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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2012
Realtors group finds a new home

A land swap benefits the Sarasota Association of Realtors.

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  • November 9, 2012
Five senior centers sold for $59.83 million

Uncorroborated press reports put the total purchase price at $100 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • September 28, 2012
Numbers duke it out with anecdotes in industry survey

A comprehensive survey of executives in the buildings material industry basically has two conclusions.

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  • October 1, 2012
Banker gets back in the game

When Manatee County banker Steve Jonsson spoke to a Wall Street Journal reporter in September 2010, he used words like “marked man, depressing and scarlet letter” to describe his life.

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  • June 12, 2012
Hotel firm seizes better days

The recession has been particularly painful to The Plasencia Group, a niche brokering hotel acquisitions firm.

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  • October 26, 2012
Realtor, PILOT Real Estate execs buy land for Mustique of Olde Naples

An investor group headed up by Jordan Saper and Joe Belz purchased four parcels totaling a little over half an acre on Fourth Avenue and Fifth Street.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • July 6, 2012
Phone firm seeks more lines

Florida, and the Gulf Coast, is a major growth target for Cellular Sales, the largest independent Verizon Wireless dealer in the nation.

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  • December 1, 2011
Sykes shrinks global operations

The firm will leave South Africa and Ireland, and sell its Spanish operations.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • April 12, 2012
Firm's launch underscores crafty accounting

Florida firms beware: the state government could start using some interesting auditing techniques to mine easy budget sources

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  • June 22, 2021
Midwest credit union continues promised expansion into Florida

Lake Michigan Credit Union buys Pilot Bank helping keep CEO plan to make Florida its "second home."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • July 21, 2021
Lab pioneer’s $60 million HQ project nearly complete

NeoGenomics’ new facility is double the size of the company’s current facility.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • July 22, 2021
New board president elected to lead music program

Timothy Gruters took over the position July 1.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • September 24, 2021
Master-planned community sells 190 lots — adds a new builder

Pulte Homes will build homes in the final phase of the Brightwood neighborhood within North River Ranch.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • September 27, 2021
Commercial loan portfolios across the region decline

While business loans fell, a few banks in the region posted increases in real estate loans.

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  • March 15, 2021
IT, physical security provider names area director of business development

Current Technologies expanded to Florida late 2020.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 8, 2021
WeWork expands 'on demand' concept to region

WeWork's pay-as-you-go program for office space, begun last year, is now being offered in several South Florida buildings and 501 E. Kennedy Blvd. in downtown Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • June 7, 2021
Tourism numbers show travelers are coming back

Data from St. Pete-Clearwater International and April's Bed Tax collections show tourism industry is bouncing back

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • November 29, 2021
Airport adds nonstop route ahead of the holidays

The new route took flight November 19.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • October 19, 2020
Manufacturer names new CEO, president

Keith Luomala’s previous corporate stops include GE.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • July 10, 2020
Airport bounces back from difficult period, remains down on the year

More than 90,000 people traveled through Punta Gorda Airport in June.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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