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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • April 14, 2017
Dive In

A franchise-based firm has found its groove in keeping owners happy, not simply growing for growth's sake. Now it seeks more franchisees.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 26, 2016
Not done yet

World War II veteran Chuck Palmeri has been a salesman, from shoes to condos to commercial real estate, for nearly 70 years. It's a long lifetime of lessons learned.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 15, 2016
Loaned up

Sanibel Captiva Community Bank shows the way for small community banks to be profitable.

  • Finance
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 27, 2016
Rate up

Hotel-room occupancies from Tampa to Naples slipped in the first quarter, but hoteliers remained confident enough to raise room rates.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 14, 2016
Calculated risk

Larry Feldman and Tower Realty Partners plan to push forward this year on Riverwalk Tower, which would be Tampa's tallest building and its first mixed-use project.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • February 27, 2015
In the rough

More golf courses are closing than opening nationwide, and Florida's not immune. It might be time for a Mulligan.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • March 13, 2015
Bullet brawl

Taking on the federal government is an inherently risky proposition. But a Gulf Coast business, engaged in a four-years-and-counting battle, has scored a potential multimillion-dollar victory.

  • Law
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • January 29, 2025
Former hotel sales exec eyes big growth for SWFL home inspection business

Hotel sales executive-turned-entrepreneur Joe Nugent, in seizing opportunities for his now 10-year-old home inspection company, has a never break rule: "I won't just hire a warm body."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • July 15, 2025
Sarasota water bottling startup looks to grab market share

WellHouse has successfully gotten past some initial challenges — sourcing, partnerships, licensing, to name a few. Now the founder looks to scale the startup.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 11, 2023
Legislators work to prevent enemy governments from buying Florida land

The Legislature will consider bills that will keep foreign governments or people tied to them from owning property near military bases and agricultural land.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 1, 2026
Growing Lakeland firm tops $1 billion in 2025 sales

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Fort Myers gas station sold in portfolio deal, a Clearwater storage facility part of refinance package, and a Sarasota warehouse complex is sold.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2006
Commercial RE Briefs

Landmark Development Group buys in Grey Oak for TraditionsHampshire Generational buys Mission HillsChicago company buys Fort Myers Beach self-storage complexFirst Priority buys land for Ellenton branchBlackpoint, Bison buy second to last portion of Washington CrossingSynovus Bank acquires land for Tamiami branchSarasota's Mooring Development buys Regency Coporate ParkPolitis Properties plans Drew St. office buildingChildren's Urology buys Midtown suite

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2007
Commercial RE Briefs

Realco Florida LLC buys 91-acre Airport Technology CenterSarasota investors buys Treeline office buildingFort Myers ISP buys office for headquartersFox Creek Holdings LLC buys I-75 parcelBank officials buy land for headquartersArdaman & Associates official buys George F. Young buildingAmerica's Capital Partners buys four-building Breckenridge VIIISt. Petersburg group buys 34th Street North warehousePriority Developers, NY investors plan Triple J Ranch development

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2008
Corporate Report

Survey: Investors confident in S&P 500Fox electronics expands XpressO line in EuropeTigris reaches development deal with Cancer InstituteClearwater's Sunsail adds yachts to MartiniqueWellCare cuts 208 jobs, mostly in Florida, New YorkTech Data buying Scribona AB assets7-Eleven expands franchising of local storesPPi opens marketing office, technical training showroomDayJet Corp. adds Sarasota, Jacksonville hubs

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2004
Trailblazer

Lansing C. Scriven will be the Hillsborough County Bar Association's first black president.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 14, 2019
Are credit unions the new community banks?

Credit unions, nationally and especially in Florida, are diving into a new form of expansion: buying banks. A pair of billion-dollar area credit unions lead the way in the buy-to-grow strategy.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 24, 2006
Corporate Report

Fox Electronics grows Asia-Pacific presence Two stun-gun companies settle false-advertising lawsuit Mercantile Bancorp purchases Naples' Royal Palm BancorpTampa's SunView Software releases add-on communicatorThinking Systems releases new imaging system for PET/CTCobalt Laboratories reaches deal with GlaxoSmithKlineRadiation Therapy buys seven-center Michigan chainBeasley Broadcast Group revenue falls by $1 millionIA Global loses less revenue, grows by $3 million in quarterWellCare net income grows 166% on membership growthGlobal Signal revenue grows slights, losses smaller, merger pendingNeoGenomics revenue grows 186% for quarterRadiation Therapy Services net income grows by 20%

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 26, 2023
Developers of big downtown Sarasota parcel look to spring 2024 opening

Activity is heating up at Main Plaza, which is primed to reshape a large swath of east Main Street.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 7, 2023
Leadership retreat exec’s guide to building a business that’s ‘well done’

Ken Gosnell translates Sunday school soliloquies into a series of guidelines on running — and growing — a high-standards, high-performance business.

  • Leadership
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • March 8, 2023
Original owner returns, plans to open new Sarasota brewery, restaurant

With lessons of growing the first go-around of his business too fast fresh on his mind, Sarasota chef and craft beer entrepreneur seeks to do things differently in act two.

  • Entrepreneurs
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