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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 25, 2011
Stronger team may not help state GOP

Republicans put themselves in “ ... a stronger position for elections in the future,” says former U.S. Rep. Dan Miller, a Bradenton Republican.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 11, 2012
Fly Boys

The economy nearly wrecked the ambitious plans executives had for Rectrix, a private jet service. Four years later the center is a hub of aircraft activity.

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  • July 18, 2021
Realtor heads to Tokyo for Olympic adventure

Leah Secondo has been in sports broadcasting for more than 30 years.

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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 |
  • December 14, 2021
Roofing company gets recognition with 120-year legacy

The award was given to Sutter Roofing for its commitment and support to the communities it serves.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2020
Delayed invasion: Gasparilla won't set sail until spring

Pirates, rogues and buccaneers will parade in Tampa in late April as organizers postpone the popular festivities.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 25, 2020
Mercury Advisors re-finances Tampa apartment tower

Mercury Advisors and ECI Group's have recapitalized the debt on their 22-story Channel Club apartments.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 3, 2020
Grocery chain to shutter four stores in region

Earth Fare cites ‘continued challenges in the retail industry.’

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2020
Route change for entrepreneurial Grand Prix driver

Race car driver and winemaker Kevin Buckler promoted his new red wine collection in St. Petersburg despite the cancelation of the Firestone Grand Prix.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 7, 2019
Major grocer inks sweet deal with organic stevia sugar alternative maker

Naples-based Pyure Brands to offer stevia product in nearly 1,200 Publix stores.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 9, 2019
Strategic Property Partners hires Colliers International for Water Street retail leasing

Strategic Property Partners has hired brokerage firm Colliers International Tampa Bay to oversee retail leasing for Water Street Tampa, a planned $3 billion mix of residences, offices, retail space and hotel rooms

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 13, 2019
Region’s largest public company to be acquired for $5.4B

Tech Data Corp. has agreed to be acquired, for $5.4 billion, by an affiliate of funds managed by private equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 4, 2018
Well known real estate attorney, partner switches firms

Prominent area real estate attorney Tom Luzier is moving from Dunlap & Moran P.A., where he had been a shareholder, to Williams Parker, where he will be a partner. Luzier has successfully closed more than $1 billion in transactions to date over the past

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 1, 2022
Medical manufacturer continues layoffs in Lakeland as facility prepares to shut down

Stryker is laying off 88 more people in Lakeland; nearly 500 will lose their jobs in all.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 17, 2017
Polk County theme park rides growth wave

The newest ride at Legoland Florida Resort lets kids “become the ninja,” with the help of technology that's not found anywhere besides a Legoland park.

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  • January 22, 2014
Broker seeks national attention for niche lease

Tampa area commercial real estate broker David Sobelman, who literally wrote the book on triple net lease investments, is about to take the niche investment approach to another audience.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 18, 2024
Retail boom hits Estero as Publix and a shopping center open

Thursday is a busy day in Lee County as the grocer and a developer open in the 2,400-home Verdana Village planned community.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 24, 2006
Corporate Report

Look at briefs from Gulf Coast businesses for free.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 7, 2018
Skyhouse Channelside deal shows investors are still hot on Tampa's rental market

Investors continue to clamor for downtown apartment buildings in Tampa and St. Petersburg, despite rising interest rates and an eight-year economic cycle, because of continued job growth and other factors, experts say.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 8, 2016
Blow it up

Flipping the business model of a $30 million company takes a reservoir of guts. Will it be worth it?

  • Strategies
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