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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • May 31, 2019
PWC expands, takes entire MetWest III building

Accounting and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers will occupy the entire 10-story MetWest III office tower when it is completed in Tampa's Westshore Business District later this year.

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  • May 31, 2019
Home sales trending positive in regional market

Board of Realtors data shows nearly 13% overall gain in April over 2018 and a 20% jump in condo sales.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • May 31, 2019
Fresh move: Specialty grocer jumps on home delivery bandwagon

The Fresh Market is the latest grocery chain to jump on the home-delivery train, and thanks to a partnership with Instacart, it’s rolled out the service at every one of its 161 stores nationwide, including its Gulf Coast, Florida, locations, just in time

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  • May 31, 2019
Title fight: Ex-boxer aspires to create world's healthiest office

The Ring, a new 18,000-square foot co-working and business incubator space in downtown Clearwater, Florida, has some big aspirations: To start with, it aims to be the healthiest office in the world.

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  • May 30, 2019
Nonstop flights to Philadelphia on major airline to become daily

The Philadelphia service at SRQ will change to daily starting Dec. 18.

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  • May 30, 2019
Resort names new general manager

Waterline Marina Resort & Beach Club is a boutique hotel with 37 two-bedroom suites on Anna Maria Island.

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  • May 30, 2019
Credit union grows leadership team with new hires, promotion

Tampa, Florida-based GTE Financial has promoted Jennifer Maxfield to chief strategy officer, in in addition to hiring Pedro Diaz as chief experience and Gary Montemurro as vice president of project and program management.

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  • May 30, 2019
New town adds ninth homebuilder to portfolio

Divco Custom Homes will offer luxury design/build homes in Babcock Ranch.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • May 29, 2019
Construction begins on solar power plants

Each of the 10 new solar plants FPL is building this year is expected to create approximately 200 jobs during peak construction.

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  • May 29, 2019
Area vet clinic lands deal with Walmart

Largo, Florida-based Essentials PetCare last week opened a walk-in veterinary clinic in a Walmart Supercenter in Kaufman, Texas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area.

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  • May 29, 2019
Theater organization makes leadership changes

New board chairman named as regional professional theater pursues capital campaign for new facility.

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  • May 28, 2019
Go Dutch: Airport celebrates debut of direct flight to Amsterdam

Tampa International Airport and Delta Airlines on Friday officially launched direct, nonstop service from Tampa, Florida, to Amsterdam.

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  • May 28, 2019
Company acquires boat club business based in area

After being acquired by Brunswick Corp., John Giglio and his management team will continue to lead Freedom Boat Club.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • May 28, 2019
Habitat chapter appoints interim CEO

Nineteen-year organization veteran tapped as interim CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Lee and Hendry Counties.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • May 25, 2019
A "Forgotten Land" No More

Midtown Tampa, a $500 million, mixed-use development at Interstate 275 and Dale Mabry Highway, has the potential to link downtown Tampa and the Westshore Business District

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