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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2015
Headquarters mission to take priority

The drive for a corporate headquarters to relocate to Tampa will likely be a big newsmaker in 2015.

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  • January 12, 2015
Clearwater Chamber hires Johnson Pope COO

Carol Hague will become president and CEO of the organization, replacing the retiring Bob Clifford.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2015
Roper buys two more firms for $450M

Conglomerate acquires one company in Pittsburgh and another in Vermont.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 13, 2015
TerraCap Investment firm buys Bradenton's Harbour Pointe

An investment firm of TerraCap Management LLC purchased the 234-unit Harbour Pointe of Bradenton Apartments for $21.12 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2015
Sarasota family investment group buys, repositioning South Venice Storage

A Sarasota family led by Dora Thomas purchased the 38,883-square-foot South Venice Storage for $2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2015
Largo man arrested over fake business scheme

Gary Gauthier first made news in 2014 after allegedly using his Christian radio show to lure investors in what authorities say was a Ponzi scheme.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2015
Failure to launch: Bright House deal iffy

Fresh off its unsuccessful attempt to acquire Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications Inc. is potentially making a bid for Bright House Networks, the second-largest cable operator in Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2015
Old, but still quite useful

Growing old is like wine, as the saying goes, because people get better with age.

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  • April 13, 2015
Dallas REIT buys Tampa, Orlando apartments

The $119.9 million deal includes Hunters Green in Tampa, as well as the Millenia and MetroWest areas of Orlando, and Davenport's ChampionsGate.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 24, 2015
Orange Avenue building sells for $1.9 million

A company led by Sarasota businessman Eric Collin purchased an 11,452-square-foot office building on Orange Avenue and a vacant lot on Fruitville Road for $1.85 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 8, 2015
Concorde Career Institute campus sells for $6M

An investment group led by developer Robert Lechter purchased two Westshore office buildings for $6 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 8, 2015
Car insurance in Florida is costly

Sunshine state drivers on the hunt for cheap car insurance should head to Ohio, Maine, or even Idaho.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • August 13, 2024
Long-serving president of Florida Southern College retires

The incoming president will kick off the fall semester.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 2, 2024
Investor gets $40M loan to buy Fort Myers apartments

Berkadia arranged the five-year loan for the Boca Raton firm that bought the Brantley Pines apartments off of Cleveland Avenue.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • December 17, 2024
SWFL country club with two campuses completes $50M renovation

The repairs and replacements happened on two campuses over two years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 6, 2025
$30M rehab hospital breaks ground in Lakewood Ranch

The 40-bed rehabilitation facility is expected to open in 2026.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 21, 2025
Riverview retail center to be built on nearly 16 acres

A South Florida developer paid $4.2 million for the property and will build a center whose roster of tenants include fast food restaurants and a self-storage facility.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • April 22, 2025
Tampa couple to franchise youth athletics training facility

Ben and Darcy Milsom, a Tampa couple with careers in sports, plan to open a D1 Training franchise May 3 in the Westchase neighborhood.

  • 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 Mark Gordon |
  • December 31, 2023
Statewide entrepreneur help center opens two new offices in region

The Florida Small Business Development Center at the University of South Florida is opening a pair of satellite offices in the region to kick off 2024.

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