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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • August 23, 2023
Tampa medical center earns top honors from Forbes

Moffitt Cancer Center was recognized on the Forbes list of "America’s Best-in-State Employers."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 29, 2023
Grocery stores close ahead of Hurricane Idalia's arrival

Publix, Walmart, Winn-Dixie and Aldi all have stores closing early.

  • Florida
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2021
Tampa apartments sell for $65 million

Off-market deal by ZMR Capital for Hanley Place the latest in a wave of transactions aimed at capitalizing on region’s stellar economy

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Jennifer M. Fowler | Board Certified Labor and Employment Attorney |
  • January 2, 2024
Budgeting Employee Pay for 2024

Businesses should keep in mind recent and upcoming minimum wage increases.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 4, 2025
More St. Pete layoffs after Trump administration cuts youth jobs program

The U.S. Department of Labor has paused Job Corps centers operations nationally leading to the shuttering of a St. Petersburg center and the layoffs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 17, 2022
St. Pete Pier one of just six projects worldwide to win ULI prize

The St. Pete Pier in St. Petersburg, Florida, is among the six developments from around the world that have won the 2022 Urban Land Institute Global Awards for Excellence.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2017
Company adds two C-level executives

First Watch recently named a Chief People Officer and a Chief Development Officer.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2014
West Bay Club community and golf course purchased by members, developer

Members of the West Bay Golf Club and homeowners of the West Bay Property Owners Association have purchased the West Bay Club community and the championship Pete & P.B. Dye Golf Course for $2 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 16, 2022
Illinois company pays nearly $6 million for Fort Myers industrial properties

An LLC with ties to a Chicago-area real estate firm bought the three buildings on Idlewild Street and Plantation Road.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2010
There's money in that pet poop

Dan Vickers is the proud franchisee of a larger business that generated $4.5 million in 2009. Representing one of 100 nationwide locations, the company saw dramatic growth last year, despite a slow economy.That company is Pet Butler. Their business: poop scooping.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2012
Business Basher-in-Chief

Had enough of the relentless business bashing, including from our own president?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 2, 2021
Chicago pizza chain makes Florida debut in region

Billy Bricks Wood Fired Pizza adds to Chicago restaurant portfolio in Clearwater

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2021
Insurance firm creates pandemic-based resilience tool

BRP Group helps other companies stick together.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 13, 2020
BB&T marketing space in Sarasota

BB&T's downtown Sarasota offices and branch could be vacated in the wake of the bank’s merger with SunTrust

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 12, 2021
Fast casual greek chain plans continued expansion this year

St. Petersburg-based fast-casual restaurant Little Greek Fresh Grill chain eyes Florida and Texas as areas for further growth.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 31, 2020
Ad firm offers free creative services to restaurants affected by COVID-19 crisis

Tampa advertising firm Dunn & Co. has made some of its key services free of charge to restaurants suffering economic hardship because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 3, 2018
Highwoods Preserve building comes to market

Highwoods Properties offers its Highwoods Preserve I building for sale for $39.5 million amid plans for a pair of other office developments in the Tampa area.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 24, 2018
Bromley may hire Concord for Midtown Tampa hotel project

Bromley Cos. is negotiating to add Concord Hospitality Enterprises of Raleigh, N.C. to its roster of partners at its $500 million Midtown Tampa project

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 27, 2014
Busted Fort Myers Congressman resigns

U.S. Rep. Trey Radel says his 'struggles had serious consequences.'

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 1, 2013
Defender Pad

The idea behind DefenderPad, a laptop radiation shield and heat protector, isn't necessarily new.

  • Strategies
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