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Industries

  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 9, 2021
Amazon continues to expand its footprint locally and statewide

Amazon continues ever-growing expansion in Florida, with plans for a new Tampa delivery station. It's a multimillion-dollar effort.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 9, 2021
Developer planning industrial, retail and office park

Seagate Development Group tp build plaza off of Constitution Boulevard in Fort Myers

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Brian Hartz
  • December 8, 2021
Transit agency to spend $80M on fleet of all-electric buses

The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority in St. Petersburg, Florida, plans to buy 60 buses, at a cost of $80 million, over the next five years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 6, 2021
Iconic building sold for $8.72 million

The Venture Center, a well-known office building in Tampa, sold to commercial real estate firm

  • Transactions
  • By Beth Luberecki
  • December 2, 2021
Brewery quenches thirst for growth, buys spot for new taproom

Up next in the multimillion-dollar expansion plan at Calusa Brewing ? A likely doubling of both the payroll and production barrels.

  • Travel-Tourism
  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 2, 2021
Room boom: Hotels have become a hot commodity

Hotel properties across the region are generating solid returns for investors. The trend appears to have staying power.

  • Travel-Tourism
  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 2, 2021
Tee time: The Hoffmann Family of Cos. gets into the golf business

What does a family business with holdings from restaurants to office space do to expand? Golf looks like a good place to drive forward.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Brian Hartz
  • December 2, 2021
Sunny side up: Restaurant group's focus on beachfront locales pays off

The pandemic was a gut punch for Florida’s hospitality industry. Tampa, Florida-based SunPubs, owner of the MacDinton's and Caddy's brands, used the time to regroup and reinvest in its future.

  • Travel-Tourism
  • By Amanda Postma
  • December 2, 2021
USF announces new partnership to give students access to 93 teaching hotels

USF and McKibbon Hospitality have teamed up to attack an industry-wide issue: an acute talent shortage.

  • Travel-Tourism
  • By Amanda Postma
  • December 2, 2021
Longtime traveler takes on new adventure of owning a business

Travel entrepreneur Michael Distler goes the distance for clients — such as traveling on his own dime to navigate COVID-19 protocols so his clients don’t have to.

  • Travel-Tourism
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 29, 2021
City reaches milestone in new rapid-transit project

St. Petersburg takes delivery of its fleet of SunRunner buses and to unveil the project's first completed station.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • November 26, 2021
International hotelier has big plans for lot with a long history of big plans

Long-vacant lot in Tampa to become site of luxury hotel and condominium development.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Louis Llovio
  • November 26, 2021
From hip to home: Company known for cutting edge office life shifts to remote

St. Petersburg insurance company Squaremouth thrived when the office was fun. Now it'll see what happens when the office is at home.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Amanda Postma
  • November 26, 2021
Manatee County classic car dealership drops the hammer on a $6 million expansion project

A classic car dealership finds itself restructuring its business model amid a $6 million expansion. One goal driving the change: more revenue streams.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Mark Gordon
  • November 26, 2021
Father-daughter duo target best-in-class equestrian facility

Go big or go home mantra paces Hannah Herrig Ketelboeter and Steve Herrig.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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