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News

    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 9, 2019
"Nothing Else Like It"

After being owned by a single family for 60 years, the former Musgrave Dairy property in Manatee County north of Lakewood Ranch is being marketed for sale. Commercial real estate brokerage Marcus & Millichap expects it will sell for more than $70 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 9, 2019
Rainier buys Woodlands Square for $64 million

A Dallas-based investment firm has spent $64 million to acquire the Woodlands Square Shopping Center in Oldsmar in the wake of a multimillion renovation.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 9, 2019
Saunders hires commercial division chief

Michael Saunders & Co., the Sarasota-based residential real estate brokerage, has hired a former New York state economic development executive to lead its commercial division

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 9, 2019
Troubled Sears offering to sell Gulf Coast stores

Sears intends to sell or auction eight Gulf Coast Sears and Kmart stores in the first quarter of next year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2019
Financing in place, $350 million tower project enters new phase

Developers of the $350 million Riverwalk Place condo tower in downtown Tampa, Florida, have secured $24.5 million in construction financing from Mosaic Real Estate Credit LLC.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2019
Luxury condo project to get second location of nationally known bistro

A Beach Bistro restaurant is expected to open when BLVD Sarasota is complete at the beginning of 2020.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2019
After 15 offers, retail plaza sells for $11.3 million

Tampa office of Marcus & Millichap brokerrs sale of Morse Shores in Fort Myers for $11.3 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 8, 2019
Area hotel management firm snags Miami Beach executive

Tampa, Florida-based Mainsail Lodging & Development has hired Brad Hayden as vice president of finance.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 8, 2019
Luxury builder sees annual growth of 16%

Neal Signature Homes is now in eight communities.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 8, 2019
International cancer care group recruits industry leader

21st Century Oncology taps Charlie Powell as COO as the company continues to build its leadership team.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2019
Manufacturing CFO elected to foundation board

Tervis Tumbler Co. CFO Hosana Fieber leads the company's sustainability mission.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2019
Tech giant shutters office in region, but will remain in area

L3 Technologies, a supplier of detection and security technology to the federal government and armed forces, has leased the fifth and sixth floors of the Tampa Bay Times building, located at 490 1st Ave. S., in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2019
Area financial company swiftly signs Kuwait bank to expanded services

National Bank of Kuwait employs ACI Worldwide’s SWIFT Global Payments Innovation services platform to service immediate international transactions.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2019
Florida scores big sales in master-planned communities

From Polk County to south Sarasota, the region is well represented in the fast-growing housing segment.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 4, 2019
Area restaurant chain opens new concept in Nashville

Sun & Fork joins nine First Watch restaurants in the Nashville area.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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