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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 21, 2023
Parrish 55+ community celebrates amenity campus opening

Over half of the planned 950 homes in Del Webb BayView have been constructed with another 180 currently on the way.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2010
Appeal ruled frivolous costs environmental groups

Two environmental groups are doing more than licking their wounds after losing an appeal of a growth management case.

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  • May 16, 2013
Bay area tops Turkey list for Gulf Coast

Florida TaxWatch identified more than 10 bay-area projects included in the state budget as “turkeys.”

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 27, 2012
Hyper focus on cash earns firm potential payday

A Sarasota-based four-person money management firm has notched a notable accomplishment in being selected by Fidelity Investments to provide online research for clients.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 30, 2012
All revved up with somewhere to go

The capacity to turn social media websites from gossipy chatter to legit marketing confounds many Gulf Coast executives.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2012
Nostalgic chain seeks growth

Poodle skirts and jukeboxes are on the way back to the Gulf Coast with 5 & Diner, a Worcester, Mass.-based restaurant chain.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2020
Small businesses: access interest-free loans of up to $50,000

The application process for the Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan has been updated.

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  • April 19, 2019
Photography service opens inside area Ritz-Carlton

The Photography Concierge has locations within several Ritz-Carlton hotels.

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  • January 30, 2015
Double check on 'customer creepiness'

Connecting customers to a business seamlessly, from a smartphone to walking through the door, is the drop-everything quandary retailers face in 2015.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 15, 2022
Controversial property sold after new buyer and residents reach a compromise

Year after residents helped kill a previous development, a South Tampa office park is sold to a local business owner who plans to build town houses on the property.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2004
Legal Briefs (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Nominees sought for Professionalism AwardNAIOP Florida appoints Carver to statewide postMacFarlane Ferguson selects shareholdersHarvard Club elects Ted Afield presidentStewart, Twine-Thomas form new law practice

  • Law
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • January 14, 2011
Government Digest: Jan. 14 - Jan. 20

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

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  • April 21, 2021
Manufacturer, even after pandemic dip, sold in $4.3 billion deal

New Port Richey's Welbilt Inc. purchased by by Illinois-based Middleby Corporation in all-stock deal valued at $4.3 billion.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 3, 2022
Hertz reaffirms commitment to Estero as it focuses on innovation in 2022

The Hertz Corp. has eyes set on electric vehicles and “reimagining the customer experience” in the new year

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 25, 2016
A Value-Add Play

A pending vacancy could only enhance the value of a 19-story, downtown Tampa office building.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Automotive Management buys 15 acres on Pine RidgeSouth Dakota's Summit Group plans Fort Myers Hyatt PlaceMonmouth Real Estate buys Charlotte FedEx warehouseTA Associates fund acquires 210 WatermarkChanges in Latitude buys Siesta Key StorageCorona family invests in Peridia office buildingSea Crest Apartments sells for $8.2 millionGentile Group buys 11 Wyndham propertiesTwo partners buy Port Richey Comfort Inn

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2007
Something to Believe In

An entrepreneur who disdains risk has still managed to grow his business - in revenues, employees and product lines. It starts with faith-based principles.

  • 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 30, 2008
Corporate Report

Survey: Investors confident in S&P 500Fox electronics expands XpressO line in EuropeTigris reaches development deal with Cancer InstituteClearwater's Sunsail adds yachts to MartiniqueWellCare cuts 208 jobs, mostly in Florida, New YorkTech Data buying Scribona AB assets7-Eleven expands franchising of local storesPPi opens marketing office, technical training showroomDayJet Corp. adds Sarasota, Jacksonville hubs

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 15, 2012
Integrity issues at IntegraClick?

Three top executives recently left IntegraClick. A fourth alleges he was ordered to delete incriminating emails.

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