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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 12, 2026
Tampa Theatre working on $30M in enhancements ahead of turning 100

As it approaches its centenary, the old movie palace in downtown Tampa is working to better modernize and accentuate its history.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 21, 2020
We can verify this: E-Verify is not a fix

Leave us alone. Let us do what we do in peace.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • November 6, 2015
Mobile men

Anthony Fernandez turned his knack for fixing things into an entrepreneurial venture. Major expansion plans are on the horizon.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 19, 2025
St. Armands receives $13.5M to address flooding concerns

The Sarasota County Commission allocates just more than half of the $24.5 million the city requested for storm mitigation projects on St. Armands Key.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2003
Free Press

This week's items: Home Discovere Real Estate Services Corp. usuals unique pitchNaple's Quarles & Brady LLP relocatingUNI/CARE Systems providing finger-print securityFlorida ranks fifth in business environment and more...

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  • October 13, 2017
Kevin Cooper, 36

President and CEO, The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 14, 2021
Prominent area eye surgeon dies at 53

Dr. Bill Lahners helped grow Center for Sight into one of the largest eye care practices in the region.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • April 15, 2011
Beyond the (e)Bay

Triad Retail Media struck its biggest online advertising deal yet with the popular merchandising site eBay. The company's founder views it as a gateway to a $50 billion marketplace.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 8, 2019
How to overcome setbacks

Overcoming a loss requires discipline — and preparation.

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  • October 13, 2017
Elizabeth Thomas, 29

Owner/aesthetician, Pure Skincare by Elizabeth

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 5, 2019
Realtors find a better model to sell homes

An independent Southwest Florida real estate agency went looking for a strategy to compete with national brands. Although change wasn't easy, some benefits are percolating.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2010
Centro Properties Group plans larger Sarasota Village Publix

Australia-based Centro Properties Group has filed a site plan to redevelop a portion of the Sarasota Village retail center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2011
ICORR Properties buys Citrus Park Shops

London, Ontario-based ICORR Properties International purchased the 15,800-square-foot Citrus Park Shops retail strip center for $1.75 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2013
Tampa Bay & Co. names new CEO

The tourism organization hires the city of Tampa's chief of staff as its new leader.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • April 16, 2012
Developer Jebco Ventures buys Ringling land

Jebco Ventures Inc. purchased 2.05 acres of commercial land north of Morrill Street in Sarasota for $1.5 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 8, 2012
Bank-on-bank acquisitions soon extinct?

SunTrust Bank, one of the largest regional lenders on the Gulf Coast, might not get much bigger soon.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 18, 2018
Area coffee firm’s cafes to appear in 130 Publix stores

St. Petersburg, Florida-based Kahwa Coffee Roasters has struck a deal with Publix Super Markets Inc. that will see Kahwa-branded cafes open in 130 Publix stores throughout the southeast.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 9, 2016
Arnold receives Governor's Award

Lee Arnold Jr., the CEO of commercial real estate brokerage firm Colliers International Tampa Bay, Central & Southwest Florida, has received the Governor's Business Leader Award for 2016.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 20, 2017
Industrial demand outstripping supply

Over the next five years, Florida's population is expected to grow by 1.3% annually, which could result in an 8-million-square-foot shortfall in the amount of distribution-related real estate required.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 16, 2015
Publix buys FishHawk location

Supermarket chain earmarked $395 million on capital expenditures in 2014.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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