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  • July 10, 2015
Highway ignites Pasco development

A third-generation Pasco County ranch owner is ready to turn a large chunk of land northeast of Tampa into thousands of homes and more than a million square feet of commercial space.

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    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • July 10, 2015
Moving up

Colliers International Tampa Bay has promoted Amanda Cooper to director of multifamily investment sales in its Tampa office.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 10, 2015
Sun shines in Jamaica

Teco Energy might be the big player locally when it comes to electricity, but Tampa's involvement in providing energy extends far beyond that.

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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.

  • News
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • July 10, 2015
NY apartment owner buys St. Pete's Charter House

A Brooklyn, N.Y.-based investor has acquired the 57-unit Charter House Apartments, in St. Petersburg, for $3.2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • July 10, 2015
Law firm moving, expanding

Law firm moving, expanding; Tampa Bay rents edging up

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • July 10, 2015
Dallas firm buys Bradenton surgical center

A Dallas-based partnership formed in June has acquired the Manatee Surgical Center from its doctor owners for nearly $5.46 million, records show.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 10, 2015
FGCU gets personal with chefs

When he became director of the hospitality school at Florida Gulf Coast University in January, Randall Upchurch promised to grow new areas of research and teaching.

  • News
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • July 10, 2015
Bainbridge buys Ybor site at a premium

Bainbridge Cos. late last month bought a roughly three-acre site in Ybor City's La Casa subdivision for $4.25 million to develop a four-story apartment complex.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • July 10, 2015
Medical is in

The specialty office product has exploded in popularity among investors.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 10, 2015
Feeling happy, sort of

Florida small business executives, in general, feel somewhat positive about the future economic environment, according to the latest Thumbtack.com/Bloomberg Small Business Sentiment Survey.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 10, 2015
Healthy start to capital raise

Venture capital investor and entrepreneur Chris Cogan doesn't hold back when he talks about his latest business, Sarasota-based sustainable food company Healthy Earth.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 9, 2015
Tampa company plans 100 hires by 2017

BlueGrace Logistics will expand its Hillsborough County headquarters, hiring 100 new employees by 2017.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 9, 2015
Phony salesman charged with forgery - again

William Reese claimed he was a licensed insurance agent from New York.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 9, 2015
ACI names new board members

Electronic payment giant ACI Worldwide named three new directors to its board.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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