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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 30, 2025
$6.5M STEM center coming to USF Sarasota-Manatee campus

The new academic building will span 7,000 square feet and eliminate the need for off-campus subleases, University of South Florida officials say.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Private investors who are buying the Kansas-based parent of Gold Bank won't change the name Sarasota County's consultants report belabors the obvious for conference centerThe four remaining proposals to develop the city-own

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 9, 2023
Downtown Sarasota building: 1 year, 2 sales, 125% appreciation and a $4.3M sale

A Main Street property in Sarasota has sold for the second time in a year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Jennifer Fowler-Hermes |
  • June 4, 2021
Hurricane Season is Here: Understanding Employee Pay During and After a Hurricane

Hurricane Season is Here: Understanding Employee Pay During and After a Hurricane

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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • December 15, 2025
Pinellas artwork manufacturer completes $13.5M facility expansion

Wendover Art Group expanded its Largo facility to nearly 200,000 square feet with help from Pinellas County's Employment Sites Program.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 21, 2017
Next Watch

Two organizations that combined have some 3,000 customers are under new executive management. How will they keep membership groups relevant?

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 2, 2025
Lee County hospital sells for $32M to Nashville health care group

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a refurbished Hilton opens in Fort Myers, a Tampa retailer built on controversial property sells, and more homes coming to North Port.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: Oct. 14

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 22, 2023
Vet clinic in Lakewood Ranch breaks ground on $3.58M addition

The expansion is expected to wrap up this winter.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 29, 2011
Bovis Lend Lease developing Pinellas safety facilities

Lend Lease's Bovis Lend Lease business has been awarded the contract to build a new Public Safety Facilities and Centralized Communications Center for Pinellas County in Largo.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 24, 2012
New Naples homes for sale

Miami homebuilder starting new Fiddler's Creek village in March.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2015
Illinois car wash owner buys land for second location

Entrepreneur Chad Dubbs purchased a 0.99-acre outparcel to Gulf Coast Town Center for $1.2 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2015
Arizona investor buys Tarponaire Mobile Home Park

Paradise Valley, Ariz., mobile home community owner and operator Patrick O'Malley purchased the 15.37-acre Tarponaire Mobile Home Park for $6.3 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 28, 2023
Boat manufacturer opens Manatee County facility, plans to add over 200 jobs

The facility's grand opening was held Tuesday.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 4, 2022
Citizens opens two mobile catastrophe centers in SWFL to help policyholders

The insurance company is opening the locations in Fort Myers and Port Charlotte with more possibly on the way.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 29, 2022
Bank reopens main office after seven-week Ian-forced closure

Sanibel Captiva Community Bank's main office "experienced minor water damage."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2006
Quay project moves forward

The developer still plans to build a $1 billion mixed-use complex on 14.5 acres in downtown Sarasota.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 8, 2010
Entrepreneur takes food fight to court

Sarasota restaurateur Steve Seidensticker can often be seen backslapping and smiling his way through the restaurant.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2013
Entrepreneur seeks a physical presence

A commercial development project worth up to $15 million that could bring a Canyon Ranch-like medical spa destination to the Sarasota-Manatee region is close to coming together.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 22, 2012
Medical Maneuvers

The design plan behind one of the newest hospitals on the Gulf Coast focused on patient experience.

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