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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 4, 2023
Tampa Bay-based car wash expands into Sarasota, Bradenton

Woodie's Wash Shack has plans to open at least 50 locations by 2026.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Rachel Stewart, 29

Co-founder, licensed mental health counselor, registered play therapist supervisor, Thrive Therapy

  • Class of 2016
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 27, 2022
Developer buys nearly 2 acres in Tampa to build student housing complex

Commercial Street Partners’ land next to University of Tampa comes approved for eight-story building with 150 units.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2011
Source Interlink expands

The Bonita Springs-based firm acquired a company based in Santa Monica.

  • News
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 27, 2023
Fort Myers call center opens $21M facility, plans 350 jobs

Pay starts at $16 an hour for positions at Alta Resources.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 23, 2020
Crush your 2021 goals — after you eat a frog

Being productive requires an appetite for big tasks.

  • Leadership
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • September 26, 2025
New operator picked for Tampa Bay ferry, plans to buy two vessels

Hubbard’s Ferry, a family-owned fishing and cruising venture out of Madeira Beach, has been selected to operate a daily, year-round ferry service between Tampa and St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 13, 2012
What's in a name? One organization hopes jobs

Manatee Economic Development Corp. President and CEO Sharon Hillstrom hopes a tweak to her organization's moniker will give it more influence.

  • News
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 18, 2014
Web Printer

A printer makes a big push into the online world and scores a contract for a high profile economic development website to promote the Southwest Florida region.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2013
Prospects improve for tech firm

A matchmaking website for businesses founded by Sarasota entrepreneurs continues to seize its opportunity in the startup tech limelight.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2015
St. Pete apartments with view of Tropicana Field sell

Fusion 1560 is purchased by Mesirow Financial Real Estate Value Fund in Chicago for $57.5 million, or $177,000 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon |
  • April 28, 2025
First of three waterfront Tampa condo towers is topped out

The completion date for Aqua, a 77-unit luxury condominium project in the Westshore district of Tampa, is slated for April 2026.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 21, 2009
Osprey Inn buyer stays diversified

Paul and Carolyn Martin are two part-time Florida residents you're not likely to find lounging away their winter reading books on the beach.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2016
Bank looks for marketing boost

Kara LeComte's boss at USAmeriBank, president and CEO Joe Chillura, gave her a tough task when she was promoted late last year to oversee marketing of the bank's wide retail branch network.

  • News
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 22, 2022
Tax preparer to serve nearly five years in prison for defrauding IRS out of millions

A St. Pete tax preparer falsified documents to file returns claiming unearned refunds for clients.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 16, 2021
$430 million healthcare nonprofit names new CEO

Rick Carlisle had been CEO of CAN Community Health since April 2015.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 25, 2024
62 jobs lost after Hillsborough Community College pulls contract

A French company with U.S. operations tells state officials that it is laying off employees after the local college choses a new vendor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2004
Guarding the Guardians (Tampa edition)

The Pinellas County judiciary pushes more secrecy surrounding guardianships. Hillsborough County lets the sun shine in.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 12, 2013
Toilet Travails

Going from invention to market success can be one of the most difficult tasks in business. One local company injects humor into the process.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2009
Government Digest

A look at government action around the Gulf Coast

  • Florida
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