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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2008
Cover Update: Renovation Redux

The last four months of 2007 marked a busy phase of what's become a comprehensive makeover for Lakewood Ranch-based Kesselring Holding Corp.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2009
Urban Gamble

Environmentalists and bickering politicians killedRon Throgmartin's riverfront condominium projectin downtown Fort Myers. Now, the land's for sale.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2009
Bank This

Despite the financial turmoil, two longtime Naples bankers raised millions of dollars to start a new bank that will open its doors in January. Their last endeavor was hugely successful.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2009
Gyrocam's Sanborn revels in a victory

The news that giant global defense contractor Lockheed Martin reached a deal to buy Gyrocam Systems, one of Sarasota's rising corporate stars, is a major vindication for local entrepreneur Ken Sanborn.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2009
Gateway Bank getting new customers

Gulf Coast banks are getting whacked like a piñata lately, with capital requirements and cease and desist orders falling like candy.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 16, 2010
Real Capital buys loans on Cameratta projects

Louisville, Co.-based Real Capital Solutions has taken ownership of 76 units in High Point Place and 511 acres in Estero.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 1, 2010
Impact on education

40 UNDER 40 WINNER: Adam Hall, 34, Fort Myers

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Roger Drouin |
  • January 4, 2013
Downtown entrepreneur set to buy Main Street buildings

Sarasota businessman Jesse Biter is working on a deal to purchase 10 storefronts fronting mid-Main Street in downtown Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 5, 2011
On the Mend

Several Gulf Coast homebuilders are in rebound mode in 2011, despite the hard times permeating the industry nationwide.

  • Strategies
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  • By Amanda Heisey |
  • September 13, 2013
This Week in Biz: Sept. 13

Twitter is looking to go public. No one knows when, but the company filed a “confidential” S-1 IPO with the SEC. How much is the company worth? GigaOm was told hedge funds tried to buy it for $14 million. I'm sure they'll tweet more information about the decision, until then users can entertain themselves with pictures of food and other's opinions on Syria condensed into 140 characters. [Mashable]

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 25, 2012
Wheels of Advertising

A group of entrepreneurs plans to sell advertising on virgin territory: the wheels of taxicabs.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 17, 2011
Entrepreneurs unite to bring leverage to an industry

Sarasota entrepreneur Jesse Biter, who sold a $16 million auto sales software business last year, didn't sit on the sidelines for long.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 17, 2021
Nearly 70-year-old lumber company sold

Tibbetts Lumber Co. buys Largo truss manufacturer founded in 1954

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 22, 2021
Seagate, Barron Collier unite to buy Bonita Springs tract

175-acre parcel acquired Seagate Development Grou and Barron Collier Cos. for $6 million and slated for residential development represents one of the largest undeveloped pieces in the Lee County city.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 28, 2021
Area man admits to $1.9M PPP scam, ordered to return cars, jewelry

Keith Nicoletta faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 14, 2020
TerraCap buys Georgia office complexes

Estero investment firm TerraCap Management spends $27.6 million to buy the Cobb Corporate Center and Northwoods Commons

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 2, 2020
Atlanta firm buys Harrod Properties' project

MDH Partners invests more than $60 million to acquire the six-building Gatewood Corporate Center flex space from Harrod Properties Inc. in Lakewood Ranch.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 2, 2020
Insurance firm adds $35M in revenue with three acquisitions

BRP Group Inc., an independent insurance distribution company headquartered in Tampa, Florida, has acquired Trinity Benefit Advisors Inc., Rosenthal Bros. Inc. and Russ Blakely & Associates LLC.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 10, 2019
Corrective measures for wary property investor

Largo, Florida-based commercial and multifamily property investor Ben Mallah says wariness of an impending slowdown in the real estate market has motivated him to sell properties in Orlando and Daytona Beach.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 10, 2019
Dilweg acquires Concourse Center, four-building Westshore office complex

$52 million purchase brings company's Florida holdings to 1.2 million square feet

  • Commercial Real Estate
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