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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 27, 2021
Design, remodeling supplier announces expanded services with acquisition

With the acquisition of Kirkplan Kitchens, Florida Design Works can now offer direct-to-consumer kitchen, bath and outdoor home improvement.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2021
Area firm raises $420 million for 'blank check' investment

Anzu Partners joins national trend.

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  • April 13, 2021
Developer buys busy Publix-anchored plaza for $15.5 million

About 30% of the center, Daniels Crossing, is vacant.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 13, 2019
Gulfstream Isles apartments sell for $109 million

Gulfstream isles, a Fort Myers apartment complex that set a record price when it sold three years ago, has traded again for an ever larger amount, at $109 million. A Dallas firm acquired the property as part of a growth strategy.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 18, 2013
'Fine Fundamentals'

The national economy has a chance to grow at least 3% in 2014, one analyst says. The potential hurdle is a common business foe: the federal government.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 5, 2014
Rugged by Design

There are tough places where few computers can safely venture. One Southwest Florida-based company designs computers so rugged they can withstand intense conditions.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • June 17, 2016
Apathy fighter

Frank Maggio has taken an active role in the Sarasota area community. A run for office someday is possible.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • February 12, 2016
A long shot

Jobs at FairWarning are in high demand. But the selection process is rigorous.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 19, 2016
Beware of the dog

Auto dealer Dennis Hampton created a device that monitors the cars on his lot. Now he's started selling it to other dealers and their lenders.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 24, 2015
Safe haven

Don't discount the U.S. as a safe haven for foreign investors. Premier Sotheby's International Realty expects international business to double.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 25, 2023
Historic Sarasota building sold for $17M — a year after buyer backed out

The Mira Mar on downtown Sarasota's Palm Avenue has sold to a local developer after safety concerns and an inability to get a demolition permit killed the previous deal.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 11, 2026
Central Florida man charged with stealing $600K worth of onions, potatoes

The U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest and indictment of the 39-year old man who is accused of diverting produce shipments without payment.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 1, 2024
Alabama, Pinellas Park men face prison in digital NFT scam

Federal authorities say the two men, one who was convicted and one who pleaded guilty, schemed to defraud investors.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • December 26, 2022
Transactions: Dec. 20-26

A Naples multifamily deal for $58.2 million paces transactions for the week.

  • Transactions
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2021
Roofing executive convicted in $2M PPP loan scam

No sentencing date set yet for Casey David Crowther.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2017
Jenna Persons, 34

Partner, Strayhorn & Persons

  • Class of 2017
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 29, 2016
House of shares

VeryUs lets travelers rent a room instead of the whole house. It's a tech twist on the bed-and-breakfast model.

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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • December 6, 2023
Construction underway at Manatee golf course designed by industry icons

Soleta Golf Club, which is being designed by World Golf Hall of Famer Nick Price, is expected to take a year to complete.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Steven Benna |
  • May 11, 2026
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A $94 million downtown Tampa office building sale leads the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 28, 2020
Pandemic leads to ups, downs for Main Street communities

New, creative strategies lead the way for three designated Main Street communities in the region.

  • Strategies
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