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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 17, 2019
Company helps supporters raise funds for schools through local vendors

Sarasota-based Schoolvite provides a twist on Box Tops for Education for the digital age.

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    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • May 17, 2019
Tampa office development reaches inflection point

Demand for new office space in Tampa has surged because of job growth and a lack of new supply in recent years. Several developers are vying to build new space.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • May 17, 2019
Building Spotlight -- 100 N. Tampa St.

Prudential Real Estate has hired commercial real estate brokerage firm HFF to market the 42-story 100 N. Tampa St. office building for sale. It could fetch a record price for a Tampa office asset of more than than $200 million

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • May 17, 2019
CBRE snags Ravi from Marcus & Millichap

Ari Ravi has left Marcus & Millichap to join the retail investments team at rival commercial real estate brokerage CBRE Group.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • May 17, 2019
HCP buys pair of Discovery Village senior housing communities

HCP Inc. has expanded its footprint of senior housing projects throughout the Gulf Coast with the addition of a pair of Discovery Villages in Fort Myers and Bradenton

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 17, 2019
Philanthropist opens wallet for university’s new campus

Tampa philanthropist Kiran Patel has donated $230 million to Nova Southeastern University for the construction of its new Tampa Bay regional campus in Clearwater, Florida.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 17, 2019
Need a fresh look for your headquarters? Just Google it

Inspired by the emphasis on employee creature comforts at tech giants like Google and Facebook, Tampa, Florida-based health care technology firm MHK — until recently it was known as MedHOK, short for Medical House of Knowledge — has moved to new corporate

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 17, 2019
Hospital system scores big win in safety rankings

Four adult care hospitals given A grades by The Leapfrog Group, a national health care quality advocacy organization.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 16, 2019
Work begins on 18-story downtown condo tower

Residences at Epoch in downtown Sarasota are priced from $3.3 million to $8.5 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 16, 2019
Area law firm adds tort attorney, decorated veteran as shareholder

Tampa, Florida, law firm Hill Ward Henderson has named Cory Person a shareholder in the firm’s litigation and employment law groups.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 16, 2019
Homebuilder plans 186 attached villas in new community

Sales of homes from mid-$300,000s in lakefront community will begin this fall.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2019
Fast-growing pet care chain debuts in region

Jacksonville-based Pet Paradise has locations in Naples and Wesley Chapel, among others in Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2019
Developer to break ground on $100M luxury apartment community

Verdex Construction has planned a May 22 groundbreaking for The Pointe on Westshore, a $100 million, 444-unit luxury apartment community in south Tampa, Florida, that’s being developed by Jupiter-based Index Investments.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 14, 2019
Broker opens vacation rental management company

Dream Star Vacation Homes & Real Estate handles vacation rental management for individual property owners.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 14, 2019
Builder tops off nearly sold-out luxury condo tower

The highly anticipated Virage Bayshore condo tower in Tampa, Florida, was officially topped off this week and remains on track for a grand opening in early 2020.

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