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  • Brian Hartz
  • November 16, 2018
Economic forecast: Kyle Parks, principal, B2 Communications, St. Petersburg

Kyle Parks, principal of B2 Communications in St. Petersburg, Florida, says labor and low unemployment will be the story of 2019.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 16, 2018
Rocket science: MarineMax fills a need for NASA

Clearwater, Florida-based boat retailer MarineMax lent the skills of members of its Houston-based service team to NASA for a project that will help astronauts someday explore reaches of space beyond the moon, including Mars.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 16, 2018
Low-fare airline adds service to seven new airports

Frontier Airlines expands flights to five western and two eastern destinations, now offers 23 routes from Southwest Florida International Airport.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 16, 2018
Good Times For Now, Part II

Tampa Bay's building permits have held steady and increased, for the most part, in the six counties surrounding the city over the past year, but macro-economic influences could lead developers and builders to make changes in density and architecture in th

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 16, 2018
Riverwalk Place nixes office space for additional condos

Riverwalk Place developers Feldman Equities Ltd and Two Roads Development scrap plans for 200,000 square feet of office space in their planned 53-story tower in downtown Tampa in favor of building roughly 90 more condo units, to a total of 290.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 16, 2018
Saunders' Drews leaving for development post at Casto

Matt Drews, Michael Saunders & Co.'s commercial brokerage manager since September 2015, plans to leave the company to take a job in development at Casto Southeast Realty Services

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 16, 2018
The road to a new warehouse was long and winding

Maintenance Too Paper Co.'s John Hargreaves' plan to move into a bigger building in Bradenton took more than three years and a lot of heartbreak.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 16, 2018
Recently awarded patent is first for technical college

A Manatee Technical College instructor invented a method to teach the theory of the air conditioning system.

  • News
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • November 16, 2018
‘Play through’ bumps in the road in 2019, business leaders say

Will the economy continue to hum in 2019?

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 15, 2018
Manufacturer moves headquarters to area, adds 80 workers to staff

S.S. White Technologies, a maker of flexible shafts for aircraft, automobiles and medical devices, has relocated from Piscataway, N.J., to a 90,000-square-foot facility in Seminole, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 15, 2018
New $3.5 million amenity center opens in community

The 8,900-square-foot clubhouse has a fitness center, community room and outdoor verandah.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 15, 2018
Airline opens service to three new markets

Allegiant adds seasonal routes at Punta Gorda Airport to Nebraska, New York and Wisconsin.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 14, 2018
Pattillo leaving CBRE at year's end

Chase Pattillo, managing director of commercial real estate brokerage firm CBRE Group's Tampa office, intends to leave the company at the end of the year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 14, 2018
Shopping center sells for $7.35 million

Sarasota attorney Evan Berlin and his revocable trust purchased the 72,795-square-foot property.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 14, 2018
Construction firm replaces century-old church steeple destroyed by Irma

Stevens Construction completes repairs on iconic structure at Alva United Methodist Church.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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