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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 24, 2016
The doctor's office is in

Medical office buildings remain a highly sought after asset class, spurring new development statewide.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 29, 2022
Tampa tech firm nets $75M in private equity capital

Coherent, a global software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider headquartered in Tampa, Florida, has raised $75 million in its Series B funding round.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 19, 2019
New Yorkers continue to flee the state for Florida

The battle between New York and Florida has shifted, for now, from bagels vs. oranges, or snow against sun, to something more tangible: people. Florida is getting them, in droves, from New York (and several other northeast states.)

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 9, 2021
Police force goes out of its comfort zone — and geography — to woo new officers

Lakeland Police Department sets up pipeline of officers from New York City.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2012
Company plans to add 300 jobs

An Indianapolis company expands facility, plans to add 300 jobs in three years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2018
Airport announces nonstop service to Nashville

Allegiant Air now has nonstop service to 41 destinations from the Punta Gorda Airport.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 19, 2025
Dallas auto auction firm buys 835 acres in Charlotte County for $13.3M

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Nordstrom Rack is coming to Estero, a prominent Lakeland CRE firm changes its name, and work starts on a Sarasota boutique condo community.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 17, 2009
New development lands tenants

Citrus Square, a mixed-use condo and retail project just north of Main Street in downtown Sarasota, continues to defy market realities.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 9, 2010
CEO turnover up again

The latest poll shows a greater number of CEOs leaving their positions this year.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 31, 2011
Kenyon named Tech Forum CEO

Former development officer Heather Kenyon rejoins the Tampa Bay group.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 31, 2012
Builders Care starts 130th project

The nonprofit will build a new home for a family of 14.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2012
Minto buys more land

Minto Communities acquires 85 acres in Southwest Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2021
Airport traffic surges more than 250% in June

Southwest and Delta are leaders at Southwest Florida International Airport.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2017
Builder hits milestone on senior living project

Suffolk Construction could complete the latest addition at Moorings Park by the end of the year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2014
Motor on with green over gas

Florida residents continue to go green when it comes to the vehicles they own.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2015
Sarasota hits nearly $300M in building permits

City surpasses 8,000 permits in one year for the first time.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2007
Coffee Talk

Sarasota company hopes to shine in India: Sarasota-based cartridge valve manufacturer Sun Hydraulics has a good grip on at least six global markets, from Korea to Germany.Lee County: Anotherday, another tax: Not a week goes by in Lee County that county government doesn't dream up another tax on builders.Cold storage creates trifecta for Sarasota warehouse: The latest tenant for the Meridian Distribution Center, a 950,000-square-foot warehouse facility on Clark Road in south Sarasota, is especially apropos, given the sweltering Gulf Coast summerAnother public company going private: First, there was Outback Steakhouse. Now, St. Petersburg-based Catalina Marketing is headed to the private companies club.Nightline dumbs down Ave Maria: Ave Maria, the new town being built in eastern Collier County around the newest Catholic university, has been getting lots of national publicity lately opening to new residents, students and faculty.Good guys sometimes lose: Ethical companies don't always win, even when their employees do the right thing.Call the sign shop, again: MacDill Federal Credit Union, an institution of sorts in the Tampa area financial services industry, is changing its name to Grow Financial Federal Credit Union.Kottkamp bashes Hometown Democracy: Gov. Charlie Crist has been notably absent from the raging debate over the Hometown Democracy movement that seeks to put every major land-use change in Florida on the ba

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2006
Lessons from a Tech Survivor

Fox Electronics' survival during the years that followed the tech bust offers lessons to other businesses facing declining sales.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 26, 2012
Sand Key shops sell for $9.1M

The 40,000-square-foot retail center sits on three acres of land.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2011
Sawgrass Cove sells for $23M

The recently sold apartment complex in Bradenton contains 336 units.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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