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  • January 18, 2019
New town to develop first golf course community

Babcock Ranch reaches 250 home sales and announces development of Babcock National

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  • January 18, 2019
Rare wines available for public online auction

Coveted Screaming Eagle wine vertical is the featured attraction at the 19th annual Naples Winter Wine Festival.

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  • January 18, 2019
Pair of older St. Pete Beach hotels are ripe for repositioning

Gencom Group's $100 million acquisition of the Grand Plaza Resort and the Beachcomber Hotel & Resort on St. Pete Beach may be part of a corporate shift toward more intense management while preparing for an eventual redevelopment of the properties.

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  • January 18, 2019
Times' building occupancy up to 90%

With L3 Technologies new lease, 490 First Ave. S in downtown St. Petersburg is now 90% occupied, roughly double the level of commitment three years ago.

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  • January 18, 2019
Virginia firm snaps up four office buildings near USF campus

Real Estate Value Advisors of Virginia has purchased four Class B office buildings near the USF tampa campus for $25 million, adding to its local portfolio.

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  • January 18, 2019
Credit card partnership aims to strengthen baseball, travel ties

Baseball fans will be able to carry an Allegiant World Mastercard in their wallets that offers baseball-related benefits.

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  • January 18, 2019
Strategic Property Partners CEO James Nozar going full speed ahead

Strategic Property Partners CEO sees a busy year ahead for the $3 billion Water Street Tampa project, with roughly a dozen new buildings under construction.

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  • January 17, 2019
Tech firm shuffles C-suite, other leadership roles with promotions

Business software company ConnectWise has promoted Jason Magee, who joined the Tampa, Florida-based firm in 2011 and had been serving as executive vice president and chief operating officer, to president.

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  • January 17, 2019
Homebuilder exceeds $118 million in sales

Medallion Home is expected to open more new communities soon, including Aqua by the Bay and Watercolor Place.

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  • January 17, 2019
Private bank hires veteran wealth management leader

Fifth Third Private Bank-Florida names Heidi Colgate-Tamblyn as senior vice president and director.

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  • January 16, 2019
Custom homebuilder hires two-time national salesperson of the year

Frey & Son Homes names Jason Chang Collier County sales director. One-year sales include $29 million for D.R. Horton and $23 million for Mattamy.

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  • January 15, 2019
Senate President: potential red tide solutions forthcoming

Speaking at the Argus Foundation Annual Meeting Tuesday, Bill Galvano, a Bradenton attorney, had a clear message for the Sarasota-Bradenton business community about taking care of his backyard

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  • January 15, 2019
With acquisition, law firm expands influence in nation’s capital

GrayRobinson buys Washington, D.C.-based lobbying firm Eris Group LLC.

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  • January 15, 2019
Company adds pair to executive team, including CFO

John Adams has joined Tampa, Florida-based Avalon Healthcare Solutions as chief financial officer, while Kerri Fritsch has been promoted to chief client officer.

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  • January 15, 2019
Airport passenger traffic increases 16% in 2018

In December 2018, passenger traffic was 39% higher than December 2017.

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