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  • January 21, 2014
Airport traffic breaks 30-year record

The number of passengers passing through the Fort Myers airport rose 8.2% in December.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2015
So much for the uncertainty

Several industries that generated the best returns on equity in 2014 were in health care — the second straight year the sector fared well in the report from Raleigh, N.C.-based data firm Sageworks.

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  • March 30, 2007
Commercial RE Briefs

Kosene & Kosene buys portion of Coconut PointDevelopers Diversified Realty takes over Cypress TraceNorth American Properties planning The Forum retail center Bradenton investor/developer buys Palmetto buildingsFirst State Bank buys Venice office Bailes Family buys University ABC liquor storeTrump Group buys Koger office portfolioBresler & Reiner buys Westbury at Lake BrandonFaison planning commercial side of Centex's Magnolia ParkManchester, U.K. investors buy Pinebrooke office buildingTA Associates Realty buys Bermuda Lake ApartmentsSurgery Partners buys Tampa McNichols office building

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 9, 2018
Trump's tariffs not fit for print

Economist knows 'it's just dumb. It's just so stupid.'

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  • November 22, 2010
Entrepreneur of the Decade

The Business Review will crown a business champion for the 2000s.

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  • April 2, 2010
Neal Communities' sales solid

Neal Communities' performance in the first quarter of 2010 was one of its best from the past five years.

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  • February 8, 2013
The Beall of Matlacha

Leoma Lovegrove, one of the best-known artists in Southwest Florida, will now have her art on shirts available at Beall's department stores.

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  • May 26, 2011
Longboat realtors ranked Top 5

Coldwell Banker's Longboat Key office was among the firm's best performers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • May 24, 2012
Share the fare

The Lee County Visitor and Convention Bureau recently launched a Facebook application.

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  • March 9, 2016
Airport posts best February in history

The St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport posted an 18% year-over-year increase for the month.

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  • November 13, 2015
Is sales your thing? Prove it.

The Business Observer, for its third-annual top salespeople/sales teams issue aims to find the best and brightest in the industry.

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  • July 17, 2022
Two artists look to fill a void with new studio

Although not profitable yet, a pair of opportunistic art studio partners looks at multiple areas of potential growth.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • August 10, 2018
Ad agency thrives on innovate or die strategy

Innovation, specifically, has become a necessity in branding and marketing, where big and small players fight for the same work many times. Today Schifino Lee has 22 full-time employees and posted revenue of more than $8 million in 2017. That’s about doub

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 18, 2023
Nashville fast-food chain to open first Tampa location

Captain D's, which is looking for other potential restaurant sites along the Gulf Coast, will start construction later this year on its new 975-square-foot location just of Interstate 275.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 13, 2022
Former chamber of commerce president faces decades in prison for theft

The 50-year-old former president of Central Pasco County Chamber of Commerce has pleaded guilty to stealing from the organization.

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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • May 18, 2012
Innovating Ancient Industry

The recession tested many a business model, but the shift FreightCenter made to weather the downturn opened a new avenue of sales.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 1, 2012
Access to the Acre

Vegetable grower and packer Lipman is diversifying its operations by acquiring companies in other parts of the country.

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  • March 1, 2021
Flood insurance firm receives $100 million capital infusion

HCI Group subsidiary TypTap Insurance Group will use Centerbridge Partners’ $100 million investment to expand nationally.

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  • March 26, 2021
Area toy company to launch first toy in April

Countdown is scheduled to launch April 6.

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  • October 14, 2021
Pier pressure: Owner, town at odds over shuttered beach attraction

A legal battle rages over the future of the vacant Redington Long Pier site, a prime piece of Gulf-front real estate in Redington Shores, Florida.

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