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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 14, 2018
Canadian company buys Westshore Embassy Suites hotel

Westmont Hospitality Group, a Canadian company with offices in Houston, has acquired the 243-room Embassy Suites hotel in the Westshore section of Tampa for nearly $43 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 14, 2018
Report: First Watch targets 1,400 locations

The ultimate goal, First Watch director of real estate Matthew Livingston told a general session of attendees in late August at the International Council of Shopping Centers’ regional show in Orlando, according to CSA, is much bigger: 1,400 locations.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 14, 2018
Onetime nonprofit exec finds new purpose in real estate

David Crawford was in the field earlier in his career but left it work for a web marketing firm, has returned. He says he believes he hit the jackpot answer to that question. He promises to give away 15% of his commission from every home sale to a nonprof

  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 14, 2018
Data snapshot: Raise the roof

Roofers have it made in the shade

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 14, 2018
'Grand' larceny

Sunseeker Resorts nabs a second top executive from MGM Grand Resorts International to run food and beverage operations.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 14, 2018
Robo dock

Construction underway on Gulf Star Marina at Fort Myers Beach, the world’s first dry stack marina using automated storage and retrieval technology.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 13, 2018
Foundation names new communications executive

Mischa Kirby was previously the vice president for external relations at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 13, 2018
Top health insurer bolsters local workforce

Humana Inc. plans to hire 124 full-time customer service personnel at its offices in Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 13, 2018
Cancer testing lab earns agreement with national health care provider

NeoGenomics awarded group purchasing pact with Premier for clinical reference laboratory services.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2018
Airline announces new flight to Atlanta

Flights from Sarasota Bradenton International Airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport will be offered three times a week.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2018
Developer unveils makeover of high-traffic retail area

The Sembler Company, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based shopping center developer, held a grand re-opening for Disston Plaza, a Publix-anchored shopping center at the corner of 49th St. N. and 38th Ave. N.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2018
Unique estate sold for $4.1 million

Originally selling for $5.3 million in 2013, new owner plans to remodel 18,000-square-foot home on Cape Coral.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 11, 2018
Homebuilder promotes from within for vice president of operations

Kevin Archer will lead the Sarasota operations team for M/I Homes.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 11, 2018
Longtime attorneys shaped the Sarasota of today

A trio of long-time Sarasota attorneys who practiced real estate law and passed away this summer had a tremendous impact on the city and how it grew

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 11, 2018
Crab scam nets charges for area man

Robert Lee Humphrey Jr. of Hillsborough County, Florida, faces multiple charges related to his alleged role in a crab fisher investment scam that defrauded investors of $800,000.

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