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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 29, 2020
Saudi billionaire’s son buys two area retail stores for $15.5 million

Ibrahim Al-Rashid calls the St. Armands Circle stores ‘trophy properties.’

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 18, 2018
Entrepreneur learns value of 'service first' strategy

Beth Starnes, retail, Entrepreneur

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 5, 2019
Life Storage buys Tampa self-storage center to augment portfolio

Life Storage Inc. purchased a multilevel self-storage facility in Tampa in a deal brokered by SkyView Advisors' Ryan Clark to augment its existing portfolio of Tampa-area properties.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 15, 2013
Smart and healthy

Entrepreneur Scott Fischer says he renewed his focus on employees during the recession, saving his company from an uncertain fate.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 16, 2016
The right fit

By the time it completes its acquisition of Sarasota-based Insignia Bank, Stonegate Bank will have bought six lenders on the Gulf Coast. Next up: a march into the Tampa-St. Petersburg market.

  • Finance
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 6, 2016
Tennis ace

Tennis star Emilio Sánchez Vicario is expanding his tennis academy beyond Naples and Barcelona, Spain.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 29, 2016
Iron man

The heavy construction equipment industry is light on technology. A trucking entrepreneur aims to change that.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 27, 2025
Report: Florida tops list of most expensive houses listed and sold

Florida is the place with the most expensive residential real estate in the country with California not far behind.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 12, 2014
There's much more to the beer brawl than you read

Learn the real story behind Tallahassee's fight about beer.

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 13, 2007
Corporate Report

Nano Chemical Systems Holdings moves to Tampa, adds new CEONeoGenomics researches with Power3 Medical ProductsAblest directors approve Koosharem buyout offerOSI Restaurant Partners merger decision May 8NeoMedia Technologies divesting 12snap AGNCircle Entertainment lands Mighty Machines rightsiDatix teams with Nexsan Tech for joint shippingIndianapolis chooses MethodFactory IntranetTechnology Development reaches deal with LifeWare Ad agency celebrates 10-year anniversaryOAK recognized by Florida Education DepartmentSoftrim moves operations from Naples to EsteroFitch gives good ranking to Walter MortgageLee County Visitor, Convention Bureau director heads to St. PeteMoore & Williams to become Moore, BoguszMullet's Aluminum gets top PGT statusDebbie Does Freight adds corporate division

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 25, 2006
Landlords Rule

Sticker shock.That is what tenants in Gulf Coast office buildings and warehouses, whose leases are scheduled for renewal, may soon feel.Low vacancy rates combined with strong demand means rents will continue to escalate up and down the coast, from Tampa to Naples. What's more, the high cost of land, building materials and labor means developers have been slow to build new office complexes and warehouses to fill the void.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 14, 2022
Adam Woodard, 37

Delta Financial Group, Managing Partner, chief investment officer

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 14, 2022
Terin Cremer, 37

Managing partner, Barbas Cremer PLLC

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2009
Government Digest

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast

  • Florida
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • January 28, 2010
Government Digest 1/29/10

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • August 9, 2013
The nightmare of Obamacare

This is sick. No, it's sickening. Obamacare.

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 3, 2020
College creates program to help businesses reenter the marketplace

Florida Gulf Coast University takes the lead on a big project: helping businesses prove they are ready to reopen.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jay Schlichter |
  • October 17, 2019
Dr. Sarah Eccles-Brown, 37

Ophthalmologist and partner, Elmquist Eye Group

  • Class of 2019
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • July 6, 2018
Ensure workforce is skilled to fuel city's key industries, says urban development expert

In a question-and-answer session with the Business Observer, Steven Pedigo of Creative Class Group shares what can drive growth in cities such as Sarasota.

  • Strategies
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 3, 2023
Sarasota seeks to make on-street dining permanent — at hefty cost

The move comes with some pushback on expenses for restaurants, which could cost an eatery $50,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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