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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 31, 2020
Bank tops $500M total assets milestone

St. Petersburg, Fla.-based First Home Bank, in 2019, surpassed $500 million in total assets for the first time.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • July 22, 2019
Hospital system executive joins Special Olympics Florida board of directors

Lee Health Chief Administrative Officer Dave Cato previously served as volunteer clinical director for the state-wide organization.

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  • March 28, 2018
Mixed-use project signs 10 new tenants

Construction on Daniels Marketplace began in spring 2017, and the center’s first merchants are expected to open in summer 2018.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • October 6, 2017
St. Pete hotspot reopens after renovations

Beach Drive keeps its trendy ways going.

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  • December 1, 2017
Music firm wins $4M investment

Ballast Point Ventures acquired a $4 million stake in Tampa's Symphonic Distribution Inc.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • April 17, 2014
Hospital wins accreditation

Park Royal Hospital in Fort Myers earns accreditation from the largest standard-setting organization in the country.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • September 28, 2016
Attorney takes on a top role for health care giant

Anat Hakim will report to WellCare Health Plans Inc CEO Ken Burdick.

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  • June 26, 2015
Entech takes another leap

Jake Spanberger took a measured risk in 2010 when he sold Entech's residential computer repair business.

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  • April 14, 2025
St. Pete luxury condo tower, with units up to $5M, nearly sold out

The 23-story tower will open to residents in the coming months.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • April 17, 2025
St. Petersburg-based homeowners insurance firm enters market

Patriot Select Property and Casualty Insurance will offer the standard homeowners insurance policy, which offers coverage for home and belongings.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 22, 2025
Tampa Electric deploying helicopters to survey powerlines

The company will use the aircraft to inspect a 1,300-mile system of transmission lines.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 28, 2014
Managing growth

Starting a company is hard, but growing the organization once it reaches a certain size is even harder. Just ask Randy Mitchelson.

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  • November 15, 2019
Economic Forecast 2020: Community Association Management

Heather Hamilton, president of Pinnacle Community Association Management

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  • November 20, 2008
Corporate medics

Tom Sweet has grown Tampa-based TechHealth by focusing on a niche: getting care more quickly and efficiently to people injured on the job.

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  • September 22, 2011
Major in real estate

Here's another sign real estate may have reached bottom: Florida Gulf Coast University's Lutgert College of Business plans to launch a real estate major in fall 2012.

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  • June 1, 2011
Venture funding is now available

Florida isn't exactly the venture-capital hot spot of the nation, but you may not have to travel to California or Boston to find the angel investors and venture capitalists to fuel your business.

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  • April 3, 2012
Food purveyor swings to profit

Naples-based Innovative Food Holdings reported a profitable year in 2011.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • March 26, 2012
Yippy applies for OTC listing

Search engine Yippy Inc. files to trade its stock over the counter.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • June 17, 2016
Yacht retailer brings first-of-its-kind boat to U.S.

The boat is located at the company's Pompano Yacht Center.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 12, 2022
Biotech firm woos California exec to take leadership role

Vishal Sikri has more than 20 years of experience in oncology testing.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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