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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2019
Locally based digital media firm slashes jobs

The Penny Hoarder, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based personal finance website, announced job cuts on Wednesday.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 27, 2022
Sarasota apartment complex sells to Chicago investors for more than $120 million

Two years after buying complex, a New York firm more than doubles its money.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 8, 2022
982-unit apartment complex sold near Tampa; sale secured by $207M mortgage

The Reserve at Brandon complex, the second largest in region, bought by Tampa real estate investment firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2014
Funding group hopes to find success

Startups throughout Florida have a new ally in a frontline challenge: raising capital.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2014
Sarasota newspaper's parent firm sold for $280M

Sale marks the second owner for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune since late 2011.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 6, 2015
Dimmitt opening dealership in downtown Sarasota

A showroom for Rolls-Royce and other luxury cars will occupy retail space in the ground floor of the State Street Garage.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2014
Holiday spirit in full gear

Squaremouth, a St. Petersburg-based software firm that compares travel insurance products and prices, is redefining naughty and nice this holiday season.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 5, 2021
Sila Realty Trust completes $1.32 billion sale

Sila Realty Trust's disposition of its data center portfolio represents the next step in the Tampa REIT’s plan for “liquidity event” for shareholders.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 30, 2024
Developers behind Fort Myers riverfront project want more time, density

New Jersey-based AIRN Management have asked the city for an extension and to make what it calls “minor revisions” to the original plan.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 6, 2023
Developer pays $7.5M for Sarasota lots, plans mixed-use community

PTM Partners plans to build a major mixed-use project on the property near Payne Park.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 26, 2025
St. Pete insurance firm takes on 20,000 Citizen policies

The is the second batch of policies the company has assumed from the state-run insurer.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 24, 2024
Walgreens closing in-store medical clinics across Florida

The drugstore giant has already closed 14 of its VillageMD clinics, and the rest are expected to shutter mid-March.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 17, 2024
40-year-old Tampa steel company sells for $79.5 million

A Canadian company is buying Tampa Bay Steel allowing it to expand into the Florida market.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • May 8, 2026
Japanese lifestyle retailer bringing its largest-ever store to Tampa

The popular Asian retail chain Ebisu Life Store has signed a lease in Tampa Palms.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 9, 2023
Commercial real estate off to a fast start across the region

A surge of deals at the end of 2022 was met by another flurry of deals to kick off 2023.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 27, 2026
Hulk Hogan's beer brand looks to grow — while moving beyond iconic pitchman

Real American Beer is grappling with a core business problem: how to evolve beyond an iconic founder without alienating its ride-or-die demographic.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2018
Panel offers tips about digital marketing, reviews

Manasota SCORE event includes advice about how to harness the power of online reviews.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 3, 2024
New Jersey family pays $14.6M for Fort Myers shopping center

The Lee County center on College Parkway was bought by a family of investors who owns a popular amusement center in New Jersey.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • December 11, 2025
Tampa eye care nonprofit to break ground on $16M Ybor City project

The Lions World Vision Institute will break ground Friday on its new Vision Health Center adjacent to its Ybor City headquarters.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 20, 2010
Venture Forum deadline nears

The Florida Venture Forum accepts presenter applications through 2010.

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