals, market shifts and the people shaping commercial real estate from Tampa Bay to Naples.


Smart People Subscribe.

Turn headlines into game plans. The playbook’s right here.
Subscribe to the Business Observer today.

Subscribe Now