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网页6 天之前 · With several projects in the pipeline, the city has earned a Local Action Award from the Florida League of Cities for its attainable housing density bonus program. The Business Observer is the leading provider and most authoritative source of business and economic information affecting the Florida Gulf Coast from Tampa Bay to Naples.
Beef over family fortune is nothing new for a Sarasota meat …
网页2021年7月3日 · The heirs of a Sarasota-based company with a widely known brand are in a big-time beef over the family fortune. The company is Boar’s Head, the meat and deli provisions company that’s been based in Sarasota, with an office on Main Street, for some 20 years. Adding more intrigue to the latest dispute, recently written about in law blogs …
Coke Florida buys 400,000-square foot warehouse, plans $30M …
网页2021年10月26日 · Tampa Bay-Lakeland. WINTER HAVEN — Coca-Cola Beverages Florida is expanding its footprint and reach with a new 407,000-square-foot warehouse in Polk County. The warehouse is in Winter Haven’s Central Florida Intermodal Logistics Center, an industrial hub with access to Interstate 4, U.S. 27 and State Road 60 as well as a CSX …
Tampa Bay among fastest-growing large U.S. metro areas
网页2022年12月23日 · From 2016 to 2021, Tampa Bay’s population surged from 3,048,963 to 3,219,514, an increase of 170,551, or 5.6%. That ranks it No. 15 among the nation’s large metro areas, just behind Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, Arizona. According to the study, a steady influx of international immigration continues to drive population growth in the Sunshine …
Builder spends $35M on land for gated community with nearly …
网页2021年12月12日 · Charlotte–Lee–Collier. NAPLES — PulteGroup unit DiVosta recently closed on a $35 million deal to buy land for a community with 685 single-family homes in northeast Naples, next to the Valencia Golf & Country Club. Dubbed Terreno, the community is on a 320-acre parcel between Oil Well Road and Randall Boulevard, according to a …
40 Under 40 - Business Observer
网页2023年10月12日 · Wyatt Krapf, 33. Curiosity drove an aspiring engineer to a career in finance. The Business Observer is the leading provider and most authoritative source of business and economic information affecting the Florida Gulf …
Small yet mighty: Two community banks outperforming many of …
网页2019年9月20日 · Editor's note: Two of the most consistent performing community banks in the region, Sanibel Captiva Community Bank and First Citrus Bank, have outperformed many peers since before the recession. This story looks at the strategy for each bank. Sanibel Captiva Community Bank . While some small financial institutions are being …
Tech sector is scorching hot in Florida | Business Observer
网页2021年5月12日 · Technology-related employment in Florida is taking off in 2021. The Sunshine state is projected to add 16,000 net new tech jobs in 2021, according to a study by CompTIA, a nonprofit association for the IT industry and workforce. The study —CompTIA’s Cyberstates 2021 report — states Florida should see a 2.7% growth rate I new jobs ...
Pair of startup banks in region raise $65 million to attack market
网页2021年9月16日 · The level of capital required to launch a bank is up threefold from 15 or even 10 years ago, when a community bank could start out with $5 or $10 million. "Those days are gone," says Gulfside Bank President and CEO Dennis Murphy, who raised $23.5 million over eight weeks when he founded his Sarasota-based bank in 2017.
New restaurant owners build brand around tacos, margaritas
网页2020年11月24日 · Brown kept the building and flipped the restaurant to Good and Hess. The new owners shuttered the place, then opened Nov. 14, 2019 under El Melvin. “We were off to a really strong start, and then the world stopped,” Hess says, in an oft-heard 2020 lament. Good, 31, with experience in food marketing and Hess, 32, who worked in commercial ...