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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 9, 2011
Towers of Channelside sold out

A new marketing team sold 137 homes, bringing in more than $45 million.

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  • December 7, 2017
Construction firm finishes $25 million tower

Halfacre Construction Co. finished the 139-foot tower at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 16, 2011
Game Plan

The executives at Community Bank & Co. don't shy away from being bold. The approach has started to pay off.

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  • October 9, 2015
Hear me knocking

The chief audiologist for Collier County's public schools is hitting the road.

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  • September 7, 2006
Gulf Coast Tech Push

Enthusiasm was rampant at a Sarasota tech conference filled with A-list speakers. Among the unique tips:Create an enemy to combat complacency.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • April 23, 2010
Ongoing Legacy

Tampa business legend John Sykes continues to build from both business and community standpoints. People listen when he speaks, even if it isn't always what they want to hear.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 24, 2021
SPP lands Sila Realty at 1001 Water St.

20-story Thousand and One tower will be the first new, dedicated office building delivered in downtown Tampa in nearly three decades. Sila Realty Rust becomes its third announced tenant.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 18, 2025
Feds allege phony contractor scammed elderly Naples woman of $1.2M after storm

The woman continued to give the man money for repairs even after the house was sold.

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  • By Lou Lasday |
  • November 12, 2009
The 'Pretzel Shaped' Corporation

Here's a compelling new model for transforming your enterprise, to untwist the profit flow within.

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  • March 11, 2010
Smaller firms grow, too

With its 2006 expansion into Tampa, Shutts Bowen grew by building its new office on the foundation of a 100-year history, and the nearly 200 lawyers already on staff across the state. However, several smaller law firms have found a way to grow as well.

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  • June 28, 2013
Corporate Report: June 28

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 13, 2025
Mayor says Gas Plant redevelopment to continue despite Rays rejecting stadium deal

The team announced it was backing out of a deal to build a new stadium.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 24, 2025
Sarasota med-spa hires fractional COO

Marlow Med Aesthetics has hired a seasoned sales executive to lead the business into the next phase of its growth.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • September 26, 2011
Kauzlarich discusses AK-47 giveaway

Gino Kauzlarich, who runs a Sarasota credit card processing firm that caters to independent merchants, now offers new clients a voucher toward an AK-47 assault rifle.

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  • August 5, 2016
Mutual Admiration Society

Forget a Styrofoam cup of coffee from the pot that has sat for hours.

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  • March 17, 2006
Coffee Talk

Another Sarasota 'original': Crisis management experts and media flacks are easy to find today, with the 24-hour news cycle churning out a new celebrity, well, every 24 hours.PCM'S newspaper stocks continue to lag: When McClatchy Co. agreed to buy rival newspaper chain Knight Ridder for about $6.5 billion last week, it appeared Naples-based Private Capital Management had scored a victory for shareholders.Freedom to expand: Followers of Gerald L. Anthony's career won't be surprised that the veteran Manatee County banker wants to grow his latest creation - and grow it fast. Miva's future still in question: Fort Myers-based Internet company Miva has hired Deutsche Bank Securities to explore a possible sale of the company, but the subject was barely mentioned in a March 13 conference call with analysts announcing fourth-quarter results.Will anybody follow WaMu?: Washington Mutual Inc. has presented customers in Florida and elsewhere with seven more reasons to drop their loose change into a new account at the Seattle thrift.Commercial market cools off, rents heat up: A big player in Tampa commercial real estate is predicting the market will even out over the next year and property owners will look to reap the benefits.

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  • August 9, 2013
Wok this way

A new entry in the hot U.S. fast-casual restaurant segment aims to leverage its global experience to find success. 'We want to elevate Chinese food,' says an executive.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 7, 2014
Get a Dell, dude

A Gulf Coast technology hardware firm is on a five-year growth surge. It's a long way from selling computer servers out of a backyard shed.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 25, 2025
Jabil Inc. gets $3.2 billion line of credit after expansion announced

The St. Petersburg technology company disclosed the revolving credit facility in an SEC filing.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2009
Review now even sooner

In order to get our business stories into your hands as soon as we print them, we have begun delivering the Review early Friday mornings.

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