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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 30, 2022
Georgia praline, candy kitchen opens in Sarasota

The company has been serving pralines and chocolate loggerheads since it first opened in 1973.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 4, 2022
Cape Coral grocer to open early, postpones grand opening

Sprout’s is opening its store two days earlier than scheduled.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 7, 2022
University’s unique bell tower to make public debut

The 63 bells of the 105-foot-tall John Sykes Ars Sonora, on the University of Tampa campus, will ring out for the first time this weekend.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2022
Parrish web design, SEO agency forms partnership with market leader

The program provides more accessible websites for clients.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2022
Home furnishings retailer to open first Florida location in Sarasota

Homesense is expected to open Nov. 10 at University Town Center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 22, 2022
Veteran corporate attorney joins board of Tampa finance firm

Todd Zhang succeeds Joel Rodgers at LM Funding America Inc., which in September added Bitcoin mining to its platform.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 10, 2022
Tampa boosts funding for affordable housing by $20M

The city’s CRA is adding the money to fund initiatives addressing critical housing issues.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 24, 2009
Condo-tel rooms for convention center?

For more than two decades, officials with the Manatee Convention Center have been trying to find a developer to build a hotel nearby. Now with the real estate market downturn maybe those vacant luxury condominiums next door in Riviera Dunes could be the answer to that need.

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  • June 29, 2009
Environmental Biotech sees change

Perhaps Manatee County truly is in the process of changing its reputation toward business, even if it is only the chamber.

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  • October 2, 2009
Company wins more validation

In their ongoing battle for industry validation, the executives at Sarasota-based XG Technology have a new weapon for their arsenal.

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  • February 12, 2010
Alleged bank fraud and politics mix

As if banks don't have enough trouble, now Bank of America, and possibly other financial institutions that may have misled Florida's pension fund, may come under investigation by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, the leading Republican candidate for governor.

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  • March 4, 2010
Joneses buy Capri Inn, plan rehab, rebranding

Don and Elena Jones of Sarasota purchased the 10-unit Capri Inn at The Beach motel on Siesta Key east of Midnight Pass Road from a The Bank of Commerce subsidiary for $995,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 13, 2009
Local executive lands new job

Tom Randle, one of the longest tenured credit union executives on the Gulf Coast, is going from building home loan portfolios to actually building homes.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2010
GulfShore learns leasing the hard way

One would think a downtown Tampa office market with just under 20% vacancy and rents averaging $20 per square foot would be easy pickings for anyone looking to lease space.

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  • September 21, 2010
Hizzoner welcomes developers

Fort Myers Mayor Randy Henderson is making a big push to make the city developer friendly again.

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  • August 27, 2010
Kelly's new role provides platform

For at least three decades, Patrick Kelly has been widely recognized in Tampa Bay commercial real estate circles.

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  • April 28, 2010
McCollum slipping, Crist flipping?

A new poll by Quinnipiac University has nominee Bill McCollum only leading by a 40%-36% margin in the governor's race over Democratic favorite Alex Sink.

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  • March 28, 2011
Malpractice limit in works

Legislature proposes limiting damages in medical-malpractice lawsuits.

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  • January 11, 2013
SunTrust executive switches coasts

One of the more community-connected chief executives in the Sarasota-Bradenton region, Margaret Callihan, has relocated to Florida's east coast.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2013
Island hotel biz books one of its best years ever

Exec says one property's bookings are “off the charts.”

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