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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2016
Pompano Beach company relocates to Manatee

The move will help the firm sustain its expected growth.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 12, 2016
Skin doc smoothes over big growth plan

Fort Myers-based Riverchase Dermatology acquired three new locations.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2016
Tampa attorney promoted to shareholder

John Heilman is a Tampa-based attorney for Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 15, 2016
Former FCCI exec to lead law firm's new insurance unit

Keith Larkins was a regulatory compliance attorney at FCCI Insurance Group.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 12, 2015
Family buys Value Self Storage, creates new Big Jim

A Sarasota family led by Dora Thomas purchased the Value Self Storage in Venice for $7.2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 20, 2015
Global firm, with prominent lobbying arm, promotes pair

New York-based communication firm appoints executives in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 2, 2015
Tape company names new board member

Intertape Polymer develops, manufactures and sells paper and film-based tapes.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 9, 2015
Urban Land Institute names new manager

Siobhan O'Kane will oversee the Tampa Bay District Council.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 18, 2022
Recession not a certainty, but likely, economists say

Is the U.S. economy headed toward a recession? Probably, but any downturn is likely to be brief and mild, especially in Florida.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kat Wingert |
  • September 18, 2023
Observer Media Group executive editor, co-owner Lisa Walsh dies at 69

Lisa Walsh was a pillar in the Sarasota-Manatee community; a trusted and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and daughter; and the backbone of one of the most successful media companies in Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • November 28, 2022
Transactions: Nov. 22-28

A Pinellas County shopping center deal for $85 million leads transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • January 28, 2011
Stuck in Time

Efforts to redevelop historic buildings in downtown Tampa have met with preservation resistance and cumbersome city red tape. The recession added to those obstacles.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • July 24, 2024
Tampa councilwoman writes her next chapter, opens bookstore

Gwen Henderson, seeing an unmet need for a community-driven niche bookstore, adds business owner to her resume.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Amanda Parrish |
  • February 17, 2026
Bradenton Area EDC interim CEO: Transition brings opportunity

Amanda Parrish says a reset at the EDC could lead to deeper and more sustainable economic development wins for the region.

  • Opinion
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 30, 2013
Pure Play

WCI Communities reports positive earnings and rising revenues, but Wall Street remains conflicted about the company's pure play on Florida.

  • Industries
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 11, 2015
The return of retail

Developers and merchants flex at annual confab in a fashion similar to a decade ago.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 9, 2024
Reports: Chico’s CEO out as new owners take over

As the Fort Myers retailer prepares to reopen the Sanibel Island store that began it all, shareholders approve a $1 billion sale.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 12, 2026
First Watch opens record number of new restaurants in 2025

The daytime dining company includes 633 restaurants system-wide.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 10, 2024
Nikesh Patel, 39

40 Under 40 winner Nikesh Patel is the city engineer for the city of Sarasota.

  • Class of 2024
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 7, 2010
Drive Through

Car dealers, especially ones selling luxury vehicles, are at the top of the list of recession victims. One Gulf Coast dealer, however, has risked more than $1 million to reverse the trend.

  • Strategies
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