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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 28, 2016
Beer biz goes global, first stop: Shanghai

World of Beer's Chinese location could open by second quarter.

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  • January 8, 2015
Sarasota Memorial names new COO

Maryland health care executive Lorrie Liang will start next month.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 19, 2024
HL Asian Market opens on US 41 in Sarasota

A new market selling everything from teapots to live crabs is open for business on South Tamiami Trail.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • October 25, 2024
Tampa Bay foster care nonprofit launches next phase of $8M campaign

The funds will build A Kid’s Place of Tampa Bay a new center and expand other services.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 2, 2022
Train horn maker embarks on aggressive expansion plan

HornBlasters Inc. has introduced a highly anticipated new product, acquired the assets of a former supplier and moved its headquarters.

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  • November 23, 2021
Developer exceeds sales goal two months early

The crowning achievement came after North River Ranch community reached 350 home sales.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 10, 2025
Southwest Florida housing permits down 13%

Collier County was the only one among the three Southwest Florida counties to post a year-over-year increase.

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  • July 28, 2006
It takes a Team

To ensure success on his latest project, developer Kimball Woodbury is getting by with a lot of help from his friends. He'll spend $5 million on prep-work with the varied crew before he even closes on the property.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 6, 2012
Bud is back

Bud Nocera led Florida's tourism efforts in the 2000s. Now, he's returned to Lee County where his career began.

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  • October 16, 2015
Steven Chappell, 30

Former general manager and Ray Kroc Award recipient, McDonald’s

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 7, 2025
$8.75M in Snook Haven Park updates to begin in Sarasota County

Sarasota County is breaking ground on a yearlong construction project in Venice.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 23, 2025
Naples Botanical Garden seeks new CEO after leader leaves for Denver

Donna McGinnis had been CEO for eight years at the $27 million organization.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 29, 2026
CenterPlace Health appoints new CEO

Kathleen Marshall will lead the Sarasota-based health care organization.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 14, 2024
Pair of Sarasota waterfront institutions plan to rebuild, reopen

Helene and Milton battered the Old Salty Dog and New Pass Grill & Bait Shop. But they plan to come back — yet again.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 12, 2016
Priatek sale may spur upgrade

If a deal goes through and Feldman Equities LLC and Tower Realty Partners acquire the 28-story Priatek Plaza in downtown St. Petersburg, look for the pair to sink millions of dollars into improving the city's tallest building.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 11, 2021
Another county tourism record set

Visit St. Pete/Clearwater reports historic bed tax collections in June

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  • August 9, 2019
Visitors pump up area economy to the tune of $6.6 billion

Tourism Economics, a multinational company that analyzes tourists’ spending in metro areas around the world, has crunched the 2018 numbers for Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida, and found that visitors pumped $6.6 billion into the

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  • September 17, 2009
An emerging builder

Ripa & Associates created a rainy day fund during the boom and is now seeing the fruit of that caution with surprising growth.

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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • May 19, 2011
The Rays Stay

Jonah Keri's book reveals how, after years of bad performance, the Tampa Bay Rays' new leadership turned things around for the now first-place team.

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  • January 6, 2012
Three Developments to Watch in 2012

A list of three developments that will significantly impact the local economy in the coming year.

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