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  • November 30, 2018
STAR search: Development opportunity seeks new direction

The future of Pinellas County, Florida's Young & Rainey Science Technology & Research Center has been thrown into doubt again after the county’s economic development agency rejected three bids for the 96-acre light industrial and technology park in Largo,

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  • Brian Hartz
  • November 30, 2018
Draw it up: Architects break new ground with strategy

St. Petersburg, Florida-based Harvard Jolly Architecture has survived for eight decades in the competitive field of architectural design thanks to a unique mix of for- and non-profit clients.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • November 30, 2018
Author: Add angel investing to portfolios

Karen Rands is the author of “Inside Secrets to Angel Investing."

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  • November 30, 2018
The story of here: Communities embrace narrative, culture as key planning criteria

Creative placemaking is a property development strategy based on the inclusion of art and cultural assets as a fundamental part of the process, and its results are on full display in the Tampa Bay, Florida, region.

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  • November 30, 2018
Housing starts, sales on the downswing statewide

Both housing starts and total sales in Florida hit six-month lows in September, and even with a slight uptick in closings in October, the overall statewide market remains middling.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 30, 2018
Colliers International's Leisure Property Advisors' fills a tight niche

Commercial real estate brokerage firm Colliers International's Leisure Property Advisors team specializes in selling marinas and helping owners understand the true value of their properties

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 30, 2018
Market Spotlight: Pinellas County Retail Market

The Pinellas County retail market is performing better than most retail submarkets throughout the region, with lower vacancy, a higher number of deliveries and more buildings under construction than in many areas.

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  • November 30, 2018
Shoppes at Sarasota Row owner selling complex

Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co., the owner since 2014 of the Whole Foods Market-anchored Shoppes at Sarasota Row, is planning to sell the fully leased complex as part of a shift in corporate strategy

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 30, 2018
Mosaic Co. HQ shift to Tampa in progress

Mosaic Co. is in the midst of plannings its new corporate headquarters in the Bank of America Plaza skyscraper in downtown Tampa.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • November 30, 2018
UPS leases entire McCraney building in Polk County

UPS has signed a lease for the entire new 27 Logistics Park building that McCraney Property Co. of West Palm Beach recently completed in Davenport, in Polk County

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • November 30, 2018
Get techy with it

Logiscool opens first of two planned Naples schools at Naples Accelerator. It is the first U.S. location for the Hungary-based organization.

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  • November 30, 2018
Golisano Children’s Hospital receives major gift

Sarasota-based Baycross Christian Family Foundation donates $5 million to hospital's Little Red Wagon Fund, asks community to match.

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  • November 29, 2018
National homebuilder plans new community in area

Taylor Morrison, a national homebuilder and developer headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., plans to build a townhome community called Woodside Trace in Wesley Chapel, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • November 29, 2018
Retailer, after drop in sales, profits, loses top exec

fter a little more than two years at the helm of the Chico’s brand, a unit of Fort Myers-based women’s retailer Chico’s FAS, Diane Ellis has left the company.

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  • November 29, 2018
Airport reports drop in monthly passenger count

Southwest Florida International travelers decline by 2% as aircraft operations increase over October 2017.

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