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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 23, 2011
Strengthening Demand

Tony Lapi is CEO of Rochester Resorts and Tween Waters Inn in Captiva.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 8, 2021
Hope Preserve gains traction

Health care-centric, mixed-use development in Fort Myers completes a trio of land sales involving more than one quarter of its 46 acres.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 20, 2020
Stoneweg US makes rock-solid deal in St. Petersburg

Stoneweg US's $114 million purchase of the Trellis at the Lakes apartments marks its first acquisition in its home city.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2020
Businessman with founding role in two prominent banks dies

A World War II veteran born in the Great Depression, Robert Blanchard Sr. has a business career that lasted over 60 years.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • September 23, 2020
Beach destination works in airport's favor amid pandemic

For 2021, Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport dropped rates for airlines, including lowering rent by 3% and landing fees by about 25%.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 31, 2020
What They're Saying: JLL

Commercial real estate brokerage firm JLL says the surging industrial sector in Tampa is expected to continue in 2020, while office development remains in the "peaking phase" of the economic cycle in the region

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 6, 2020
Inside outsourcing: Employment law veteran reflects on niche industry's rise

Employment law veteran Mike Miller reflects on the rise of the PEO industry in Florida.

  • Law
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 29, 2020
CRE industry sentiment dips to five-year low nationally amid coronavirus

NAIOP CRE Sentiment Index dips to five-year low amid coronavirus, but Tampa Bay chapter head says outlook is better in Florida

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 26, 2019
County commissioner, business advocate, dies at 67

Larry Kiker was elected to his second term as a Lee County Commissioner last year.

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  • February 8, 2019
Have a crisis to manage? Here's how

Chris Spiro brand architecture crisis management

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 8, 2019
How to launch a B-Corp that generates results

Salt Palm Development and Legacy Vacation Club, both owned and operated by St. Petersburg, Florida-based businessman Jared Meyers, have joined the ranks of B Corporations.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 1, 2019
College plans center to further link school with area business community

SCF's Center for Advanced Technology & Innovation will be built inside the school’s former library building on its Bradenton campus.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • March 10, 2019
Netflix co-founder: Crush the status quo

Ideas matter says the co-founder of one of the world’s largest internet companies. But some things matter way more — like confidence and taking chances.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 22, 2018
Area company heads up development of potential solution for opioid crisis

Sarasota's Robrady, working in tandem with physician assistant Afton Heitzenrater and others, is moving forward with a possible solution to the opioid crisis.

  • Health Care
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 17, 2018
In Memoriam, Steve Seidensticker, 1953-2018

Steve Seidensticker died Tuesday, Aug. 14, after battling cancer for several months. He was 65 years old.

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  • April 13, 2018
Pro basketball exec outdoes competitors in mining data

Being good at having data — and knowing how to use it — is a business necessity. A pro basketball executive shares some how-to behind his successes.

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  • April 29, 2022
Work underway on Sarasota Medical Examiner's office

The Fruitville Road facility is being built under an agreement that will lease the facility to the county.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 28, 2016
Reaching out

Gilbert Design Build looks toward the future with a new name and second location.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 24, 2017
Spec sensation

Industrial development has picked up around the Gulf Coast, but Brennan Investment Group has one major advantage.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 7, 2017
Sight Unseen

Thanks to drone and GPS technology, data availability and Internet software, buyers no longer have to walk a property before buying.

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