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News

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 18, 2015
Moving up

Eric Smith has joined Franklin Street as director of risk management and claims for the firm's insurance division. Based out of Franklin Street's Tampa office, Smith will represent clients through the insurance claims process.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • September 18, 2015
Real vision

Ave Maria is the best-selling residential community in Southwest Florida, vindication that Barron Collier's push east of I-75 was the right strategy.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 18, 2015
Hospital demolishing Palm Harbor motel for ER

Florida Hospital North Pinellas purchased an 114-room King's Inn motel on U.S. 19, one road north of Nebraska Avenue for $3.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 18, 2015
Estero investor buys Taylor Morrison property

Commercial real estate investor Gary Levenson of Estero purchased a 19,433-square-foot office building and a second floor 6,396-square-foot office condominium in a second building for $2.8 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 18, 2015
Commercial Real Estate

BayView forms finance arm; 'It's 2005 all over again'

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 18, 2015
East Tampa office space attracts institutional buyer

Prudential Real Estate Investors buys five office buildings in Highland Oaks for $111 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 18, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: Rick Harcrow | Developer, Tampa and Sarasota

Rick Harcrow and his company, GreenPointe Communities, could have more influence on Sarasota's future — from an urban planning perspective, at least — than anyone since John Ringling established winter quarters in the area decades ago.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 18, 2015
Bigger = Better

Consolidation will help Cushman & Wakefield and DTZ fill in the gaps of its real estate services.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 18, 2015
Banks grapple with young ones

The banking industry has another obstacle on its hands, and it's not about bad loans or interest rates.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 18, 2015
Sarasota's incredible shrinking space

Buried deep in a new Sarasota County Business Competitiveness survey that asked 74 local companies to rate the health of the region's business climate and macro conditions was a troubling finding: Space is at a premium.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 18, 2015
Gopher gets good news

Sarasota businessman Joel Schleicher, founder of several technology companies, recently received an accolade that takes him back in time: The University of Minnesota, the school where he earned an accounting degree in 1974, named him Entrepreneur of the Year. Schleicher was honored at a ceremony at the school Sept. 9.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 18, 2015
Let them eat cake

January may seem far away, but the organizers of the Naples Winter Wine Festival are busy planning over-the-top auction lots and touting renowned vintners.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 18, 2015
Students for Bloomberg

As any money manager will tell you, the Bloomberg computer terminal is an essential tool for buying and selling securities.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 18, 2015
Speculators target Chico's

Every so often, the stock of Chico's pops.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 18, 2015
'Wonderful pieces of machinery'

The exotic and super-luxury car rental business on the Gulf Coast has a new player, this one in the Tampa market.

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