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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 9, 2005
Entrepreneur 2005: Judges Choose Finalists

It was a struggle, but the field of top executives has been narrowed to 10 for the 2005 Entrepreneur Award. Take a look at the finalists for free.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 23, 2009
Big Dreams

An empty, publicly owned lot on prime real estate in downtown Sarasota is in play — again. An ambitious developer hopes to succeed where so many others have failed.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2008
Back to the future

After less than four years as a publicly traded company, Radiation Therapy Services returned to private ownership. It's a deal the founders of the company couldn't resist.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2004
Trailer Lawyer

Forget visions of a lawyer in cheap suits glad handing trailer park owners selling decrepit metal boxes on wheels. St. Petersburg attorney David Bernstein handles multimillion-dollar mobile home park transactions.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2003
Call to Action

Florida's developers mobilize to defeat a proposed constitutional amendment that would require a popular vote on every comprehensive land use change.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2004
Wonder of It All

Tampa developer Rick Wolfe believes a 78-year-old former Wonder Bread factory will convert nicely to upscale condominiums. He's betting his money on it.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2004
Krafting Relationships

Kraft Construction Co. - one of the area's largest contractors - expects the Sarasota division to experience explosive growth in the next few years.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Developers start second phase at Academy Park VillasBlackburn Point Marina Village underwayDevelopers start second phase at Academy Park VillasBullseye Properties plans Clark Road retail center

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 25, 2008
ARTrepeneurs

David O'Keefe and Wayne Curtiss were friends years before they decidedto start a business creating and selling original paintings and sculpture.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 29, 2009
Mission Re-Ignition

The car business was drowning in 2008 and so was George Manian's high-end dealership. Manian found an airway through a massive company overhaul.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • January 28, 2010
Water tax war

Proposed federal rules imposing numeric nutrient criteria for surface water may cost the state's wastewater utilities and ratepayers $50 billion, plus increase stormwater fees and construction, food and energy costs.

  • Florida
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • June 18, 2010
New Urbanism, Old Problems

Sarasota County is a landowner and regulator in an innovative public/private development partnership featuring new urbanism designs that has run smack into old growth problems.

  • Florida
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • April 15, 2010
Battle lines drawn

The battle between insurance companies remaining solvent, consumers having access to homeowners insurance and election-year politics continue to muddle efforts to fix Florida's insurance imbroglio.

  • Florida
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 23, 2013
Bernanke, we hate to admit, is fueling Florida's growth

Florida's economy is back. Well, pretty much.

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 10, 2012
The Louisiana Purchase

An ambitious Gulf Coast startup insurance firm will wage a fight for new business in several states, yet Florida isn't in the mix — a knock against the state's regulatory disorder. The move has already begun to pay off.

  • Industries
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • August 26, 2021
The battle for ivermectin

You need to read this magazine story. An old-school reporter shines a light on a COVID-19 miracle drug and the establishment’s efforts to quash its use.

  • Opinion
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 3, 2020
Imagine that: With $64 million project, city dreams big for downtown revitalization

2020 will bring new energy to Clearwater's stagnant downtown waterfront and business district as the ambitious, $64.5 million Imagine Clearwater project breaks ground.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 7, 2020
D.R. Horton, Lennar among most prolific Gulf Coast residential land buyers

DR Horton and Lennar Corp., two of the region's largest and most active homebuilders, have invested hundreds of millions of dollars into buying land over the past five years here.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 28, 2019
Contractor company now at Southwest Florida's Beck and call

With one market tapped out for growth opportunity, a builder and home services firm with a storied history boldly seeks new territory. Beck Companies is headed into a crowded space.

  • Strategies
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  • By Ted Carter |
  • June 15, 2018
Small banks: Don't forget about us

community banks, banks, money, lending, $500 million, growth, economy, market share, bankers

  • Finance
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