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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2015
Architect comes home

Sarasota architect David Young left his Naples home after graduating from high school.

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  • January 8, 2016
Low inventory issue looms

With December left to count, leaders with the Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee are confident 2015 will be a record for total sales in the two-county region.

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  • July 31, 2015
Ship's last voyage

If you travel between Fort Myers and Naples on U.S. 41, it's hard to miss The Ship.

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  • August 20, 2015
Bradenton office buyer emerges

The recently purchased office property is anchored by the Bradenton Herald newspaper.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • September 10, 2015
Aerospace company wins $210K in subsidies

Lee County and state officials will give a $210,000 tax subsidy to an aerospace firm that plans to expand.

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  • September 17, 2015
Prominent developer pledges $1M to food bank

All Faiths Food Bank distributed 7.1 million pounds of food last year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • September 25, 2015
Florida: The state that loves lawsuits

Frivolous lawsuits are in growth mode in Florida.

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  • January 2, 2015
Headquarters mission to take priority

The drive for a corporate headquarters to relocate to Tampa will likely be a big newsmaker in 2015.

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  • January 12, 2015
Clearwater Chamber hires Johnson Pope COO

Carol Hague will become president and CEO of the organization, replacing the retiring Bob Clifford.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 6, 2015
Roper buys two more firms for $450M

Conglomerate acquires one company in Pittsburgh and another in Vermont.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • February 13, 2015
TerraCap Investment firm buys Bradenton's Harbour Pointe

An investment firm of TerraCap Management LLC purchased the 234-unit Harbour Pointe of Bradenton Apartments for $21.12 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • February 27, 2015
Sarasota family investment group buys, repositioning South Venice Storage

A Sarasota family led by Dora Thomas purchased the 38,883-square-foot South Venice Storage for $2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • March 11, 2015
Largo man arrested over fake business scheme

Gary Gauthier first made news in 2014 after allegedly using his Christian radio show to lure investors in what authorities say was a Ponzi scheme.

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  • March 20, 2015
Failure to launch: Bright House deal iffy

Fresh off its unsuccessful attempt to acquire Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications Inc. is potentially making a bid for Bright House Networks, the second-largest cable operator in Florida.

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  • April 3, 2015
Old, but still quite useful

Growing old is like wine, as the saying goes, because people get better with age.

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  • April 13, 2015
Dallas REIT buys Tampa, Orlando apartments

The $119.9 million deal includes Hunters Green in Tampa, as well as the Millenia and MetroWest areas of Orlando, and Davenport's ChampionsGate.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • April 24, 2015
Orange Avenue building sells for $1.9 million

A company led by Sarasota businessman Eric Collin purchased an 11,452-square-foot office building on Orange Avenue and a vacant lot on Fruitville Road for $1.85 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • May 1, 2015
Seminoles might see tax break

It's been 30 years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled states could tax cigarette sales to non-tribe members on Native American reservations, and seven years since Florida has enforced a $1.34 per pack excise tax.

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  • May 8, 2015
Concorde Career Institute campus sells for $6M

An investment group led by developer Robert Lechter purchased two Westshore office buildings for $6 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • May 8, 2015
Car insurance in Florida is costly

Sunshine state drivers on the hunt for cheap car insurance should head to Ohio, Maine, or even Idaho.

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