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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 30, 2024
Florida preserves 28,000 acres, including land slated for 1,900 homes

The purchase of tens of thousands of acres protects natural lands and links existing conservation areas, the state says.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 23, 2026
South Florida developer buys Shell Factory property in Fort Myers

The Boca Raton developer paid $3.92 for the former tourist attraction property, though "no final development plans have been announced."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 8, 2024
Feds arrest Lee County resident, indict another for COVID fraud

Two Lehigh Acres men are facing decades in prison in unrelated cases that involve allegations of defrauding the Small Business Administration.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2003
On the Boulevard

Atlanta businessman Wayne Morehead is cutting his development teeth on what will become the largest project in downtown Sarasota.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 4, 2012
Top Salespeople: The Negotiator

The reputation of people who sell cars for a living is doubtlessly low. Terry Myers has managed to rise above the image.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2008
The Host

Paul Catoe moved from the executive offices at a Tampa television station to the award-winning post running the convention and visitors association in Tampa Bay.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2008
Choppy Waters

Strong headwinds from multiple fronts assail commercial real estate, but glimmers of hope peer over the horizon.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2009
Choppy Waters

Strong headwinds from multiple fronts assail commercial real estate, but glimmers of hope peer over the horizon.

  • Industries
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 10, 2009
Shrinking Banks

The banking landscape on the Gulf Coast has been altered by the demise of Orion Bank, the region's second-largest bank. But smaller banks are vulnerable, too.

  • Finance
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  • By Dan Ping |
  • April 15, 2011
Outside the Box

BungoBox has developed an earth-friendly alternative to using cardboard boxes for moving. But instead of promoting its 'green' credentials, the company plans to build a nationwide business by emphasizing cost and convenience.

  • Strategies
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • August 31, 2012
Mobile Mavens

Tampa-based Mad Mobile is racking up soaring sales and employee counts in the emerging mobile commerce industry by focusing only on the big guys.

  • Strategies
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • July 17, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for June 20-26 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Fort Myers Beach restaurant sale for $9 million highlights the week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • October 3, 2022
Transactions: Sept. 26 to Oct. 3

A trio of Sarasota auto dealerships sold for nearly $50 million.

  • Transactions
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • February 17, 2025
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A $23.5 million golf course sale in Collier County paces the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 26, 2023
Construction firm owner heads to prison for multimillion-dollar IRS, insurance fraud

The Polk County woman pleaded guilty last year to a scheme that included underpaying undocumented workers and misleading insurers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 6, 2009
Leather Innovation

Entrepreneur Ron Simkins has had his sights on the multi-billion dollar leather industry for nearly a decade. He is finally moving in with what he hopes is a big bang.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 27, 2009
Nine Lives

The recession is pervasive up and down the Gulf Coast, but a few companies have found ways to grow at skyrocketing rates. Nearly 10 such local businesses made a national best-of list.

  • Strategies
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • November 19, 2009
More Solutions

Can there be such a thing as 'too many customers' for a small business? When it attracts more customers than it's able to help, a change in strategy is in order. It's how eCycling.com was born.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 26, 2013
Big Bay

Industrial real estate is often the forgotten sector of the Sarasota-Bradenton market. But one of the biggest developers in the country is confident the right local project can, and will, work there.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • March 10, 2017
For the class

John Yanchunis has taken on the biggest companies for consumers involved in data breaches. His latest case is colossal.

  • Law
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