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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 15, 2015
Manufacturer plans $5M expansion

Somero Enterprises will spend $5 million to build a new corporate headquarters facility in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 16, 2013
Economist feels positive SWFL vibes

Anthony Chan, the chief economist for J.P. Morgan's Chase Wealth Management, travels to Florida from New York City at least eight times a year to visit family in Tampa and clients all over the state.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 20, 2015
Furnished fantasy

How a national retailer sets up shop in a new location is a hub of activity. It's part commerce, part theater.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 16, 2012
John Wooden's lessons get local treatment

Bradenton-based IMG Academies heads straight to the top for its latest leadership development initiative: John Wooden.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • January 20, 2024
Indoor pickleball facility to open in Tampa

Pickleball Kingdom, a national indoor pickleball franchise, will soon open its latest unit in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 19, 2011
Zen Bears

Deb Canham's hobby-focused business is down more than 50%, courtesy of the recession. Her story of career transformation, and now, business survival, is nonetheless stirring.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 17, 2013
'Queen of Tax Fraud' locked up for 21 years

A 26-year-old woman with a sixth-grade education orchestrated a multimillion-dollar tax scheme.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 11, 2023
Lakewood Ranch homebuilder buys 345 acres in Lee County

A car dealership sells its land, plans for a parking garage are rejected, and a CRE firm is scooped up top the week's commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • December 16, 2020
Entrepreneurial couple starts, grows food business amid pandemic

With years of industry experience to guide them, a think-big couple aims to grab a large bite of the food products industry.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 19, 2026
The ‘Queen of pitch’ dishes on the secrets to her $2.5B success

Forbes Riley’s success in pitching billions of dollars of stuff, from ab rockers to Zoobooks, has led to a lifetime of hard-earned lessons.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 22, 2025
Tampa synagogue, developer revamp plans for waterfront residential tower

Congregation Rodeph Shalom has agreed to cut the size of the a proposed condominium development in the hopes of swaying city leaders.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2013
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of nationwide expansion

Troy Roberts deservedly celebrated a major accomplishment in spring 2012, when Publix liquor stores statewide agreed to stock rum from his locally based distillery.

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 20, 2021
State's largest distribution center sells for $126.5 million

Tampa-based Cushman & Wakefield investment sales team brokers deal with IP Capital Partners and Torchlight Investors for former Sears space

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2014
Light shines on 'amazing' product

Manatee County entrepreneur Ruth Brown jokes that she's “an instant overnight success that took six years.”

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 21, 2011
TIB raises $8 million

Existing shareholders bought another 533,029 shares of TIB stock.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 15, 2011
WCI Communities posts stronger sales

Bonita Springs-based WCI Communities, the developer and homebuilder that emerged from bankruptcy reorganization in September 2009, is reporting some success, especially on the east coast of the state.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 16, 2011
Summervilles sell for $8.5M

A pair of assisted-living facilities sold for $8.5 million this week.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 27, 2013
Act Now!

Pioneering pitchman Kevin Harrington oozes success in selling stuff through infomercials. One key: Promote yourself and your product early and often.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • August 20, 2010
Bigger Wing Span

Ker's WingHouse is ready to expand beyond Florida as a regional sports restaurant chain. Its owner doesn't worry about getting knocked around: That's how he used to spend many of his Sundays.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 8, 2023
Fort Myers revitalization project picks up another $2M in funding

A state senator and a state representative helped facilitate the latest round of funding for The Greater Dunbar Initiative.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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