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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2018
Lunch delivery company opens new location

Apple Spice has more than 40 locations across the U.S.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 21, 2018
Kolter closes on Ritz-Carlton Residences land in Sarasota on Quay site

Kolter Group's $19.3 million deal paves way for new condo tower

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 5, 2022
$92 million project in Sarasota goes vertical

The first phase of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens project will include a plant research center and herbarium.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 28, 2016
Cancer treatment firm seeks big boost

After $10 million in research and product development into treating animals with cancer, officials with Tampa-based biotech firm Morphogenesis believe the firm is on the verge of what could be a big breakthrough: Adding a line of immunotherapy-based cancer treatments for humans, particularly people with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and melanoma.

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  • November 14, 2016
Famous waterfront restaurant property sold for $5M

The Linger Lodge & Campground had been listed for sale since 2013.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 30, 2016
Firm finds a branch

What was once one of the largest tree-planting firms in the region, Turner Tree and Landscape, has a new owner after a tumultuous five-year run that included several foreclosures and a bankruptcy filing.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 16, 2017
Kick start

'Intensity over time' may be key for kickboxing gym franchise.

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  • June 30, 2017
Vision eyes more space at Renaissance Center

Vision Properties' risk in building spec at its Renaissance Center office park in Tampa's Westshore area was rewarded earlier this year, when AAA leased the developer's entire 150,000 square-foot property under construction.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 5, 2018
Drive Time

Hertz finding new ways to stay in the car-rental game.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2014
Matter Brothers Furniture entering Sarasota

The Fort Myers-based retailer bought a manufacturing plant to create one of the largest furniture stores in the state.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 7, 2014
Matter Brothers Furniture converting former manufacturing plant

The price equated to $38 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2014
Minnesota's Cortec Corp.opening plant in Sarasota

A company led by Boris Miksic, president and CEO of St. Paul, Minn.-based specialty chemical company Cortec Corp., purchased a 33,335-square-foot manufacturing facility in Parkland Centre for $1.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • January 8, 2014
Firm readies for more Gulf Coast rubs

Massage Heights, a national franchise chain of massage retreat centers, seeks to reach new peaks in store locations, with much of the growth coming in Florida.

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  • July 8, 2016
'Ridiculously large'

Floridians who show up for work every day get a lot done — at least in comparison to Indonesia.

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  • July 22, 2016
Tampa flexes its muscle

The Tampa business community is on a summertime roll, with three major relocation and jobs announcements over eight days earlier this month.

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  • September 2, 2016
Retail on the Rise

The retail real estate market in Florida, according to a new report from real estate giant JLL, is about as hot as it's ever been.

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  • June 10, 2016
Chico's board battle heats up

The fight over the future of women's retailer Chico's FAS has become more contentious, with the company firing back at one of its most vocal activist investors.

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  • January 22, 2016
Tech industry on fast track

The IT sector in Tampa, from managing complicated systems to lockdown-tight cybersecurity, is a scorcher — both for growth in customers and an urgent need for employees.

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  • October 24, 2014
IP Capital Partners pays $49M for nine of Parkway Properties' buildings

Boca Raton-based real estate investment and asset management firm IP Capital Partners LLC purchased nine Tampa office buildings for $48.7 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 5, 2015
THE CREATIVITY ISSUE: B2 Advertising

When Naples Lumber and Supply started diversifying into windows, doors and hardware, it needed to get the message out that it was more than just a lumber company.

  • Strategies
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