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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 8, 2020
Flower-related businesses experience ups and downs during pandemic

Area businesses have had to contend with initial closings, changing delivery procedures, supply chain issues and a Mother’s Day bloom boom.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 17, 2022
No end in sight: Health care providers keep building and building in region

Health care groups are busy building across the state to reach more patients — and more people on their way to the region.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 17, 2022
Wage warrior: CEO goes above and beyond for worker pay

Tampa-based Volt Lighting has raised its starting hourly pay rate to double the state’s minimum wage.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 31, 2022
Competitive fires flare up over alleged poaching of doctors, patients

A pair of Tampa Bay area health care firms fought a years-long legal battle over noncompete agreements. The result, beyond a $3.3 million payout, can teach employers valuable lessons.

  • Law
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 28, 2020
From wine to cars to man caves, luxury storage is big opportunity for host of players

One industry expert cautions there's a risk of seizing on demand for luxury storage and going too far with it.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2007
Comic Reality

Lamar Berry and Dean Young spent more than $4 million to build a franchise support system for Dagwood's before the first sandwich was served. Ambitious plans call for 4,900 locations within five years.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 7, 2018
Poof! A new invention by a serial product designer

Therapouf inventor Judy Cutler-Teeven

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 18, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

eComSystems Inc. moves, buys Paleo Park buildingMassachusetts investor buys Healthsouth BuildingWellness Community set to buy ranch landPremier Performance owners buy Bradenton propertyWilliams Parker buys buildingPhillips Development & Realty plans Delaney Creek projectKlar plans new homeless facilitySt. Pete Beach hotelier buys Bay Palms ResortEntrepreneur buys apartmentsEmeritus buys Fort Myers' The LakesLee County buys 67 acres for preserveGates D'Alessandro, Woodyard becomes just WoodyardGulfsteam Homes, BB&Ttrades home, lots

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 28, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

MCC to build medical tech centerInterShow suggests Palm dealfor parking, center, hotelStarwood buys 2,500home sites in three statesWendemen Constructionhired to build condo lobbyQuincy Investments suggestsnew Payne Park Village for siteB of A buys Countrywide Tampa officeB.E.T.-ER Mix ownerbuys Gibsonton landWade Trim, Renker Eich Parksdesign school renovationFulton, Tenn., couple buysCarrolwood Window warehouseFulton, Tenn., couple buysCarrolwood Window warehouseWalgreens buys landin Port CharlotteMillenium Partners 2 buysMurdock Family Medical Center

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 17, 2006
Corporate Report

General Dynamics awarded $6.1 million contractDNAPrint Genomics test shows Thatcher not all BritishPSCU signs AT&T deal to move Phoenix data centerGerdau Ameristeel revenue jumps, net income for nine months upReptron Electronics still in red, loses $1.4 million Ablest Inc. net income grows 7% in quarter, down year-to-dateTeltronics sales virtually stagnate, net income tanks 85%

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Technical high school construction completeLandmark Residential buys Colony At El ConquistadorU.S. Postal Servicesbuys land for McIntosh annex Myakka City cattle rancherbuys additional 220 acresCounty micro surfacingeight-neighborhood roadsCharles & Chase Groupstarts Regency House phase twoPunta Gorda Lodging buys Hilton landBrookwood Value Partnersbuys Bella Vida home lotsNaples investor buysJPMorgan Chase building Rollin' Oats owners buy Nature's Harvest storeSchool District of Pasco Countybuys Handcart property Kissimmee area Patel familybuys Tarpon Springs innTower Realty Partners Inc.to lease Tampa office building

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

TB&W Enterprises acquire Bonita Springs developmentInvestment group buys 40 acres in CharlotteRLR Investments buys Royal Shell VacationsAndersen Racing owners buy Palmetto trackPossible buyer probes School Avenue siteKaplan, Bennett eye State Road 64 developmentsBenderson's university center passes Planning CommissionChicago firm buys Adagio ApartmentsLake City hotelier invests in Wesley Chapel ERSeven One Seven Parkingacquires Tampa parking lot

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • May 4, 2023
2023 Top Entrepreneur: Alex Miller, CEO of Mercedes Scientific, Lakewood Ranch

Alex Miller is the quintessential accidental entrepreneur, having fallen into it soon after college. Nearly three decades later, it remains her passion.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2007
Hospital Survival

Hospital operators in Southwest Florida are fighting to keep their organizations profitable, but they're taking different approaches. Which strategy will pay off?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2007
Commercial Clouds

Office-space vacancies are creeping up, rents may fall in some areas and prospective tenants are becoming more hesitant about leasing new space. But that's not stopping new development of offices along Interstate 75 from Tampa to Fort Myers.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2007
Clean Technology

Taking an old-tech company high-tech has meant huge savings and a competitive advantage for Platinum Total Fabricare.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 11, 2005
In Search of Hip

Frank Folsom Smith plans to create a trendy youthful feel for SRQ Innovation Green at the airport.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2006
Coffee Talk

Project still has marquee billing: Not everyone is pulling out of the residential market.Market Slowdown?: Morrison Homes sales associate Virginia Arnold apparently hasn't heard about the residential slowdown that is making many agents and Realtors anxious.Chamber cheerleaders spice things up: Who says business chamber affairs are dull?Condo towers' premiere delayed: Plans to build a pair of 16-story condo towers on a parking lot behind the Hollywood 20 movie theater and Main Plaza, at U.S. 301 and Fruitville Road in Sarasota, are being revised.Tampa office market feeling good: The old economic stand-by of supply and demand is at the heart of what one Tampa-based commercial real estate executive calls the "start of another boom" in the Tampa office market.Michael Saunders & Co. Inman finalist: Michael Saunders & Co., the dominant real estate firm in Sarasota and one of the most well-known statewide, recently received a little national attention: The firm was named a finalist for Inman News' Innovator Award.What do you think?: Floridians are inundating Gov. Jeb Bush with requests to deal with the state's property insurance crisis.Fewer Foreclosures: Florida foreclosure rates dropped 12% in the second quarter of this year over the same period in 2005.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 14, 2005
Chow Down

Two women, stressed out from the corporate grind, joined together to open a business that answers the often-asked question: What's for dinner? The friends and business partners seek ambitious growth for their new franchise.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2008
Fresh Eats

Honduras native Chris Andino didn't even speak English until he was 18. Today he runs one of the fastest growing Subway franchises on the Gulf Coast.

  • Entrepreneurs
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