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  • February 3, 2022
Tampa hotel revenue tops $758M, breaking previous record set in 2019

The Tampa Bay region has been rated the No. 1 U.S. destination in terms of hotel occupancy.

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Area builder sells home on east coast for $57 million

The Stock Custom Homes estate was sold before it was finished.

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  • February 2, 2022
Investors with ties to Sarasota law firm buy Fort Myers office building for $9.4 million

Bling Bling and CheapChard buy more than 45,000-square-foot building that's 97% leased.

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  • February 2, 2022
Cine and be seen: Will Florida reboot its film industry?

Some movie mavens hope to give the state’s film rebate program a fighting chance to come back to life.

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  • February 2, 2022
CEO group names new chair amid 2022 board slate

The new chair brings 20 years of experience to the role.

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  • February 2, 2022
Tampa airport businesses seek to fill more than 1,500 jobs

A hiring fair is set for Feb. 15 at Tampa International Airport.

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  • February 1, 2022
Law firm promotes four attorneys to stockholder roles

Three of the recently promoted attorneys at Henderson Franklin are new to the firm as of 2019.

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  • February 1, 2022
New flight route to take off in April

The new route is part of Allegiant's nine-route expansion that was announced ahead of spring vacations.

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  • February 1, 2022
Sundial in St. Petersburg sold, according to City Council documents

The downtown lifestyle center sold to a Safety Harbor developer, says agenda item for Feb. 10 meeting.

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  • February 1, 2022
Tampa lighting firm raises its minimum wage to $20 per hour

Tampa-based Volt Lighting has raised its minimum wage to $20 per hour, saying the state’s $10/hour requirement is not a living wage.

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  • February 1, 2022
90 days in, sales at 46-story St. Pete luxury tower top $150 million mark

Construction at 400 Central has just begun and sales team seeing interest locally and nationally

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  • January 31, 2022
Bank promotes top lender to senior VP role

Dan Cronin helped create a residential lending division at Sanibel Captiva Community Bank.

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  • January 31, 2022
Tampa expands down payment assistance program to address yawning housing affordability

City raises the maximum purchase price of homes for those who qualify in effort to help homebuyers.

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  • January 31, 2022
IT provider announces new president

Tony Dahlin has been with Current Technologies since 2019.

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  • January 31, 2022
Law firm hires former St. Pete, Tampa mayors

Former mayors Bob Buckhorn and Rick Kriseman have joined Shumaker Advisors Florida, a subsidiary of Tampa-based Shumaker.

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