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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 10, 2010
British company buys Clockwork

Centrica pays $183 million in cash for the Sarasota-based home services business.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 10, 2013
Housing is back, but worries persist

A trio of prominent local real estate executives recently told a crowd of real estate agents and mortgage brokers that yes, the market is back, and in some cases, it's even booming again.

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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 7, 2011
Sarasota raises millage rate

Commissioners approved a budget that calls for a 5% millage rate increase.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 7, 2012
For Sure

The Parkshore Grill has become a go-to spot for lunch in downtown St. Petersburg.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 27, 2012
Ship Sails Itself

The Ship on U.S. 41 in Bonita Springs has been a landmark for nearly two decades in various incarnations, including a steak house and a bingo hall. What will it become?

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2012
Three Lee County buildings sell for $15.27 million

AW Property says it paid a total of $30.3 million for the 272,571 square feet of medical space it purchased for $111 per square foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 22, 2021
San Francisco real estate referral firm opens Tampa office

Dilweg Cos.’ Concourse Center in the Westshore business district will serve as the hub for HomeLight’s future Florida and East Coast growth.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 28, 2021
Hurricane products entrepreneur gives $4M to college

The Rist Family Foundation gave another significant gift in 2020 to the Daveler & Kauanui School of Entrepreneurship.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2022
Pair of accounting firms announce merger

Capital Care Group Certified Public Accountants has been operating in the region for more than 30 years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2020
Former prominent area retail CEO joins medical tech firm board

Shelley Broader was CEO of Chico’s FAS from December 2015 to April 2019.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 3, 2020
California REIT buys Punta Gorda self-storage property

Strategic Storage Trust IV has acquired a Punta Gorda self-storage property that its former owner had converted from a Walmart store in 2018.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 29, 2019
Aventura firm buys Edison Mall land from mall owner

Washington Prime Group, the owner of the Edison Mall in Fort Myers, has sold the land around and underneath the 1.04 million-square-foot retail center.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 13, 2019
After its acquisition, boat business plans more growth

In May, Brunswick Corp. acquired Venice-based Freedom Boat Club.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 17, 2020
Meridian sells Concourse Center property in Clearwater

Meridian Development Group has sold its Concource Center property in Clearwater aftfer 13 years of ownership, and is focusing on buying additional properties in the Tampa area.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 14, 2019
Generational achievement for family business patriarch

The Columbia Restaurant Group’s fourth-generation caretaker, Richard Gonzmart, recently crossed off one of the biggest item’s on his career to-do list: buying the building that houses the Tampa, Florida-based company’s Sarasota Columbia Restaurant.

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  • April 19, 2019
Benefit corporation strikes saucy deal with major grocery chain

Teen-operated Taste of Immokalee awarded space in some 200 Publix stores' 'Buy Local' shelves.

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  • March 30, 2018
Entrepreneur shifts focus to state Legislature race

27-year-old businessman aims to win Florida House seat.

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  • March 3, 2017
Out-of-this-world listing

The numbers instantly indicate this real estate listing isn't like many others.

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  • June 13, 2014
In Memoriam: Danny Molter 1951-2014

Mallory Molter was a sophomore in college in late 2012 when her father, Danny Molter, called her into the family pest control business.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 26, 2016
Firm that received subsidies announces layoffs

Air Products opened a $57 million facility in northeast Manatee County in early 2014.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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