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  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2021
Master-planned community continues sales surge

Ave Maria in Collier County sells 400 homes in first half of 2021, on pace to triple sales from two years ago

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 5, 2014
Growth firms show mettle

The Gulf Coast is well represented among a list of 50 second-stage companies on the rise compiled by GrowFL, a statewide economic development program.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 24, 2024
Forbes: Sarasota Memorial the 7th best employer for women in US

The hospital in Sarasota was one of two health care systems in Florida to make it into the top 100 on the Forbes list of America's best employers for women.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: New help for SchindlersJust checking; When youire losing money, why scrimp on marketing?Top honorsFederal appointmentA mysteryBuilding boom

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • October 17, 2019
Erin Elser, 33

Branch Manager, Licensed Title Agent, Majesty Title Services

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  • June 24, 2010
Forte reaches top of Barron's list

Palm Harbor financial planner Ami Forte, a frequenter of Barron's annual list of the nation's top financial planners, can now hold up her number-one finger with pride.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • September 7, 2023
SWFL glass company makes national revenue growth list — for the seventh time

MY Shower Door founder Bill Daubmann says the biggest obstacle to the company's continued growth is a common obstacle: not having enough people.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 26, 2022
Fort Myers airport: March was busiest month ever

More than 1.5 million people traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport last month.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2016
Go Big in Naples

The can-you-top-this list of auction-based experience gifts at the 2017 Naples Winter Wine Festival is, as its custom, out of this world.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 18, 2014
Retired ballplayer delivers

The cliche of the retired jock struggling in a post-sports career doesn't apply to former major league baseball player Matt LaPorta.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 19, 2014
Regional economies in rebound mode

The Gulf Coast economy could run like a spigot the rest of 2014.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 19, 2016
Lessons in real estate

Three Florida ZIP codes, including two on the Gulf Coast, made the top 10 in a study of neighborhoods with at least one good school that represents the best home buying bargains nationwide.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 23, 2025
Sarasota real estate firm continues Pinellas expansion

Prominent Sarasota real estate brokerage Michael Saunders & Co. is expanding into the Tampa Bay market with an office in St. Petersburg and a well-known local broker.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • October 14, 2022
Kevin Lang, 30

Cru Cups, founder and president

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 26, 2022
Rock-star investor puts stamp of approval on St. Pete

Cathie Wood and her company, ARK Investment Management, have gone all-in on the Sunshine City as the nation's next top tech hub.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • August 3, 2007
SOWELL: THE CAPITALIST

The constant talking with Iran about its nuclear program shows that we have not learned our lesson from the failure of trying to negotiate with Hitler.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 18, 2023
St. Petersburg native leads Swedish builder's parks projects

Chuck Jablon, who grew up in St. Petersburg, sees building parks for Skanska USA's Tampa office as a way to give back to the community and to leave his stamp on Tampa Bay.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 25, 2020
Cloud computing services company soars with sky-high growth

Atlas Networks utilizes a 'knowledge is power' proposition to gain market share.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • August 15, 2024
SWFL contractor expands services, nears $50M in revenue

The rapid expansion of Duane and Jennifer Lopez's contracting business is made easier with the firm's core hiring philosophy: It recruits people it knows "would run it like (they) would run it as owners."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2010
Ballast Point makes $6M move

The St. Petersburg venture capital fund invests millions into Watermark Medical.

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