• Alternate Text
  • Loading

  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Health Care
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Health Care
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login

Results for:

  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 4, 2012
Eyes Wide Open

An occupational therapist-turned-eye care entrepreneur recently recreated her business model. She has renewed hopes for fast growth.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 6, 2021
Restaurateur turns to tech to make up for employee shortage

Green Market Cafe has begun adding kiosks to help cut down on the number of employees

  • Travel-Tourism
  • For Subscribers Only
  • 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
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 9, 2021
Law firm reinvents its retention strategy

The firm found success through investing in its workforce — and overhauling its summer associate program.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2020
Builder, with nearly $300M in revenue, names new president

Matthew Zwack has been with Owen-Ames-Kimball since 2005.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2021
Developers buy land in waterfront district for luxury multifamily homes, retail

Lennar Multifamily Communities acquired 1.65 acres and Kolter Urban acquired 1.15 acres at the Quay.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 31, 2021
Homegrown Sarasota area tech firm acquired for $437 million

Star2Star was founded in 2006.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 18, 2021
Architects: region will bounce back strong

Many in the industry are confident in a solid pipeline of projects.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 19, 2020
Brennan unveils program to help corporate clients

Brennan Investment Group, an Illinois-based developer of Central Florida industrial product, sees opportunity in supply chain management for corporations.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 6, 2019
Bromley adds Highwoods Properties to partner network

Highwoods Properties, a North Carolina-based real estate investment trust, has been tapped by Bromley Cos. of New York to develop the first of three office towers in the 22-acre Midtown Tampa development, which is under construction now.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 2, 2019
National manufacturers highlight industry anxiety

Optimism among manufacturers nationally could be waning.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 18, 2018
Tech firm hopes acquisition doubles revenue, to nearly $8 million

Lightspeed Voice, with a devotion to customer service, continues fast growth track.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 16, 2018
Riverwalk Place nixes office space for additional condos

Riverwalk Place developers Feldman Equities Ltd and Two Roads Development scrap plans for 200,000 square feet of office space in their planned 53-story tower in downtown Tampa in favor of building roughly 90 more condo units, to a total of 290.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 14, 2018
Lights, camera, action

Can Florida revitalize its film production industry? Should it?

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 6, 2019
Floridians feel groovy about the economy

Fears of the economy drifting into a recession could be overblown — at least in the opinions of some Florida small business owners.

  • News
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 6, 2018
Former Sarasota Herald-Tribune building in Sarasota under contract

WMR Consulting head Wayne Ruben has contracted to buy the former Herald-Tribune Media Group headquarters at 1741 Main St. in downtown Sarasota, with the aim of revitalizing the 72,000-square-foot building

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Steven D. Brownlee, J.D., M.B.A., M.D. |
  • April 6, 2018
Aging Is Risky Business: Considerations for Senior Living Providers

The senior living industry is growing exponentially as Baby Boomers hit retirement age.

  • Williams Parker
Sponsored Content
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Craig Steinhoff, 39

Principal, HBK CPAs, Sarasota office

  • Class of 2016
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Steven Benna |
  • November 11, 2016
Corporate report

Duke Energy promotes from within; Hospital appoints associate chief medical officer; Company starts with Naples for national expansion

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 2, 2016
Twist and shout

The 'just do it' phase trips up many would-be business owners. An aspiring restaurateur got over her fears, and is now onto the next course: Make it last.

  • Entrepreneurs
« 900 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 908 909 »
The best of Business Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest business and commercial real estate news from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Sign Up

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-362-4848

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Podcast
  • Big Book of Business

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Distribution Points
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Your Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
×
3 Articles Remaining!
Not a Subscriber?

Click here to Subscribe

Already a Subscriber?

Click here to Login

Sign Up for Daily Brief

Start your day with the top Gulf Coast business news you need to succeed.

Sign Up for CRE Central

Stay updated with a weekly roundup of big deals, market shifts and the people shaping commercial real estate from Tampa Bay to Naples.


Smart People Subscribe.

Turn headlines into game plans. The playbook’s right here.
Subscribe to the Business Observer today.

Subscribe Now