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  • January 11, 2019
Lead the way: Program seeks applicants who want to get ahead

The University of Tampa's Sykes College of Business TECO Energy Center for Leadership has begun to accept applications for its Modern Advances in Leadership certificate program.

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  • January 11, 2019
Ready to wear: Developer adopts high-tech bracelet for visitors to amenity

Metro Development Group awarded $10,000 to Ibrahim Allam, a recent University of Tampa, Florida, graduate who created an innovative piece of wearable technology for visitors at the Crystal Lagoons amenity at Epperson.

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  • January 11, 2019
Is Florida losing its headquarters mojo?

Florida took a less publicized, but still tough hit, in early December. That’s when the PGA of America announced plans to jettison its headquarters for the past 50 years, Palm Beach Gardens, for a new home in Frisco, Texas, outside Dallas.

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  • January 11, 2019
Contractor completes $3.6 million fire station

The $3.6 million Cape Coral Fire Station 11 was built by Wright Construction Group.

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  • January 11, 2019
Top Contractors Submissions

The Business Observer is putting together its Top Contractors publication for 2019. Submit here.

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  • January 10, 2019
Credit union names successor to retiring CFO

Doug Tilden has joined Tampa, Florida-based Grow Financial Credit Union as chief financial officer, succeeding Gail Wean, who is set to retire in April after 21 years with the company.

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  • January 10, 2019
Marketing company names new president

Brad Dobbins was most recently Clickbooth’s executive vice president of affiliates.

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  • January 10, 2019
Airport closes year with $10 million in cash reserves

Punta Gorda Airport served nearly 1.6 million passengers in 2018, has banked $10 million in reserves.

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  • January 9, 2019
Top Deals in Sarasota/Manatee in 2018

Residences once again dominated the top commercial real estate deals of 2018, but one of the area's most plush resort outpaced all other sales.

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  • January 9, 2019
Top Deals Southwest Florida 2018

A high-end resort topped the list of commercial real estate sales in Southwest Florida in 2018, but apartments continued to attract the majority of investors.

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  • January 9, 2019
"Nothing Else Like It"

After being owned by a single family for 60 years, the former Musgrave Dairy property in Manatee County north of Lakewood Ranch is being marketed for sale. Commercial real estate brokerage Marcus & Millichap expects it will sell for more than $70 million.

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  • January 9, 2019
Rainier buys Woodlands Square for $64 million

A Dallas-based investment firm has spent $64 million to acquire the Woodlands Square Shopping Center in Oldsmar in the wake of a multimillion renovation.

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  • January 9, 2019
Saunders hires commercial division chief

Michael Saunders & Co., the Sarasota-based residential real estate brokerage, has hired a former New York state economic development executive to lead its commercial division

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  • January 9, 2019
Troubled Sears offering to sell Gulf Coast stores

Sears intends to sell or auction eight Gulf Coast Sears and Kmart stores in the first quarter of next year.

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  • January 9, 2019
Financing in place, $350 million tower project enters new phase

Developers of the $350 million Riverwalk Place condo tower in downtown Tampa, Florida, have secured $24.5 million in construction financing from Mosaic Real Estate Credit LLC.

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