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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 21, 2018
Coastal Ridge buys Reef complex for $78 million

Coastal Ridge Real Estate of Ohio buys The Reef, a 228-unit student housing complex, near Florida Gulf Coast University, its latest Florida acquisition in the past two years.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 21, 2018
Sears taps Avison Young to sell area stores, Ocala distribution center

Sears has tapped commercial real estate brokerage Avison Young to sell a trio of stores in Tampa, Port Richey and Daytona, together with a 1.97 million-square-foot distribution center in Ocala.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 21, 2018
Colliers International promotes Ryan Kratz to head Southeast U.S.

Commercial real estate brokerage firm Colliers International has promoted Ryan Kratz, the head of its Florida operations, to direct the entire Southeast region, which encompasses 20 offices from Memphis to Richmond, Va., to Naples.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 21, 2018
Kolter begins construction on Ritz-Carlton Residences in Sarasota

The Kolter Group has begun work on a 73-unit luxury condominium tower known as the Ritz-Carlton Residences in Sarasota adjacent to the 266-room Ritz-Carlton Sarasota hotel.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 21, 2018
Q&A: Paul Rutledge

Paul Rutledge, a senior vice president at commercial real estate brokerage JLL, talks about the state of the industry, the recent International Council of Shopping Centers' conference in Orlando, and what concerns him about the retail industry today.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2018
University's succession plan kicks into high gear

The University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, is gearing up for a search for its next president.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2018
Survey says … bank branches are back

Bank Director magazine has released the somewhat surprising results of its latest technology survey.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2018
Sembler completes renovation of Disston Plaza

The Sembler Co. has completed its 10-month renovation to Disston Plaza in St. Petersburg, with a new Publix Super Markets Inc. store and improvements to lighting, roofing, landscaping and signage.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2018
Close shave

Golisano Children’s Hospital personnel and others will have their heads shaved by youthful patients in observance of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2018
Bank names new loan operations management team

Charlotte State Bank & Trust promotes three representing nearly 70 years of banking experience.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 20, 2018
Colorado fuel technology firm targets area for $10M facility

MLMC Florida’s move will create 45 jobs in Plant City.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 20, 2018
Organization names new vice president of external relations

Lynn Hobeck Bates was most recently communications/PR manager with Visit Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 20, 2018
Airport reports record-breaking August passenger traffic

Southwest Florida International Airport serves more than 501,000 travelers, up 4.1% over August 2017.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 19, 2018
Homebuilder opens new 107-house community

Homes in Rivo Lakes start in the mid-$400,000s.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 19, 2018
Developer unveils first office renderings from mixed-use project

Bromley Companies has revealed renderings of what the first of three new Class A office towers will look like when its $500 million, 22-acre Midtown Tampa neighborhood development is complete in 2020.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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