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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 1, 2017
Profile: Brian Stock

CEO, Stock Development, Naples

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 22, 2017
Buy Side

A Chicago firm has bought more than a dozen Naples commercial properties in the past three years, and has more in its sights.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 24, 2014
SB 542 lets free market fix flood insurance

This is a classic — the saga of flood insurance.

  • Opinion
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 10, 2016
Camaraderie driven

Southwest Florida's Lee & Associates' partners wanted a firm that was entrepreneurial — and fun. They got both.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 31, 2014
Retail rules

Taubman Centers, one of the firms behind the newest mall on the Gulf Coast, is market-busting busy. CEO Robert Taubman says it's key to combine persistence with timing.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 15, 2015
New discovery

Thomas Harrison's pay-for-performance model at Discovery Senior Living helps create happy customers in the apartment communities it operates.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 22, 2015
Ironman redemption

Jason Gunter collapsed a few miles from the finish line of the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, in 2009. This year, he gets another chance to compete in the coveted race.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2015
M.W. ‘Larry’ McLaren IV, 36

President, Englewood Bank & Trust

  • Class of 2015
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 25, 2024
Boat towing business plans headquarters on US 41 Bypass

Sea Tow Venice, known as “AAA but on the water,” is getting anchored off the U.S. 41 Bypass in Venice.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 27, 2025
Work starts on 1,735-home Charlotte County master-planned community

A Jacksonville developer held a ceremonial groundbreaking on the development along Burnt Store Road.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2023
Dairy farm owner on post-Ian survival: 'I’ve never been challenged so much in my life'

The Myakka dairy farm prepares for an a tough road in 2023 as it tries to increase its herd and repair damages from the hurricane.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 14, 2023
Sarasota EDC working with 70 companies that want to move here

As recession worries continue to percolate, the Sarasota area shines brighter.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • November 22, 2023
FGCU institute on positive aging aims to boost senior industry workforce

Given more than 500,000 people over age 60 live in Southwest Florida, the region is fertile ground to study — and support — seniors.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 27, 2024
Anna Maria Oyster Bar founder to slow down, names next CEO

Restaurateur John Horne found a succession plan in the office next door to his, with up-and-coming executive Eleni Sokos.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • October 9, 2025
Chris Chatterton, 38

40 Under 40 winner Chris Chatterton is president of Bay Food Brokerage.

  • Class of 2025
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 26, 2022
Embarc Collective's CEO teaches what she knows

Lakshmi Shenoy has become the face of Tampa's entrepreneur scene by tapping her own creativity and background.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 29, 2023
Tampa developer has new weapon in community amenity battle: A farm

Metro Development Group seeks to wow, and win over, homebuyers with a unique farm offering.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2004
Winning the War

These are changing times for the president of South Tampa's Scarritt Law Group, a trial lawyer known for his no-holds-barred style.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 28, 2025
Cleaning provider grows behind core principle: Over-communicate with clients

Not yet 30, Alejandro Florez, going from bank teller to founder of a $3 million cleaning company, has learned a lifetime of entrepreneurial lessons.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • May 29, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for May 16-22 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Pasco County shopping center sale for $70.5 million paces the week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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