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  • June 29, 2018
Tampa beats back all comers in key business relocation metric

The cost of living in the Tampa metro area in the first quarter of 2018 was nearly 10% lower than the national average, according to data from the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp. With a national average index of 100, Tampa’s COLI is 90.1, ac

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  • June 29, 2018
Mercury Advisors saw opportunity in Tampa's Channel District early

Mercury Advisors' belief in the Channel District dates back to 2003, long before it developed the two-building Grand Central at Kennedy or the 22-story Channel Club.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • June 29, 2018
WCI completes second Westhore Marina District land purchase

WCI Communities spends a total of $15 million to buy land to develop more than 140 luxury townhomes within the 52-acre Westshore Marina District that BTI Partners is developing in Tampa

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • June 29, 2018
Sarasota County tract has lone bidder

Investment banker L. Ron Gray from New York plans to develop a five-star hotel on a current Sarasota County parking lot at 20 N. Washington Blvd. in a deal brokered by Steve HOrn of Ian Black Real Estate and John Harshman of Harshman & Co. Inc.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • June 29, 2018
Get To Know ... John Bryant

John Bryant is named the third principal at Sarasota's Sweet Sparkman Architects, after more than five years of working at the design firm.

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  • June 29, 2018
Organization works to connect interns with area — and keep them there

New Talent Gulf Coast is hosting five events this summer for area interns.

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  • June 29, 2018
In Memoriam: B. Terry Aidman, 1947-2018

On June 20, Tampa accountant and business consultant B. Terry Aidman, 70, died suddenly while on vacation in Colorado.

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  • June 29, 2018
Developer enters Gulf Coast market with bold townhome community

A young Midwest company specializing in urban infill projects sees Tampa Bay as its next stronghold. Will it outlast the eventual market downturn?

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  • June 29, 2018
A way (more) fair way of taxing online sales could be headed to Florida

The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in an Internet sales tax case, South Dakota V. Wayfair, could add hundreds of millions of dollars a year, at least, to Florida state coffers.

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  • June 29, 2018
Hospital system names new human resources chief

Michael Wukitsch named chief human resources officer at Lee Health

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  • June 28, 2018
Historic concert venue changes hands, new owner plans $1M renovation

The State Theatre in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, has been sold and its new owner plans to give it a $1 million makeover.

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  • June 28, 2018
Homebuilding association names new president

A. Vernon Allen Builder principal Ryan Benson named president of Collier Building Industry Association

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  • June 27, 2018
Former newspaper building under contract

Sarasota developer Wayne Ruben of WMR Consulting LLC to acquire former Sarasota Herald-Tribune headquarters in downtown Sarasota for possible redevelopment including apartments

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  • June 27, 2018
Nonprofit hires new executive, elects board leaders

Veronica Thames is the vice president of human resources at Blake Medical Center where she has worked since 2006.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 27, 2018
Hacker breaches area restaurant chain

Tampa-based fast-casual restaurant chain PDQ was hit by a cyber-attack that occurred over an 11-month period and involved the theft of customers' credit card info.

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