• Alternate Text
  • Loading

  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Healthcare
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Healthcare
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login

Results for:

  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 29, 2021
Mother-son team build solid financial services niche

With a model of transparent client communication, early and often, Roxane Kronon Galati and Jeff Galati landed on a winning formula.

  • Finance
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 14, 2019
Sky's the Limit on Skyplex

The Lee County Port Authority's 1,150-acre business park known as Skyplex is landing major office users like Gartner Inc. and Alta Resources Corp.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 3, 2017
Focused priorities

Size matters in construction. But one of the largest builders in Florida seeks to maintain a local feel for every client.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 9, 2017
Step Right Up

The Circus Arts Conservatory is keeping the circus alive in Sarasota and beyond — and selling out shows.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 22, 2014
Stomp on it

The grow-through-acquisition tactic is easy to diagram, complicated to execute. A Gulf Coast firm with a new CEO who previously ran a pair of multibillion-dollar businesses leads the way.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 13, 2013
Big Greek expansion

Four siblings who run restaurants in a Gulf Coast-based chain launched by their parents seek statewide and national expansion. The recipe: Grow through franchising.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • September 30, 2016
Insuring the future

The next generation is making an impact as family-owned Key Agency expands.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 9, 2024
Syd Kitson: The dreamer behind solar-powered community Babcock Ranch

"People ask me, 'Gee, if you're an environmentalist, how can you be a developer?' I think it's the perfect combination. It's our responsibility to mitigate those impacts and do it in a sustainable way." –Syd Kitson, Kitson & Partners

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 20, 2007
40 Under 40 (Lee-Collier)

Jason BreedTroy D. BuhsThomas L. BurtPaul McCullersTammie NemecekDino RedzicMichael SmithChristian SpilkerMilissa SprecherComer TurleyBrian LucasBlake GableOrlando RosalesMayela Rosales

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 27, 2021
EDC looks to change gears by restoring relationship with county

Behind a new CEO, a public-private agency tasked with helping business get bigger and better tackles a practical, yet existential, challenge: to prove it can generate a sustainable return on investment.

  • Leadership
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 16, 2007
Corporate Report

First Advantage Corp. buys U.K.-based R E Austin Ltd.General Dynamics awarded army ammo contractMIVA cutting workforce 20% working to reverse marginsLehigh Technologies adds $18 million in financingPilgrim Software wins ''Company of the Year'Brown & Brown begins executive changesBrooke Franchise Corp. ranks in Entrepreneur's surveyTectonics releases new VoIP phone linesNASDAQ warns Source Interlink of listing violation

  • Industries
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 15, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Partnership to construct office building behind MEAChurchills site developers reduce project height Sarasota credit union plans North Port branchMarquee en Ville developer applies for 1301 Main St.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 5, 2003
Biolife LLC (Innovation Awards)

A revolutionary product that instantly stops bleeding is just what the doctor ordered. It's only one of the innovative aspects of this Sarasota company.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 11, 2004
Beyond Stone & Mortar

Charles Robbins and Bernard Croghan are counting on a steady stream of businesses that want all the services of a big firm without a lot of the overhead - and sometimes without even the office.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 18, 2018
Real estate heavy hitter leads company with focus on vision

Judy Green has spent three years in the real estate industry, currently heading up Premier Sotheby's International Realty.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2007
Corporate Report

IA Global moving to San Francisco, branch offices in Tokyo, Australia plannedReal Digital Media product brings Broadway to hotelsHunter Warfield software changesAlico denies ethanol decision, receives grant from FDOTChico's sales up 15% in February, same stores slip OSI Restaurant Partners comparables slide continuesGates McVey shuffles managementDattoli publishes results of cancer treatment study

  • Industries
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Developer unveils Bay Street VillageBenderson development buys Lee County landWhite & Associates buys Park Vista to renovateTampa business group buys Manatee Mobile Home Park

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 20, 2017
1997: The way we were

Turns out 1997, our first year of publishing what was then known as the Gulf Coast Review, was a banner year for business news. In our inaugural year, we covered hundreds of stories affecting Sarasota and Manatee counties. Here's an overview of the top stories from that year, as well as updates to what has happened since.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 2, 2022
Bucs linebacker lines up success off the field with tech startup

Carl Nassib has big hopes for Rayze, a social media and nonprofit matching app.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 10, 2025
EDC president aids community by helping to catch human traffickers

Bill Cronin, a top economic development official by day, uses a particular set of skills he has learned over years to help a team of people hunt down human traffickers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
« 835 836 837 838 839 840 841 842 843 844 »
The best of Business Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest business and commercial real estate news from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Sign Up

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-362-4848

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Podcast
  • Big Book of Business

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Distribution Points
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Your Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
×
3 Articles Remaining!
Not a Subscriber?

Click here to Subscribe

Already a Subscriber?

Click here to Login

Sign Up for Daily Brief

Start your day with the top Gulf Coast business news you need to succeed.

Sign Up for CRE Central

Stay updated with a weekly roundup of big deals, market shifts and the people shaping commercial real estate from Tampa Bay to Naples.


Smart People Subscribe.

Turn headlines into game plans. The playbook’s right here.
Subscribe to the Business Observer today.

Subscribe Now