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  • September 17, 2018
Law firm’s local office adds lauded attorney

Gunster, a West Palm Beach, Florida-based law firm, has strengthened its private wealth services team in Tampa with the addition of Brian Sparks.

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  • September 17, 2018
Communications provider wins major university contract

RF Connect will create and install wireless systems for largest university in Michigan.

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  • September 14, 2018
Contractors raise the roof on revenues, profits

The labor shortage has done little to damage an upward growth pattern in the U.S. roofing industry — a sector in its fourth consecutive year of improved profitability and double-digit percentage increases in sales.

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  • September 14, 2018
Ad agency takes novel approach to branding job

St. Petersburg, Florida-based Paradise Advertising has taken a unique, restrained approach to its creative work for the Amelia Island Convention and Visitors Bureau.

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  • September 14, 2018
Kolter Group begins work on Ritz-Carlton Residences in Sarasota

The Kolter Group has begun construction on an 18-story, 73-unit condominium tower in downtown Sarasota to be known as the Ritz-Carlton Residences, the result of its affiliation with the Marriott-branded resort next door.

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  • September 14, 2018
Wire manufacturer acquires hot product line

Pelican Wire takes over fellow manufacturer’s high-temperature wire designs and equipment.

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  • September 14, 2018
Leader's bull run ends with logo debate

The University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, unveiled a new logo just days before the institution's longtime president, Judy Genshaft, announced her impending retirement.

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  • September 14, 2018
Water Street Tampa poised for a trio of new office offerings

Strategic Property Partners, after focusing on hotels, restaurants and residences the past two years, is preparing to develop a trio of new office buildings as part of its $3 billion downtown Tampa project

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  • September 14, 2018
Henderson joins Avison Young capital markets team in Tampa

Allen Henderson joins commercial real estate brokerage firm Avison Young in Tampa to beef up the company's capital markets group amid heightened investment activity.

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  • September 14, 2018
Taylor Morrison buys Bradenton land for $10.52 million

Homebuilder Taylor Morrison spend $10.52 million to acquire a 200-tract owned by the City of Bradenton, where it will build 350 new homes

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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

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  • September 14, 2018
Data snapshot: Raise the roof

Roofers have it made in the shade

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  • September 14, 2018
'Grand' larceny

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

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