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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 31, 2022
Investors transforming buildings for today's workers tackle major multi-million dollar renovation in Tampa

New York real estate firm run by two brothers — including one who is a musician and former hedge fund manager — reimagines what office work in Tampa looks, and feels like.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • September 21, 2022
Elevator business CEO projects business boom

The home-based elevator business, despite a looming economic downturn, continues going up and up for one Southwest Florida company.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 21, 2022
Seeking counterintuitive deals, startup development firm chose Tampa over Miami

Veteran Wall Street real estate investor Jay Roberts opened his own shop in Tampa because the city, despite worrisome looming challenges, is primed to continue booming.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 15, 2007
Corporate Report

OSI shareholders vote company privateSolomon Technologies buying Pennsylvania's DeltronHealth Management Associates sells two hospitals to WellmontTIB Financial Corp. announces quarterly dividendPhillips Development fund yields 25% to 50%NeoMedia adds Hoffman as CEOTeltronics lands $12 million credit line from Wells FargoWalter Industries adds Ford exec to board

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2007
Corporate Report

Yacht Clubs of the Americas partners with Legendary Inc.Seminole Electric Cooperative suggests CO2-capture projectSuperior Bancorp buys four Florida officesProgress contracts with Biomass wood-waste energyChico's FAS June sales upGeneral Dynamics producing Unitary Warhead for Army

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 10, 2007
Uncorking a Market

Tampa-based Cork & Olive is expanding throughout the Gulf Coast through franchises and plans to go national.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2006
Colonial-ism

Colonial Bank is snapping up real estate as it plans to double its presence from Tampa to Naples. It aims to take market share from regional and national banks.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 9, 2007
Royal Delight

Roy Yamaguchi built a successful chain of high-end restaurants called Roy's. Entrepreneurs can learn from his success.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 26, 2007
Water Built

Thomas Missimer, one of the best-known water experts in the world, is also a successful entrepreneur who built three companies. Oil colossus Schlumberger recently bought him out.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 23, 2007
Market to Buyers

When real estate agent Michael Lissack couldn't find software to manage his Internet leads, he created his own.

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  • September 7, 2007
Evolving Care

Brandon-based Senior Care Group, a survivor in a turbulent industry, responds to an increasing need by seniors for a variety of housing

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2007
In the Family

The Bellini brothers began ConnectWise as an IT services firm, but now the company also sells its own software that manages IT work.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 13, 2007
Mowing 'em Down

Finding ways to save on gas and electricity has provided a jolt for a growing landscaping company seeking to conquer the entire Gulf Coast.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 8, 2008
Corporate Report

Urine Off lands European distributorsTampa Electric meets climate standardsSource Interlinkhires Ninja for mobilityAmerican Strategic Insurance expands to LouisianaTeltronics buys communication retailersTigris Pharmaceuticals studies anti-tumor drugWilde Automotive exclusive Smart dealershipOswald Trippe, Co. buys N.C.'s Glasgow Hicks

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2008
Elder Advocates

As the population ages and people live longer, an emerging field of law finds some attorneys going beyond estate planning to take a more holistic approach.

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  • March 14, 2008
Corporate Report

Mangrove offers new health accountsRim Semiconductor buys UTEK subsidiaryTIB Financialadds trust companyBrown & Brown creates British brokerageWCI earnings preview suggests heavy red inkWhitemark Homes looks for other businessesTeco Peoples Gas adds geo-based toolCreative Recycling processes voting systemsInventor Kanzius plans cancer trialFox Electronics debuts quartz-packed crystal

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 23, 2006
Coffee Talk

Hamburgers and postcards: What does the founder of a direct mail company and an executive of a fast-food hamburger company have in common?A magnet for Florida market: Salt Lake City-based MagnetBank wants to loan money to businesses in the Sunshine State.Building material costs still rising: Builders and consumers better get to used to steadily higher materials costs, according to Ken Simonson, chief economist for The Associated General Contractors of America. New Old Harbor raising capital for growth: A 3-year-old Clearwater bank that broke even for the first time in 2005 hopes to close at the end of this month on a public stock offering.Lee County schools foundation chief resigns: Darlene Ann Grossman recently resigned from the Foundation for Lee County Public Schools after building it into one of the county's leading charitable organizations.Commercial market still going strong: The National Association of Realtors in its latest Commercial Real Estate Outlook is predicting an improving commercial real estate market nationally at least through the end of the year.Special interests plague Babcock Ranch deal: West Palm Beach developer Syd Kitson says special interest groups deluged him when a bill for the state to purchase 74,000 acres of Babcock Ranch was passed on the final day of the legislative session.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 6, 2006
Rebuilding Momentum

Hillsboro Printing Co. CEO Dick Lange plans to triple revenue to $30 million in two years in the competitive, changing printing industry, looking for tuck-in''acquisitions.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 20, 2006
Matt Walsh: Court ruling puts school system ahead of children

The High Court's dissenting minority showed how the majority's anti-voucher arguments were flawed.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 17, 2006
Coffee Talk

Another Sarasota 'original': Crisis management experts and media flacks are easy to find today, with the 24-hour news cycle churning out a new celebrity, well, every 24 hours.PCM'S newspaper stocks continue to lag: When McClatchy Co. agreed to buy rival newspaper chain Knight Ridder for about $6.5 billion last week, it appeared Naples-based Private Capital Management had scored a victory for shareholders.Freedom to expand: Followers of Gerald L. Anthony's career won't be surprised that the veteran Manatee County banker wants to grow his latest creation - and grow it fast. Miva's future still in question: Fort Myers-based Internet company Miva has hired Deutsche Bank Securities to explore a possible sale of the company, but the subject was barely mentioned in a March 13 conference call with analysts announcing fourth-quarter results.Will anybody follow WaMu?: Washington Mutual Inc. has presented customers in Florida and elsewhere with seven more reasons to drop their loose change into a new account at the Seattle thrift.Commercial market cools off, rents heat up: A big player in Tampa commercial real estate is predicting the market will even out over the next year and property owners will look to reap the benefits.

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