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  • December 10, 2018
Two reappointed to airport oversight board

Naples City Council approves Donna Messer and Michael Lenhard to new four-year terms.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2018
Health organization announces CEO's retirement

Jack Minge joined Coastal Behavioral Healthcare in 2013.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2018
Grocer opens long-awaited store on college grounds

Lakeland, Florida-based grocer Publix has opened its first-ever store on a college campus, at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2018
Luxury homebuilder names new territory director

BCB Homes appoints Jeff Blevins as territory director for Sarasota County, Lee County and Charlotte County

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2018
Area owners take home top franchise award

Joe and Sandy Nelson bought the Molly Maid of Sarasota, Manatee & Charlotte Counties franchise in February 2015.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2018
New face and new name for Fifth Avenue Advisors

Fifth Avenue Advisors changes name to Fifth Avenue Family Office, hires Marianna Zuk as general counsel

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2018
Signs of trouble loom in commercial real estate loans

CoStar reports banks are getting “squeezed between rising interest rates and competing nonbank lenders” that dangle low-cost loans to expand market share. “It's the first sign of a slowdown in real estate lending by banks this year following the end of an

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2018
Up a tree: Eatery looks to California redwoods for inspiration

Thee Tree House, with swings instead of bar stools, is south Tampa, Florida's latest unique restaurant concept.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2018
Virgin territory: Sir Richard Branson plants flag in area

Sir Richard Branson, the flamboyant British billionaire, has acquired a stake in Brightline, the company that plans to build a passenger rail line between Orlando and Tampa, Florida.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • December 7, 2018
Skyhouse Channelside deal shows investors are still hot on Tampa's rental market

Investors continue to clamor for downtown apartment buildings in Tampa and St. Petersburg, despite rising interest rates and an eight-year economic cycle, because of continued job growth and other factors, experts say.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • December 7, 2018
What They're Saying: JLL

Law firms in downtowns such as Orlando and Tampa still occupy a significant amount of space, and trends on the horizon could point to further leasing activity

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • December 7, 2018
Renovations completed at downtown St. Petersburg landmark

Denholtz Associates and Convergent Capital Partners have completed roughly $13 million in renovations to 490 First Ave. in downtown St. Petersburg

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • December 7, 2018
Job growth up, cap rates down. Coincidence?

CBRE Group contends in a new study that job growth and cap rates are more closely linked than many have believed, and that tracking the two data points can help investors

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2018
Hear them roar

Tiger 21 high-wealth membership organization begins Naples chapter

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 6, 2018
Construction underway on 272-unit apartment complex

The Treviso Grand complex in Venice will include 272 apartments.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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