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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 11, 2019
Richman razes Ringling for new complex

The Richman Group, in the wake of demolishing the former Ringling Shopping Center, plans to build a new 222-unit apartment complex on a 10-acre site in downtown Sarasota.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 11, 2019
Experts feeling cautious, but good, about commercial real estate outlook for 2019

Following a robust 2018, commercial real estate markets along the Gulf Coast are poised to be equally active in the year ahead.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 11, 2019
Lead the way: Program seeks applicants who want to get ahead

The University of Tampa's Sykes College of Business TECO Energy Center for Leadership has begun to accept applications for its Modern Advances in Leadership certificate program.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 11, 2019
Ready to wear: Developer adopts high-tech bracelet for visitors to amenity

Metro Development Group awarded $10,000 to Ibrahim Allam, a recent University of Tampa, Florida, graduate who created an innovative piece of wearable technology for visitors at the Crystal Lagoons amenity at Epperson.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 11, 2019
Is Florida losing its headquarters mojo?

Florida took a less publicized, but still tough hit, in early December. That’s when the PGA of America announced plans to jettison its headquarters for the past 50 years, Palm Beach Gardens, for a new home in Frisco, Texas, outside Dallas.

  • News
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 11, 2019
Contractor completes $3.6 million fire station

The $3.6 million Cape Coral Fire Station 11 was built by Wright Construction Group.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 11, 2019
Top Contractors Submissions

The Business Observer is putting together its Top Contractors publication for 2019. Submit here.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 10, 2019
Credit union names successor to retiring CFO

Doug Tilden has joined Tampa, Florida-based Grow Financial Credit Union as chief financial officer, succeeding Gail Wean, who is set to retire in April after 21 years with the company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 10, 2019
Marketing company names new president

Brad Dobbins was most recently Clickbooth’s executive vice president of affiliates.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 10, 2019
Airport closes year with $10 million in cash reserves

Punta Gorda Airport served nearly 1.6 million passengers in 2018, has banked $10 million in reserves.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 9, 2019
Top Deals in Sarasota/Manatee in 2018

Residences once again dominated the top commercial real estate deals of 2018, but one of the area's most plush resort outpaced all other sales.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 9, 2019
Top Deals Southwest Florida 2018

A high-end resort topped the list of commercial real estate sales in Southwest Florida in 2018, but apartments continued to attract the majority of investors.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    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

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