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TAMPA BAY
Food chains hire real estate director
Brian Dixon has been hired to direct Team Oney's real estate operations for Papa John's, Qdoba and Topper's Creamery in an area that includes the west coast of Florida.

Dixon joins Oney with more than 20 years of experience in restaurant franchise operations, including time as a director of real estate and operations manager. He has been with Orlando-based Westhaven Real Estate as a broker associate/senior vice president since 2008.

At Team Oney, Dixon will work with Topper's locations in west and central Florida; Papa John's operations in Orlando, Tampa, Pinellas County and part of Broward County; and Qdoba locations in Orlando and Tampa.