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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 15, 2022
Tampa boosts efforts to shut down illegal construction

The city has created a team to focus on stopping illegal construction sites and unlicensed contractors.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2012
National RV Communities buys Settler's Rest RV Resort

The price equated to $13,157 per lot.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2013
GE moving 263 jobs to Clearwater

The multinational conglomerate is bringing its electric-capacitor manufacturing business here from New York State.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 26, 2014
Florida Crystals buys Finergy's Channelside land

West Palm Beach-based Florida Crystals Corp. purchased the 1.89-acre Amazon Hose and Rubber site in the Channelside District a for $3.84 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 29, 2024
92-year-old Clearwater retailer Jersey Jim Towers sells property

The retailer, which was founded in New Jersey and moved to Clearwater in the 1950s, will move to a new site soon.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 5, 2024
Developer obtains $47M loan for apartment conversion at Bradenton mall

The North Carolina company will use construction loan to build 240-unit complex on the site of the former mall.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 16, 2024
4 insurance villages to help Gulf Coast policyholders after hurricanes

Focused exclusively on insurance-related issues, the sites are put together by the Florida Department of Financial Services.

  • Florida
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  • By Jay Heater |
  • October 12, 2024
Early damage reports in Manatee County from Milton surpass $150M

Residential damage, with only half Manatee County's inspection completed, is estimated at $136,569,705.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 26, 2026
Builder buys 53 townhouse sites in St. Pete waterfront development for $12M

Mattamy Homes plans to begin construction soon on townhouse units in the Amara Bay Residences & Marina master-planned community.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 13, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Cobalt Capital acquires light industrial propertyChicago company buys Carrollwood Cove ApartmentsOffice Depot site sells for $133 a square footBlume Brothers Swap Largo warehouse property

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Bradenton hospitals plan major additions, renovationsPoint Development Co.buys Cracker Barrel landLand Associates buys 95 acres in Myakka CityPerry Concrete movesto Rich Street in Venice

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 12, 2013
Lazydays outperforms industry

Focus on towable travel trailers boosts sales at company.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2011
Robb & Stucky sites hit market

GA Keen Realty Advisors was selected to market the company's properties.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 5, 2014
Always room for more wings

Restaurants are scouting for sites all over Southwest Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2015
Developer buys former restaurant site

Fortino Construction & Development LLC purchased a 1.62-acre parcel for $1.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 24, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Roaring Toyz to roar into national bike show: Could a small sport bike shop in Sarasota be the next Orange County Choppers?Rushing takes top honor: Karen Rushing, clerk of the circuit court and comptroller for Sarasota County, received the President's Clerk of the Year Award from the Florida Association of Court Clerks and Comptrollers at the organization's annual summer conference in Ponte Vedra.It's a done deal, almost: The Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice is going to be a landholder real soon.Cracker Barrel pegged: The folksy restaurant chain, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc., is being sued over a peg from one of its tabletop brainteaser games.Concrete solution: Mexico?: The Associated General Contractors of America has called on U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez to intervene in the increasingly dire shortage of cement in the United States before major economic disruptions occur.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 9, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Court counselor charged with abuseHillsborough Judge Charlotte Anderson challenged by Tampa lawyer Kim VancePalm Bank celebrates its first quarterly profitMagazine pacts disputed

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 21, 2020
Side hustle entrepreneurs chase dreams — with little downtime

For a handful of enterprising, aspirational business owners, the phrase leave work at work is blurry: they are constantly on.

  • Strategies
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • August 15, 2018
Sudden loss of chamber leader brings heartbreak — but also opportunity

Kathy Lehner beat out several candidates for the job and in March officially took on the role of president and CEO. She thinks her multi-year vision for the chamber helped land her the position.

  • Strategies
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 22, 2025
7 job fairs from Tampa to Fort Myers coming up

From local government to luxury resorts, employers across the region are hiring.

  • Florida
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