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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2013
Corporate Report: August 30

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 6, 2020
Tampa office values, along with rents, have climbed in the past decade

New study says office values are up nearly 30% over the past decade; experts see more growth on the horizon.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • January 11, 2019
In quest for creative outlet, financial industry executive turns to wreaths

Penny Parks deals with numbers all day. Searching for a creative hobby, she started making wreaths. She hasn’t looked back.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 15, 2010
Cut it CLOSE

A Gulf Coast advertising firm's top national client was in dire need of a creative, and a winning, campaign. The result could be a glimpse at where online marketing is headed.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 1, 2012
Buy a company, get a visa - but is it worth it?

Successful entrepreneurs never give up, even in the face of great adversity. One British couple rebuilt their business despite near disaster.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 24, 2014
The M word

Bonita Springs enacted the nuclear option of growth management: a development moratorium. As the recession fades, the familiar development battles pitting anti-growth activists against developers reemerge.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 29, 2016
Take credit

Residents of Pine Island in Lee County can sell rights to develop their property to developers who want to build more densely in urban areas. Yet such plans have had limited success in Florida.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 30, 2015
Up to par

Coral Hospitality is leading investors who see opportunity to turnaround underperforming golf courses. They plan to spend $150 million between Tampa and Naples.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 25, 2015
Luxury living

Stock Development found a luxury niche by building hundreds of speculative furnished homes. Now the firm is ready for more.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 11, 2024
Once-booming Big Storm Brewing faces eviction, lawsuit and closures

The Clearwater-based brewer and distiller, which has shut three of its five taprooms in a year, is facing off against a disgruntled investor as second landlord in a year says the company didn’t pay rent.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 26, 2005
Who Pays: Builder or Buyer?

Homebuyers force Sarasota's Whitehall Quality Homes into the Hillsborough County courts over pricing disputes.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 14, 2023
Report: Tampa Bay Buccaneers among the worst in the NFL for fan dedication

Report, from a Canadian sports betting company, has some surprising results, in addition to the Bucs. Like the Jacksonville Jaguars being near the top of the list.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • September 7, 2023
Pinellas County leaders pick new CEO for nonprofit

Pinellas County Urban League picks new CEO after national search.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 25, 2023
Interim tag removed from hospital leader’s title

Sara Dodds has been named president of BayCare's St. Joseph's Hospital-North in Lutz on a permanent basis.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • July 14, 2022
Tampa Bay landmark wins prestigious development honor

The new St. Pete Pier triumphed in the Urban Open Space category at the 2022 Urban Land Institute America’s Awards for Excellence.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 26, 2022
With $151.8M haul, University of South Florida breaks fundraising record

During its 2022 fiscal year, the Tampa institution received donations from more than 34,000 supporters.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 11, 2022
Downtown Tampa skyscraper sells to New York firm

The Wells Fargo building was sold by its owner of 10 years to The Feil Organization.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 5, 2003
Building Starts on the Rise

Construction, which increased nearly $71 million, migrated south in Manatee and Sarasota counties during the first part of the year.

  • Opinion
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 6, 2011
Last one standing

Collier County was home to four of the largest banks on the Gulf Coast just a few years ago. TIB Bank is the lone survivor today.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 25, 2011
Stronger team may not help state GOP

Republicans put themselves in “ ... a stronger position for elections in the future,” says former U.S. Rep. Dan Miller, a Bradenton Republican.

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