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Industries

  • By Steven Benna
  • May 23, 2022
Transactions: May 17-23

Multiple vacant Collier County land deals highlight this week's transactions.

  • Transactions
  • By Brian Hartz
  • May 21, 2022
Credit unions near and far target Florida banks for acquisition

Banking sector consolidation continues — but with a Midwestern twist.

  • News
  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 20, 2022
37-year-old Tampa office building sold to NY real estate investment firm

The Sason Organization buys more than 98,000-square-foot office building, paying an estimated $14.22 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Beth Luberecki
  • May 20, 2022
Physician looks to turn region into hotbed for clinical trials

Dr. Raymond Wynne Phillips shines a light on an essential, yet often unknown and underappreciated, side of health care: clinical trials. The move has high stakes for the Southwest Florida's medical community.  

  • Health Care
  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 19, 2022
Fort Myers commercial real estate firm grows leadership team

LSI Cos. has added two new faces to oversee growth and operations.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 19, 2022
Local business school dean tapped for presidency at University of North Florida

Moez Limayem has led the University of South Florida’s Muma College of Business since 2012.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 19, 2022
Industry insiders, consumers hope for best but prep for worst as legislators tackle for property insurance crisis

The special session on property insurance is meant to bring a solution to a long-standing problem before it's too late. Will politicians act?

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 19, 2022
Tampa ad agency welcomes new creative director

David Smail joins PPK and will handle its Bridgestone account.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Andrew Warfield
  • May 19, 2022
Airport lands $72 million project to address passenger traffic surge

Expansion couldn't come at a better time for Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

  • Development
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 16, 2022
Prominent Sarasota nonprofit CEO announces retirement

Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation grew significantly under Mason Ayres’ leadership.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 16, 2022
Clearwater cybersecurity firm celebrates huge milestone

KnowBe4, known for its anti-phishing platform, crosses the 50,000-customer threshold.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 16, 2022
St. Petersburg bank rebrands, changes name

First Home Bank, St. Petersburg, Florida's only locally owned community bank, has changed its name to BayFirst and updated its branding with a new logo.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Steven Benna
  • May 16, 2022
Transactions May 10-16

An apartment complex sale for $166M in Sarasota paces this week's transactions.

  • Transactions
  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 15, 2022
New Frontiers: Cryptocurrency and the metaverse are here to stay

Success in the commercial real estate industry of the future — and maybe even the now —requires an embrace of technologies that take the real world digital.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 13, 2022
Clearwater finance company appoints interim CEO

Mike Rost, a 20-year veteran of Nicholas Financial Inc., succeeds Douglas Marohn.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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