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Business Observer | Business Observer

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • June 24, 2016
MARKET SPOTLIGHT | Tampa/St. Petersburg industrial market

The Tampa and St. Petersburg industrial submarket has been among the strongest and most robust sectors along the Gulf Coast since the region's economic recovery began in 2011.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • June 24, 2016
The doctor's office is in

Medical office buildings remain a highly sought after asset class, spurring new development statewide.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2016
IN MEMORIAM | Maurice Wilder 1933 - 2016

Longtime Tampa Bay developer Maurice Wilder brought an old school approach to investing.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2016
Block party for developers

A so-called super block in downtown St. Petersburg, part of a complicated battle and now agreement between a preservation group and landowners, is open for development.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2016
Boom, bust both in play

For years following the recession, Naples real estate agents bemoaned the lack of inventory of existing single-family homes and condos for sale.

  • News
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • June 24, 2016
Connecticut investor buys Corporate Oaks

A Connecticut investment firm has acquired the three-building Corporate Oaks complex in Tampa's Westshore district for $32 million, a further sign that buyers are locking into the city's office market amid a dearth of new construction and shrinking vacancies.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2016
Hiring outlook softens

The employment picture on the Gulf Coast isn't as sunny as it was last year.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2016
Take that chain and shove it

The city of Holmes Beach, between Bradenton Beach and Anna Maria Island in Manatee County, has a message for franchise and chain businesses: go away.

  • News
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • June 24, 2016
Metro park trades in Fort Myers

Metro Distribution Center, a 19-building industrial project in Fort Myers, has been purchased in one of the largest commercial real estate sales of the year in Lee County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2016
Safe spot

Most Gulf Coast areas are relatively safe zones when it comes to pesky car thieves.

  • News
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 24, 2016
Pivot play

A $220 million deal to mostly exit the scorching hot senior living market opened new possibilities for an opportunistic company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2016
Real big deals

Here's more evidence the residential market continues to shine on the Gulf Coast.

  • News
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • June 24, 2016
Deal shop

Dan Creighton has a knack for finding redevelopment deals that other retail developers have missed. Now he's expanding out of state.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2016
Bank names executive vice president

William Blevins has been with Encore Bank since 2011.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 23, 2016
Business and philanthropic leader, 91, dies

The former president of the New College Foundation died June 16.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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