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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 20, 2019
National professional services firm consolidates its position in local market

The strategic merger will create a new accounting powerhouse in Tampa Bay.

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  • March 1, 2019
A place to bunker down

New Amavida Senior Living’s hidden gem is a Cat 5 shelter with natural gas-powered generators and redundant back-up.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 26, 2019
Big shift in thinking about red tide cause

The cause of the devastating red tide that took a bite out of Gulf Coast tourism revenues last year are more complicated than first thought, according to new findings by University of South Florida researchers in Tampa, Florida.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 22, 2018
Gartner begins major Fort Myers expansion

Business consultant Gartner is expanding into three additional buildings in Fort Myers as job growth within the company continues

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2018
Bean streak: Publix joins forces with local coffee brand

Shoppers at 130 Publix stores across the U.S. southeast will soon be able to enjoy the offerings of Kahwa Coffee, a rapidly growing St. Petersburg-based coffee company.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 11, 2016
New York investment firms snap up St. Pete apartments

A pair of New York-based multifamily investment firms have spent a combined $149 million to acquire two St. Petersburg apartment complexes, Pinellas County property records show.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 13, 2016
Company, with new $3.8M contract, re-ups in Tampa

Lukos LLC will add 10 technical and senior level jobs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 5, 2017
Gulf Coast contractors expect further hiring in 2017

Firms expect to add jobs, but skilled labor is harder to find

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 27, 2017
Columbia Restaurant owners buy $4M building

The three-story building on Longboat Key follows the acquisition of property next door.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 28, 2014
Smother up some expansion

The Tampa area really goes all in for cheese.

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  • March 26, 2014
Colleges appoint new academic chiefs

Leaders come with decades of higher education experience.

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  • September 23, 2016
Investors flip over home sales

Gulf Coast cities led the nation in the second quarter in home flips, according to a new report from Attom Data Solutions, the new parent company of real estate researcher RealtyTrac.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Progressive company looks upward

When one private equity firm bought Manatee County-based Progressive Employer Management Co. from another private equity firm late last year, executives promised a deep investment in finding and executing on growth opportunities.

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  • November 7, 2014
Shareholder slams Hertz relocation

Hertz shareholder Jana Partners says the car-rental giant urgently needs to select a new CEO to regain its lost credibility with investors, blaming the company for a “disruptive headquarters relocation.”

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • October 9, 2015
Roper buys legal software provider for $675 million

The Lakewood Ranch company will acquire Aderant Holdings to help expand its client base and offer new products.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 6, 2024
Clearwater McDonald’s property sells for $3 million

The property was sold as a ground lease sale to a New York investor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 8, 2024
Child welfare nonprofit names new board officers

The Safe Children Coalition named three new officers for its board of directors.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 22, 2025
Lakewood Ranch Medical Center appoints new CEO

A Texas health care executive has been selected to lead the hospital in Lakewood Ranch.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 26, 2025
Report: Home and condo prices keep falling across the region

April median home sale prices from Tampa Bay to Naples again decreased year over year.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 7, 2024
Builder quickly sells nearly 30 homes in new Babcock Ranch neighborhood

This is the first time Christoper Alan Homes has built homes in the community.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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