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  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 30, 2019
Region wins $7.5M grant for high-tech business incubator

A new state-of-the-art business incubator designed for technology and advanced manufacturing startups is coming to St. Petersburg, courtesy of a $7.5 million federal investment.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • July 29, 2019
Investor acquires retail properties for $10.35 million

A Canadian developer has acquired four storefronts that had been part of an ambitious, $200 million mixed-use project a decade ago.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 29, 2019
Leading area human resources outsourcing firm finds buyer

CoAdvantage, a Tampa-based human resources outsourcing firm, has been sold.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 29, 2019
Foundation’s new exec brings $100M in fundraising success

Melissa Phillips, most recently the executive director of The Erin Brockovich Foundation, is now vice president of philanthropy at the The Immokalee Foundation.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 28, 2019
More fruit, less loot: trade wars present issues for Florida growers

A University Florida study projects tomato, strawberry and bell pepper growers statewide could face big problems under a new NAFTA.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2019
Church completes $4 million addition, renovation

Construction on the First Baptist Church of Palmetto project began in May 2018.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2019
Firm grows health, pharmacy law practice with addition of partner

Catherine Kahle joins FisherBroyles after a 19-year career representing health care entities.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 26, 2019
Cybersecurity tech firm expands in Utah, locally

ReliaQuest, a Tampa, Florida-based cybersecurity company, has opened a new technology center in Salt Lake City and expanded its corporate headquarters to better house its growing workforce in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 26, 2019
WellCare boss aces performance review

Employees at Tampa, Florida-based WellCare Health Plans Inc. seem to like their CEO, even when they have the chance to anonymously share their thoughts about him.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 26, 2019
Group of businesswomen look to make mark on history

Ratification of the ERA is one of the primary causes of the Athena Society, a Tampa Bay, Florida, organization formed in 1976 to promote equality and opportunity for all women.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 26, 2019
On the edge: Neighborhood gets connected thanks to collaboration

A collaboration among GoZone WiFi, hardware supplier Cambium Networks and the EDGE Business District Association, along with support from sponsors UPC Insurance and Goldman Wetzel Law Firm, has brought a new, free Wi-Fi network to St. Petersburg, Florida'

  • News
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • July 26, 2019
Current events: New hotel represents continuation of a family legacy

Stan Lifsey, grandson of Julian Lifsey Jr., the man who keyed the commercial development of the area in the 1960s and '70s, has ensured the family name will live on in perpetuity with the opening of Current, a new 10-story, $54 million Marriott Autograph

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • July 26, 2019
Water Street Tampa catching a wave

Water Street Tampa, the $3 billion development poised to transform downtown Tampa, is experiencing a flurry of activity across office, retail and hospitality lines. The project also has made moves regarding key construction personnel and with its future o

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • July 26, 2019
What They're Saying: Cushman & Wakefield

Tampa is among seven cities nationwide where growth is expected to continue for the foreseeable future thanks to a continued positive forecast for new jobs.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • July 26, 2019
Tampa Distribution Center sells for $69.25 million

The Tampa Distribution Center sold recently for $69.25 million, a 60% premium over what the six-building industrial project traded for in August 2015.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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