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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2003
Broker of the Year: Overview

David Conn knows it. Barry Seidel certainly does. And so does David Stevens. These commercial real estate brokers know success comes from more than customer service. It comes from superior customer service. All three excelled last year, in a year full of

  • Opinion
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 22, 2010
The 12 days of bureaucrats' haze

Hillsborough County's planning and growth management department prides itself as being “the County's full service community development department that conducts planning, zoning, development review, permitting and inspections services.”

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 30, 2010
Southport Financial Services buys apartment complex

Clearwater-based Southport Financial Services purchased the 200-unit Johnson and Kenneth Court Apartments for $8.8 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 12, 2011
Likes bikes, so he bought out dealer

Most motorcycle enthusiasts are content with one or two bikes. Aaron Sprague likes them enough that he purchased an entire dealership.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 16, 2021
Allegiant adds new flights to two area airports

The new flights are part of the airline's 22-route expansion.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2021
Mobile food delivery service plans to hire 200 drivers

Bite Squad is now in more than 700 small- and medium-sized markets in the United States.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2020
Area coffee company launches subscription-based delivery service

In response to rising demand for home delivery amid the COVID-19 crisis, Tampa-based Joffrey’s Coffee and Tea Co. has created a new subscription service that will bring three bags of coffee directly to customers’ doors every month.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 24, 2019
Area telehealth firm merges with Seattle language services company

Stratus Video, a Clearwater, Florida-based provider of telehealth and remote interpreting services, has merged with InDemand Interpreting, headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2018
Airport sees passenger traffic increase 35%

September was the fifth straight month of double-digit increases in passenger traffic at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2018
Discount carrier adds direct route to North Carolina

Spirit Airlines will begin offering service between Tampa and the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina in early September.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2018
Interior designer earns rare industry certification

Studio+ interior designer Carmen Ho earns Certified Healthcare Interior Designer certification from American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 16, 2018
Contractor awarded surgery center contract

Stevens Construction building Performance Health Surgery Center in Fort Myers. Completion is scheduled for this winter.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2018
Management firm names partner, vice president

Rick Fathauer is a CPA with experience serving condo and homeowner associations.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2014
Financial planning firm hires first COO

Paul Cantor, with 30 years experience on Wall Street, joins Kerkering Barberio.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 15, 2014
Food biz stretches reach with Florida colleges

New clients for Metz Culinary Management include New College of Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2014
LWR's MGA Insurance Group sold

Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is bringing the Lakewood Ranch firm under its North American affinity businesses.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 3, 2016
Airline launches flights to Bahamas

Silver Airways has launched nonstop flights from Fort Myers and Tampa to Nassau, Bahamas.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 3, 2016
Airline applies for Cuba flights

Silver Airways filed an application to provide scheduled air service to Cuba from Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 26, 2014
Businessman buys Centec building, putting space out for lease

Andrew Goodman, owner of Sarasota-based Andrew's Tree Service, purchased the 25,000-square-foot former Centec Equipment building for $3 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 19, 2015
Hospital system names strategy chief

Lee Memorial Health System appointed Kevin Newingham as chief strategy officer of the nation's fourth-largest public health system.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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