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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 15, 2016
Good batch

After success in its homeland, a Polish family looks to grow in the States with a spirit distillery. At least $10 million in sales by 2020 is on the goals list.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2006
Commercial RE Briefs

First Tampa Development buys landCapital Realty Investors buys building in Hidden River ParkDirected Capital Resources' company buys four Taco BelInvestors pushing to annex Pine Island parcelsCroci North America buys land for future expansionDevelopers buy Bonita Beach property for Bellezza ShoppesRetailer Marco Destin buys St. Armands storeDevelopers buy S.R. 70 land for Lion's Gate DevelopmentBenderson Development revisiting Park of CommerceGold Coast Eagle Distributing completes purchase

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 16, 2007
Commercial RE Briefs

Naples' Hovland Real Estate planning Seville SquareBenderson Development sells 133 acresTwo Investment groups buy Southwest Florida parcelsChicago real estate firm buys Centro YborFirst Industrial Realty Trust plans Bright House centerLake Worth investor buys Carrollwood OaksSarasota developer buys Sarasota Grand landCity buys land for police stationFP&L buys Palmetto land for electrical substation

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 13, 2023
Despite rosy long-term outlook, women’s retailer’s stock gets punished

Wall Street investors who sold off Chico’s FAS shares might have missed some notable progress the company made in year one of an ambitious three-year plan, including reaching $2.5 billion in sales.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 6, 2006
Hang on till '08

Housing economist Brad Hunter predicts two years before the housing market rebounds.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2007
The Buying Experience

Making the car-buying process easier for buyers and sellers sounds like an impossible dream. But a pair of marketing gurus is doing it anyway, creating a profitable business in the process.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2007
Dating Problems? Just Ask April

April Masini wants to be the next Dear Abby. One lesson she learned: Don't confuse the search engines.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 28, 2010
Reset for Recovery

Gulf Coast office buildings now offering cheap rents and plentiful space will eventually attract new businesses.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2010
Corporate Report: Sept. 10 - Sept. 16

The latest news from BankAtlantic, US Natural Gas Corp., and others.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 15, 2022
Two Fort Myers apartment communities break $100 million mark

Two Fort Myers apartment communities shatter pricing ceiling, setting the tone for the coming year and, potentially, for the entire region.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 23, 2018
Auteur developer believes new Sarasota condo project will be a work of art

The development team behind the planned 18-story Auteur condo in Sarasota believes that its project will succeed despite heightened competition and macro-economic forces thanks to its water-view location and unique design and amenities

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 19, 2019
Free to thrive: Bank relishes its one-of-a-kind status

Cathy Swanson, CEO of fast-growing St. Petersburg, Florida-based Freedom Bank, sees consolidation within the state's community banking sector as a huge opportunity for locally owned financial institution.

  • Finance
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 17, 2018
South Real Estate Group focused on Southwest Florida — for now

South Real Estate Group, formed in 2015 by John Conroy and his father, prominent Naples real estate attorney J. Thomas Conroy III, has focused on building a portfolio of tenant-driven retail and office projects in Lee and Collier counties.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 9, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sarasota)

Irish American buys Splash Sun & FunTaylor family buys La Venezia, selling condosQuincy Investments buys warehouse propertyWatson Publications buys building in RanchSarasota Business Center I, II expansion continues

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 23, 2006
'Because God Ordained It'

Arthur Allen felt right at home with his angel investor. He has borrowed against his home to make 30 acquisitions and build his ASG Inc. to a $200 million software-service business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 7, 2020
Entrepreneur makes big push for shipping container homes

Although shipping container homes aren’t new, the niche has mostly been one-offs that make for cool, funky-looking sustainability or downsizing projects and nice spreads in architecture and interior design magazines

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 20, 2019
Small yet mighty: Two community banks outperforming many of their peers

Leaders at Sanibel Captiva Community Bank and First Citrus Bank discuss the strategies that have allowed them to not only survive, but thrive, in a post-recession era of industry consolidation.

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 3, 2015
Lessons learned

Seven Beall's senior executives share lessons learned about retail, corporate culture and business at Beall's.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 22, 2019
Family farm market grows into four-store operation with hundreds of employees, plans for more growth

Behind the success of Detwiler’s Farm Market? An intense focus on the customer.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 30, 2023
As property premiums rise, should state-run Citizens be charging more?

There is a school of thought that Citizens Property Insurance Corp. should, like its counterpart in Louisiana, raise its premiums.

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