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News

    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 23, 2018
St. Petersburg firm buys Oldsmar Flea Market

A St. Petersburg firm backed by investot Grady Pridgen has acquired the Oldsmar Flea Market, one of the area's oldest and most popular flea market sites along the Gulf Coast

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 23, 2018
Pattillo leaving CBRE Group at year's end

Chase Pattillo is leaving CBRE Group, where he has worked as Market Leader since mid-2014, to pursue specialty real estate niches like senior housing and how technology interfaces with real estate

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 23, 2018
Key International buys dual-branded hotel in Clearwater

Key International Inc. has purchased a dual-branded hotel on the water in Clearwater for $71 million, where it plans a series of upgrades to the property that was completed last year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 23, 2018
Auteur developer believes new Sarasota condo project will be a work of art

The development team behind the planned 18-story Auteur condo in Sarasota believes that its project will succeed despite heightened competition and macro-economic forces thanks to its water-view location and unique design and amenities

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 23, 2018
Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Ralston Dantzler is a triple threat in Polk County

Thanks to the individual strengths of its three principals, Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Ralston Dantzler has grown into one of Polk County's most respected commercial real estate brokerage firms.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 23, 2018
Baby boom

Do baby boomers have an exit strategy ready to go for their business? By one count, not really.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 21, 2018
Hospital hires Harvard Medical School instructor for VP spot

Paul Simeone hired as vice president of mental and behavioral health at Lee Health.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 20, 2018
CEO-focused group appoints new president

Marina Wolf-Schmidt joins three others in officer positions with the Gulf Coast CEO Forum.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 20, 2018
Developer — comparing St. Pete to Austin — plans luxury condos

Michel Regignano says city ‘has the developmental potential to be another Austin, Texas, with all of its positive economic attributes.’

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 20, 2018
Senior living firm names two new executives

Jack McCarthy and Jamie Holiefield will be based in St. Petersburg with Solvere Living.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 20, 2018
Tampa Bay Rays’ $892 million Ybor City dream edges closer to reality

Tampa Bay Rays 2020, a nonprofit group of business and community leaders that’s drumming up support for a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida, has secured $160 million in support for the project.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 20, 2018
Law firm elects new managing partner

Matthew Plummer will continue to lead Blalock Walters' real estate, banking, finance, land use and local government law practice groups.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 19, 2018
Major airline adds spring flight to Denver

Service from Sarasota to Denver will operate in March 2019.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 19, 2018
Trade mission to Chile nets more than $3M in export sales

Global Tampa Bay, previously known as the Tampa Bay Export Alliance, hosted a trade mission in October to Santiago, Chile, that has produced $3.35 million in future sales and economic activity for participating companies.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 19, 2018
Roofing company completes large high school project

Target Roofing installs 210,000 square feet of roofing, 1.5 miles of gutter and fascia at Estero High School.

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