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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 30, 2005
Five Stars from 2005

Two Fort Myers companies' stock prices showed the biggest gains among the Gulf Coast's public companies.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 12, 2018
Coastal Ridge goes back to school with student housing investments

Coastal Ridge Real Estate is one of the fastest-growing investors in student housing in Florida, where it has acquired six properties over the span of the past 24 months, including the Coast Village apartments and The Reef, both in Fort Myers.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2004
Leading the Trend (Overview)

This overview of the construction and expansion guide is provided free of charge.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • October 22, 2010
Bouncing Back

Steve Johnston and Rich Heruska have worked together on various ventures since their days at USF. They expect their latest, Airheads Trampoline Arena, to catch on nationally.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2020
Restaurant owner laments looters who smashed Tampa location

Little Greek store owner and franchise company president Nick Vojnovic says 'If we get looted again I probably won’t reopen.'

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  • By Randi Donahue |
  • March 3, 2017
Twin tank

Brothers with a knack for product development hope to score big with their latest invention — an affordable desktop jellyfish tank.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 15, 2020
Krystin Olinski, 34

Director, PRESS PR + Marketing

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 1, 2016
Entrepreneur U

Millennial generation students are signing up in record numbers for entrepreneurship classes after seeing their parents lose their corporate jobs during the recession.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 27, 2024
Naples couple builds $65M animal handling facility at JFK airport

The ARK at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City has handled all kinds of animals, from horses to snakes. Its success — including more than $7 million in annual revenue — stems from a determined and dogged Naples couple.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Chuck Merlis |
  • October 9, 2025
Matt Boggan, 23

40 Under 40 winner Matt Boggan is CEO of Gulf Coast Agency and owner of Stix Sushi & Seafood.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2008
The Dawn of Digital

Jud Parker and his firm, Digital Legal, has gone beyond digital records to working with law firms on organizing data so they can win cases and serve clients better

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 1, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

Court records back online by summer?: The Committee on Privacy and Court Records issued a draft proposal on court records on the Internet with recommendations that fall mostly in favor of open-record advocates.Bar trouble: Rumors swirled for months that the Tampa office of the Florida Bar had lost several of its senior attorneys, including Tom DeBerg and Steve Whelan. High employee turnover was reported to have brought a slowdown in the investigation and prosecution of lawyers accused of wrongdoing.Changing of the guard: John LaRocca succeeded Ray Sandelli as chairman of the Tampa Downtown Partnership at its recent annual meeting. LaRocca partners with Allen Murphy at Tampa's Murphy LaRocca Consulting Group, a land-use and real estate consulting group.Fishkind forecast: We're at the peak: Hank Fishkind, the widely quoted Florida economist, expects the national economy to enter a slow period beginning the second half this year. But there's some good news. He doesn't expect the impact of that slowdown to appear in this part of the nation until next summer.Long-time mentor named outstanding lawyer: John "Jack" Rudy II, a founding member of Bush Ross Gardner Warren & Rudy PA, was honored June 28 as the Hillsborough County Bar Association's outstanding lawyer of the year.NFIB taps Tampa CEO as 'small-business champion': Tampa businessman David Hurley was named "Small-Business Champion" of the Southeast region by the National Federation of In

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  • September 25, 2008
Selective Buyer

Seth Werner, a veteran Florida real estate executive, searches the statefor good office properties that he can make into great office properties.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: SRQ Innovation Green moves slowly forwardKlingbeil Multifamily pays $12.7 million for Bay West Apartments Schroeder-Manatee Ranch fills final hole Wesco Turf principals buy former Sears building

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  • July 25, 2008
Market Focused

Christoph Trina wants to take innovations from university labs, government facilities and private industry and get them into the marketplace.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 12, 2009
Gamblin' Man

Rob Brady's business — a fusion of product design and technology — was being crushed by the recession. He took some high-stakes risks to begin turning the company around.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • October 29, 2010
Recycling Project

The hotel now known as the Postcard Inn was once slated for demolition, to be replaced with a taller structure. It has reverted to its roots, possibly providing an impetus for investment in similar properties.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 8, 2011
Small gems

RGM Capital may be small, but it has outperformed stock benchmarks over the long term. Money managers Robert Moses and Edward Calkins stick to what they know.

  • Industries
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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • February 16, 2012
Double Down

A Tampa biopharmaceutical says its vaccine will revolutionize cancer treatment. But its future hangs on FDA approval.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 23, 2021
Longtime entrepreneurs dive headfirst into business idea amid pandemic — now it's valued at $12 million

The founders of Bushwacker Spirits were told repeatedly to put off starting the company until after the pandemic had run its course for a year. Good thing they didn't listen.

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