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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • March 3, 2026
Tampa Bay Water breaks ground on $181M plant expansion

The regional water utility is expanding its Surface Water Treatment Plant to meet projected water needs through 2033.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 13, 2007
Compete with a Click

Small resorts can compete with the big boys online. Here's how 'Tween Waters Inn boosted online reservations by 200% in a single year.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • September 25, 2023
With stadium deal in place, Tampa Bay Rays secure a future in St. Pete

While approvals are still needed, the deal for a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium means the team can play of for a generation or more without an eye on the door.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 25, 2020
Full-court press: Stymied entrepreneurs continue to pursue redevelopment project

After a several iterations, a plan for a revamped Sarasota Bath and Racquet Fitness Club remains in limbo. The property owners are giving it one more go.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 4, 2021
Shuttered mall heading to bankruptcy auction

DeSoto Square Mall in Bradenton to be sold at three-day auction starting Oct. 11.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 21, 2023
Sarasota County to get its second Costco

National warehouse club chain Costco is planning to open its third store in the Sarasota-Manatee market.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Dana Kampa |
  • June 18, 2025
Sarasota aquarium announces last day in preparation to move to $132M facility

July 6 will be the last day the public can visit the Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium facility on City Island.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 11, 2024
Tampa science museum and three USF campuses work to get reopened

The Sarasota, St. Petersburg and Tampa campuses and the nearby museum are closed due to the continued

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2009
Fasten your seat belts for a bumpy season

A good indicator of the upcoming tourism season is airport traffic. Tourism officials in Fort Myers and Naples cheered in August and September when Southwest Florida International Airport reported more passengers than in the same months last year.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 20, 2012
Park your planes here

It's been nearly seven years since the new terminal at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers opened and the old terminal was torn down.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2012
Donor pledges $20 million

Anonymous donor pledges $20 million match for new children's hospital.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 6, 2012
Florida budget hoards $1B

Sunshine State forecast for 2013 turns surpluses of the past into reserves.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2017
Developer admits to $800K embezzlement charges

Clark East faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2004
Making the Big Pitch

St. Petersburg-based The Beckett Whitney Group made a bid to buy the Bradenton City Centre for redevelopment as a high-profile retail and condominium project.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 14, 2021
As the Tampa Bay Rays plan for the future, is there reason to hope the Sister City plan will work? History says no

The Tampa Bay Rays' plan to play in two cities faces reality of past failures — to the north and at home.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 14, 2022
Miami developer plots build-to-rent project after $30 million deal

After years of looking at a piece of property, Wolfson Development is finally constructing a new build-to-rent community in Fort Myers.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2008
Corporate Report

Odyssey Marine to team withIntersal for a site explorationBrown & Brown Inc. buysassets of Nashville firm CL Verify releases Tracker,new debtor-tracing serviceU.S. Army awards GeneralDynamics $33-million contractHomeowners' Choice subsidiaryassuming 45,000 home policiesSyniverse Technologiesintroduces new roaming hubAmerican Integrity offersmanufactured home policiesFairWarning Inc.releases updated softwareMurphy Business, FinancialServices opens Tampa officeIllum Productions to provideanimation for "9 to 5" show

  • Industries
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 2, 2006
Corporate Report

Look at company briefs from around the Gulf Coast for free.

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 27, 2010
Beyond eBay

Gulf Coast entrepreneur Jim Moore finally launched a Web site for his $20 million business after years of resistance. It was a lucrative move.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 19, 2017
Q&A: Trey Carswell, Avison Young

'Our team has a lot of clout.'

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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