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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 16, 2019
American Landmark CEO is a one-trick magician

American Landmark Apartments, of Tampa, and and its CEO, Joe Lubeck, have settled on a formula to buy, upgrade and sell apartment projects in Sunbelt states that have made fans out of both investors and tenants alike.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 16, 2019
Sarasota's L3 site to become distribution center under buyer's plan

Developer planning up to 800,000 square feet of industrial space

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 16, 2019
Optimal Outcomes buys Fort Myers site for possible medical office

Optimal Outcomes of St. Petersburg has acquired a 5.1-acre tract in Fort Myers for a likely medical office building. The company has done extensive work in the area for Florida Cancer Specialists.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 16, 2019
Casto Southeast, Anderson to oversee Midtown Tampa retail

Midtown Tamps master developer Bromley Cos. has tapped Casto Southeast Realty Services and Jeffrey R. Anderson Real Estate of Ohio to oversee leasing of the $500 million Midtown Tampa's planned 220,000 square feet of retail space.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2019
Culinary firm scores big win with rowing tournament

'It was a lot more than we thought it would be,' one executive says.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2019
College's ‘donor-centric’ advancement team receives award

Ringling College of Art and Design was honored with a fundraising award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2019
Fifth on first

Fifth Avenue South has seen a surge in new tenants.

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    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 16, 2019
Aileron Capital completing Grand Central apartments

Aileron Capital Management is completing the Grand Central apartments in Fort Myers, the centerpiece of an 18-acre project. The Tampa company also plans to sell its other two Southwest. Florida holdings, Midtown apartments and the Uptown at Liberty Health

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 15, 2019
New York-based company acquires area manufacturer

Hydrogel Vision products are sold in 25 countries under the Extreme H2O brand or under a private label arrangement.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 15, 2019
Solar-powered town ranked a top master-planned community

The Babcock Ranch chief operations officer says the community has seen more than $140 million in home contracts.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 15, 2019
With acquisitions, property investment firm’s portfolio grows to $900 million

Stoneweg US, a St. Petersburg, Florida, real estate investment firm specializing in multifamily acquisitions and developments, has acquired Memphis-based Lynnfield Place Apartments and Kansas City-based Maple Hills Apartments.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 14, 2019
Veteran bankruptcy litigator joins area law firm

New Orleans-based law firm Adams and Reese has welcomed Edmund Whitson III to its commercial restructuring and bankruptcy practice and named him a partner at its Tampa, Florida, office.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 14, 2019
Hospital names new CFO, lab director

Danny Warren Jr. has more than 25 years of experience in health care financial oversight and management.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2019
Discount airline adding five new nonstop routes from Punta Gorda Airport

The routes, scheduled to start in mid-November, will have fares as low as $49 for a one-way trip.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2019
Airline adds eight destinations from airport

New destinations from Sarasota include Knoxville, Tenn., St. Louis, Mo., Louisville, Ky., and other Midwestern cities.

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