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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2013
Booze rules loosen up

Government regulations sometimes smother the alcoholic beverage industry, but one recent rule change is a breath of life for local rum entrepreneur Troy Roberts.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 29, 2016
Apartment project coming to Pasco

Although rental rate growth in Gulf Coast multifamily properties has risen steadily for the past three years, a Coconut Grove developer is building an alternative that will be more in line with stagnant wage gains.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 29, 2016
Foreign investment in Tampa surges

Foreign investment in commercial real estate in Florida cities such as Miami and Tampa has risen to its highest level in a decade, fueled by investor desire to find “safe havens” for capital.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 19, 2016
Williams picks JLL to sell 4,470-acre Lakeland tract

Williams Acquisition Holding Co. LLC has hired commercial brokerage firm JLL to sell a 4,470-acre property in Lakeland, one of the largest blocks of land to come to market in Central Florida in recent history.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2016
Former Bucs surgeon joins another NFL team

Bradenton area physician Dr. Daniel Lamar was an orthopedic surgeon for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for 10 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 27, 2016
Chairman retakes CEO role at fast-growth firm

George Pickhardt has been leader at Sarasota-based Environmental Pest Service for 44 years.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 6, 2016
Forget the east coast

The chamber of commerce couldn't have written it any better: An April 28 Wall Street Journal story, titled “Get More for Your Vacation Home Dollar,” trumpeted Sarasota over Palm Beach.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2016
Hertz spins off equipment arm

Hertz Global Holdings received $2 billion late Thursday from the spin-off of its equipment-rental business.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
Manatee Glens signs national affiliation letter

Prominent nonprofit will retain local CEO and board under proposed deal.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2014
Forge Capital, Intown/Framework plans Harbour Island apartment project

A joint venture between private equity firm Forge Capital Partners and Intown/Framework Group has announced plans to construct a residential development on Tampa's Harbour Island.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2014
Nine Tampa office buildings sold for $49 million

Boca Raton's IP Capital Partners acquired the nine Parkway Properties office buildings in Tampa with plans to improve and stabilize them.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 15, 2015
Entrepreneurs of the Year | Steve Schwartz

Quality Enclosures, Sarasota

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 22, 2015
Read Property Group buys Oaks View apartments

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Read Property Group LLC purchased the 152-unit Oaks View apartment complex for $6.35 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2015
Wal-Mart's Polk center gets $12M tax break

Wal-Mart's planned distribution center for Polk County might create more than 600 jobs that pay slightly more than the annual wage there — but it will be a decade before the county government can benefit.

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  • December 22, 2015
Hertz announces equipment spinoff

Under pressure from activist investors, car-rental giant Hertz says its long-awaited plan to spin off its equipment-rental business will be completed by the middle of 2016.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 28, 2015
The butler did it

Sarasota entrepreneur Bill Merritt recently found success in front of an unusual audience for his low-tech product — a cup holder that attaches to a laptop computer, called the Laptop Butler.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2014
Ken Neal Corp., Matrix24 moving to 301 Mower Shop building

Sarasota's Ken Neal Corp. purchased the 17,086-square-foot former 301 Mower Shop industrial building for $825,000.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2015
Western Global Airlines affiliate buys Estero Park Commons

A company affiliated with air-cargo carrier Western Global Airlines LLC purchased a 22,480-square-foot office building for $2.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2015
Future depends on millennials

Baby boomers are credited with trending real estate into the suburbs, but now it's millennials making the push back to urban cores.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 11, 2015
Nicholas buying back $70M in shares

Company CEO set to make up to $1.6 million in the Dutch auction.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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