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  • January 28, 2019
Former Congressman joins area law firm

Former U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, a Republican from Lakeland, has joined the Lakeland, Florida, office of GrayRobinson, a Florida-based law firm that also has offices in Tampa, Fort Myers and Naples.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 28, 2019
Regional homebuilder debuts new community

Neal Communities premiers Marquesa Isles in south Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 26, 2019
Real estate company moves 110 employees into downtown office

PropLogix has started operating out of an 18,000-square-foot space in Main Plaza.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2019
Former New York hedge fund consultant returns to area, joins investment firm

Skyway Capital Markets, a boutique Tampa, Florida, investment firm, has hired Jake Zwiebel, formerly of Bloomberg, as an investment banking analyst.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2019
It hurts: car rental giant remains on struggle bus

The latest hit to the Estero-based car rental giant comes from a Jan. 23 article on the popular investor’s blog Seeking Alpha. Titled “Hertz is Driving Down a Hill and the Brake Lines are Cut,”

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2019
Finding kitchens for ugly food

Krazykrops gleans and delivers produce rejected by grocery stores because of their appearance

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2019
Offering a LIFT to aspiring companies

Comcast accepting applications from startups for its NBCUniversal LIFT Laps Accelerator

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2019
Nonprofit wins two awards for market leadership

Goodwill Manasota took home a Market Leadership by Share of Used Goods award for the fifth time.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2019
Led by Capt. Jack Spare, tire company hoists the sales

Vince Ficarrotta, vice president of Tampa, Florida-based RNR Tire Express, performs as Capt. Jack Spare, the company's pirate mascot, at store openings around the country.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2019
Silicon Valley exec moves to area to offer advice

Ilya Movshovich, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and consultant, is temporarily moving to Tampa, Florida, to offer guidance to startups who are part of the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 25, 2019
Cousins Properties succeeds by being customer centric

Cousins Properties is preparing to develop a new six-story office building in Tampa's Westshore submarket, amid heightened competition. But the company believes it will succeed through superior customer service and focusing on its customers.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 25, 2019
What They're Saying — CBRE

Though the Tampa office investment sales market slowed somewhat in 2018, the year was nonetheless marked by a number of high-profile deals for the Urban Centre property and others.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 25, 2019
Marriott Vacations buys Marco Island resort condos

Marriott Vacations Worldwide has purchased 92 additional units in the Crystal Shores Condominiums, consolidating its ownership of the Marco Island resort.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 25, 2019
Cushman & Wakefield promotes Agnew to head property management

Commercial real estate brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield has promoted Mike Agnew, a 25-year veteran of the firm, to head all of its property management operations in the state of Florida.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 25, 2019
IPC elevates Fraley to partner at Naples firm

Investment Properties Corp. has promoted Patrick Fraley to partner within the Napless commercial real estate brokerage firm in reflection of his commitment to brokerage and to the firm.

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