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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 3, 2022
Tech, blockchain firm reels in nearly $6M investment

It’s the second multimillion-dollar investment for BlockSpaces in the past 10 months.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 3, 2022
First builder announced for multigenerational community

The homebuilder will be responsible for nearly 300 homes.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 3, 2022
Builder announces plans for 114-unit gated community

Construction scheduled to begin later this year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 3, 2022
Hertz reaffirms commitment to Estero as it focuses on innovation in 2022

The Hertz Corp. has eyes set on electric vehicles and “reimagining the customer experience” in the new year

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • December 31, 2021
Year ends with a flurry of deals, including $85M hotel sale

The last two weeks of 2021 brought several major closings across the region

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • December 30, 2021
Hertz enters new year with momentum

After exiting bankruptcy in June, The Hertz Corp. hopes for a continued rebound in 2022.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • December 23, 2021
875-acre parcel sold for $52 million to West Palm Beach developer

Pasco County property will be developed as part of Connected City project

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • December 23, 2021
Nerd alert: Comic Con to debut in St. Pete

Thanks to a PR pro and his teenage daughters, St. Petersburg, Florida, finally gets its own Comic Con.

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    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • December 23, 2021
Former Bucs star's death another 'wake-up call’ for football

The late Vincent Jackson, who became a prominent Tampa, Florida, businessman after his retirement from the NFL, suffered from a degenerative brain disease common in ex-football players.

  • News
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • December 23, 2021
In the bag: Luxury handbag manufacturer to be featured in new TV series

After a streaming service reached out to feature a few of BSwanky's purses in a new TV series, the company took it a step further to do some good for the community.

  • News
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • December 23, 2021
Title town? Tech town? Tampa Bay is both

Florida's Tampa Bay region continues to reel in top tech talent and investment dollars.

  • News
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • December 23, 2021
Manufacturing firms’ owner surprises entire staff with $1,000 holiday bonuses

Everyone at St. Petersburg, Florida-based S.S. White Technologies and Shukla Medical, from janitors to senior management, took home a $1,000 holiday bonus.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • December 22, 2021
Largest riverfront property in Bradenton listed for nearly $13M

The 5-acre property is situated on the water with two homes.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • December 22, 2021
Outback anchored center sells for $8.35 million

Largo shopping center sold to Alabama private equity firm

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • December 22, 2021
Virtual reality startup receives $10 million investment from Minneapolis firm

Tampa, Florida-based Vū Technologies has received $10 million in seed funding from Minneapolis-based ADX Labs. Inc.

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