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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 16, 2024
Developer pays nearly $18M for 195 acres along I-75 in Punta Gorda

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Sarasota tower is approved, four Tampa properties are included in $1.5 billion portfolio sale, and a Cape Coral pizza joint opens.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 28, 2025
Clearwater insurtech company expands with new facility

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a downtown Fort Myers office building sells, a Tampa dentist buys a new office, and a Bradenton rental community starts its final phase.

  • Florida
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • March 23, 2018
Lightning CEO reworks leadership style, business soars

There was a time when few people wanted to make a career working for the Tampa Bay Lightning. But with a CEO who reworked his leadership style, the business side has soared. Can he maintain the success?

  • Leadership
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 15, 2019
Business owners head for the exits

As the baby boom generation continues to exert its influence on macroeconomic trends, a record number of businesses were again sold in 2018, according to BizBuySell, a website that helps business owners and brokers sell a business.

  • News
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 22, 2023
Mississippi investor pays $14.5M for Tampa vacant lot

In the week's top commercial real estate news, construction starts in Cape Coral, apartments sold in Sarasota, and work on Pasco project reaches a milestone.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2022
Builder sells out of 25 homes in million-dollar plus Sarasota neighborhood

The green development was targeted specifically for those relocating to the area.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • November 22, 2022
Former Manatee commissioner returns to private sector

The Planner On Call firm started as a way for Misty Servia to keep up with her AICP certification.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 17, 2019
Justin Thibaut, 31

COO, LSI Companies Inc.

  • Class of 2019
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 18, 2017
For the Love of Code

The complicated world of hospital health care billing is ripe with business possibilities. One company seized the market.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 18, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: Jim Tamblyn | Broker, Fort Myers

Jim Tamblyn, a senior associate in commercial real estate brokerage firm Colliers International's Fort Myers' office, has been focused on the Lee County market for the past decade. His primary focus is on the office market.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 5, 2019
Peridot Palms apartments in St. Petersburg trade for $98.25 million

UDR Inc. has invested $98.25 million to buy the luxury Peridot Palms apartments in St. Petersburg, one of the largest multifamily rental deals along the Gulf Coast over the past five years.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2017
Chris Rozansky, 39

Executive Director, Naples Airport Authority

  • Class of 2017
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
Mark Hindley, 32

Vice President, Treasury Management Officer, IberiaBank

  • Class of 2014
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2015
Sarah Tumm, 32

Founder and CEO, DimTec3D

  • Class of 2015
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2007
A Palm Plan

The Leiter Group and John Buck Co. score high for lower density, parking plan, affordable housing units and promise to minimize construction impacts for a downtown Sarasota project.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2004
Remember the Mission Statement

Defining the company's mission is like taking a trip in a time machine to some point in the future.Stephen Garber provides executive coaching in the Sarasota area

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • January 16, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for Jan. 10-16 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Lee County grocery store sale, for $26 million, paces this week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 21, 2022
Business resources to help owners in Ian recovery mode

Finding resources should be the last thing businesses in the area have to think about.

  • Education
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  • By A.G. Lafley |
  • May 12, 2021
Billion-dollar CEO prioritizes the 80/20 principle

Making the right choices, at the right times, is a key to building a sustainable business in difficult times.

  • Advice
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Joshua Reynolds, 34

COO, managing partner, Reynolds Ventures Inc., dba WrightWay Emergency Water Removal

  • Class of 2016
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