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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • October 12, 2018
Coastal Ridge goes back to school with student housing investments

Coastal Ridge Real Estate is one of the fastest-growing investors in student housing in Florida, where it has acquired six properties over the span of the past 24 months, including the Coast Village apartments and The Reef, both in Fort Myers.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 12, 2018
Well-traveled back surgeon joins area health care firm

Tampa, Florida-based Laser Spine Institute, which offers minimally invasive spine surgery, has added board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon Drew Brown to its surgical team.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 12, 2018
Commercial property firm adds executive to new office

Lisa Paul joins Cushman & Wakefield as regional property management director for new Naples location.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 12, 2018
Rough trade: Firm's electricians show off their skills

St. Petersburg, Florida-based Power Design, one of the nation’s largest electrical contractors, has gotten creative with recruitment and retention programs, notably its "Tough Rougher" competition for electricians.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 12, 2018
'Tis the season to safeguard your data

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and Florida Capital Bank’s information security officer, Ed Bides, has tips for businesses that want to get better at safeguarding their data.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • October 12, 2018
In Focus: Sarasota/Bradenton

The Sarasota and Bradenton area submarkets are performing well across the office, industrial and retail sectors, according to statistics compiled by research firm CoStar Group.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • October 12, 2018
Banyan Street to buy Tampa City Center?

Banyan Street Capital is poised to acquire the 39-story Tampa City Center skyscraper, which would be the largest transaction in Tampa's downtown in the past three years

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • October 12, 2018
JLL hires Rivers to lead Florida operations

Tim Rivers will lead commercial real estate brokerage firm JLL's seven offices in Florida

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • October 12, 2018
Barney named VP at MacFarlane Barney's Prima Luce

Jeff Barney named vice president of business development at MacFarlane Barney Development's planned Prima Luce condo tower in Fort Myers

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • October 12, 2018
Publix expansion will add significant space to Lakeland headquarters

Publix Super Markets Inc.'s headquarters, when expanded by 2027, will contain as much space as the 31-story Rivergate Tower in downtown Tampa

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 12, 2018
Company falls short of jobs promise, repays county $100,000

rasota Medical only hired 12 people from 2010 to 2015. It fell 49 jobs short of its commitment — even though it already had the county’s $360,000. Company paid back Sarasota County $100,000, with the final payment coming earlier this year.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 12, 2018
Taking credit

Pioneering credit union Achieva acquires Preferred Community Bank of Lee County.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 12, 2018
Flap over FPL

MEP Coalition for Fair Competition asks state to investigate FPL and FPL Energy Services, claiming utility uses public assets to boost for-profit contracting business.

  • News
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  • Mark Gordon
  • October 11, 2018
Affordable housing champion, businessman Harvey Vengroff dies

Harvey Vengroff, described by those who knew him well as a near-perfect case of a life well lived, died Oct. 11.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 11, 2018
Popular restaurant unveils new look

Tableseide Restaurant Group also shared a new logo for Libby’s Neighborhood Brasserie.

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