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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 9, 2018
Watershed for Water Street

Years in the planning stages, Strategic Property Partners' $3 billion Water Street Tampa is now gelling, as a half dozen new projcts prepare to go vertical in their construction.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 9, 2018
The virtues of virtual reality

St. Petersburg, Florida-based Marxent has struck a deal with retail giant Macy’s that will see the firm’s virtual reality technology form the backbone of a new interactive way for shoppers to buy furniture.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 9, 2018
Country club embarks on $18.5 million renovation and expansion

Quail Creek begins work to replace sports buildings, refurbish clubhouse, rebuild tennis facility and expand dining offerings.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 9, 2018
Business advice over a cup of joe

1 Million Cups will bring new businesses, advisers together to stir up some ideas.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 8, 2018
Commercial group acquires area insurance firm

Carolyn Rummel has been named president of Meadowbrook Insurance Agency's Florida operations.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 8, 2018
Riverwalk Place developers tack away from office space

The sail-shaped Riverwalk Place project in Tampa, Florida — which, when complete, will be the tallest building on the Gulf Coast — is changing course and will not have office space.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 8, 2018
Land Solutions prepares for growth in 2019 with for key hires

President and CEO Randy Thibault backs up market expansion projections by adding to staff.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 8, 2018
Country club earns eco-friendly distinction

Bonita Bay Club called one of ‘America’s Greenest Clubs’ by Prevo Health Solutions.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2018
Major manufacturer names chief information officer

John Engelstad most recently served as chief information officer for Western Window Systems.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2018
Area tech firm receives grant to expand international distribution

TAO Connect, a digital health company based in St. Petersburg, Florida, has received a $141,799 grant from the National Science Foundation that will help it develop a French-language version of its behavioral health software that's used by employee and st

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2018
Luxury homebuilder promotes former receptionist to key position

Alexandra Brennan, who started with Harwick Homes answering phone calls, is the company’s first senior project manager.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 6, 2018
Nationwide apartment management firm hires regional leader

Tampa, Florida-based American Landmark Apartments, an owner and operator of multifamily properties across the country, has named Pip Cornish executive vice president of its eastern region, which includes 18 communities in North Carolina, South Carolina an

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 6, 2018
Law firm bolsters real estate practice with new hire

Carlton Fields, a law firm with offices in five states and Washington, D.C., has hired Samantha Culp as an associate in its real property litigation practice in Tampa, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 6, 2018
Landmark home sale closes at $7 million

Shaddelee Plantation in Fort Myers sets 10-year price record. It was built and owned by luxury European hotel builder.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2018
Area executive, a Wall Street rock star, dies at 73

Lakewood Ranch-based Roper Technologies CEO Brian Jellison died Nov. 2.

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