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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 1, 2019
Freezer space is catching fire

With new grocery chaIns, restaurants and other users in the market, refrigerated and freezer space is poised to gain momentum along the Gulf Coast as never before.

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  • November 1, 2019
A Crowdfunded Castille

Feldman Equities of Tampa took a distinctly different path --both geographically and in regards to financing -- in making its latest office building acquisition in the St. Petersburg suburban market of Gateway, by using a crowdfunded platform

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 1, 2019
Virginia firm buys St. Petersburg apartments for $85 million

General Services Corp.'s $85 million deal for the Courtney at Bay Pines' apartments in St. Petersburg brings its Florida multifamily rental portfolio to a dozen properties.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 1, 2019
Tampa company adds to net lease portfolio

Generation Income Properties has nearly doubled the value of its net-lease portfolio with the purchase of a pair of office buildings in Virginia for $19 million

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2019
Area restaurant opens second location

Libby’s Neighborhood Brasserie opened Thursday at 8445 Lorraine Road in Lakewood Ranch.

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  • October 31, 2019
Area executive takes helm of national financial services board

Business development principal will chair the American Financial Services Association Business Partner Board.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • October 31, 2019
Executive peer advisory group launches new chapter in region

Organization provides forum for business executives to confidentially discuss challenges they face.

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  • October 31, 2019
Builder opens second community in new waterfront neighborhood

WCI has unveiled Inlet Shore in South Tampa’s Westshore Marina District.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • October 31, 2019
Florida a national leader in shuttering bank branches

Three regions are in the top five for a report on declines in bank branches.

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  • Jay Schlichter
  • October 30, 2019
Economic forecast 2020: Residential real estate

Phil Wood, John R. Wood Properties, Naples

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  • October 30, 2019
Community leads nation in housing starts for third quarter

Lakewood Ranch's 1,467 new home starts exceeded those of other top-selling communities in Florida, including The Villages.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • October 30, 2019
Architecture firm, developer announce luxury apartment community

The apartment complex is scheduled to open sometime in 2020.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 30, 2019
Tech giant acquires software firm to accelerate growth

Clearwater, Florida-based Tech Data has agreed to acquire Herndon, Va.-based DLT Solutions, a software and cloud solutions company that serves government and public-sector clients at the federal, state and local levels.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • October 29, 2019
Health care organization names executive vice president

Debbie Mason most recently served as CEO of the Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County in Healdsburg, Calif.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • October 29, 2019
In wake of expansion, fast-growing online training firm names new CFO

Vector Solutions, a Tampa, Florida-based online training firm, has hired Scott Rosenberg as its new CFO.

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