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  • By Steven Benna
  • April 3, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for March 21-27 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Tampa office building sale, at $40 million, leads the week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Jim Stinson
  • April 1, 2023
Data-driven insurer continues to disrupt troubled industry

As it enters its second full year in business, Slide Insurance shows no sign of deviating from its aggressive strategy of acquiring policies from struggling rivals.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 31, 2023
Tampa virtual reality firm names CEO

Threshold 360 also named a new vice president of engineering.

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  • March 31, 2023
$100,000 investment puts 18 students through construction trades training

The majority received job offers before even completing the program.

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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 31, 2023
120,000-square-foot retail and commercial center planned for Babcock Ranch

Developers to pitch City Hall plans, fashion company buys Cape Coral property and more storage coming to Pasco top the week's top commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 31, 2023
Construction software company to double Tampa workforce

On a visit to Tampa, Procore Technologies' founder discussed the importance of seeing work firsthand and growth plans for Tampa expansion.

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  • By Brian Hartz
  • March 30, 2023
Tampa venture capital firm leads tech company’s $6M funding round

Florida Funders and a group of returning and new investors are backing San Francisco-based Dashbot, whose platform specializes in conversational artificial intelligence.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 30, 2023
Venerable law firm moves to new downtown digs

The 50-year-old firm has leased space on the top two floors of the Rivergate Tower in downtown Tampa and will move in the fall.

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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 29, 2023
DeSantis approves $711 million for affordable housing programs

Bipartisan legislation to increase housing availability and down payment assistance also handcuffs localities’ ability to pass rent controls.

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  • By Brian Hartz
  • March 29, 2023
Cannabis industry gears up for potential gold rush

If a ballot initiative succeeds next year, Floridians won’t need a medical card to buy cannabis, and legalization of the weed would be a business bonanza. But risks abound.

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  • By Brian Hartz
  • March 28, 2023
National pet hospital company expands to Tampa

GoodVets’ local practice will be operated by veterinarian Dr. Andrea Caspary.

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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 28, 2023
Unique investment structure helps REIT break into Florida apartment market

With the purchase of a 260-unit Ruskin complex, Virginia-based Bonaventure expands into the state.

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 28, 2023
Boat manufacturer opens Manatee County facility, plans to add over 200 jobs

The facility's grand opening was held Tuesday.

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  • By Andrew Warfield
  • March 28, 2023
Sarasota developer advances with 16-story luxury condo, hotel tower

Rodrigo Trepp likes the prospect of developing in Sarasota so much that he's moving his company and his family to the area from Bolivia.

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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 27, 2023
Walmart cuts 400 jobs at Polk County distribution facility

For the third time this year, one of the world's biggest corporations lays off employees in Florida.

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