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Industries

  • By Louis Llovio
  • October 13, 2021
Office and retail space comes to market in prime downtown development

Grand Central at Kennedy development has thousands of square feet available for lease in Tampa's Channel District

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 7, 2021
Accomplished industry vet joins marketing firm as chief revenue officer

Catalina, a St. Petersburg, Florida, marketing firm that specializes in shopper intelligence, has hired former Epsilon executive Stacey Hawes as chief revenue officer.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon
  • September 30, 2021
College's new $10M home for entrepreneurs has bright future

With a charismatic leader at the helm and significant community financial support, the Daveler & Kauanui School of Entrepreneurship has big plans for the future.

  • Education
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 30, 2021
As retail struggles to find the new normal, one mall remains strong despite the headwinds

Two decades in, Tampa's International Plaza has found a niche for itself and is thriving, as other malls consider a perilous future.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 30, 2021
Developer pulls plan for apartments and townhomes, but vows project is not dead

Firm, in planning more "collaboration with the community," intends to resubmit rezoning application in hot part of Tampa.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 27, 2021
Commercial loan portfolios across the region decline

While business loans fell, a few banks in the region posted increases in real estate loans.

  • Finance
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2021
Retailer lures former Lululemon executive for CFO post

Patrick Guido has more than 20 years of finance and operations experience.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 23, 2021
From the gridiron to the golf course

Buccaneers legend Ronde Barber moves from football to helping organize the preeminent golf tournament in the area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 23, 2021
Better days ahead for waterfront high rise, developer says

Miami investor targets Fort Myers in recently buying a pair of residential towers for a combined $120 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 23, 2021
Meet the new guy

Homes by WestBay, homebuilder with a small-but-mighty mindset, woos an executive from one the biggest competitors in the field.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 22, 2021
New tenant joins retail roster of 52-acre waterfront development

Fitness studio Rock It Cycle signs on to Marine Landings, the retail development inside Westshore Marina District

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 16, 2021
Developer finds niche in apartment developments near university and downtown

Chicago developer debuts in Florida with two developments in Tampa's booming North Hyde Park neighborhood.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Mark Gordon
  • September 16, 2021
Pair of startup banks in region raise $65 million to attack market

The market for new banks in Florida and nationwide is exceedingly dry. A pair of ambitious bankers hope to make it rain with some new entries.

  • Finance
  • By Beth Luberecki
  • September 16, 2021
Medical practice, surpassing $10 million, doubles revenue in four years,

Florida Skin Center grows through mastering the basics — such as seizing opportunities and putting patients first. The founder also made a big decision four years ago.

  • Health Care
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 15, 2021
Commercial brokerage names new vice president

Mike Christopher will oversee property management and facility services at Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Property Southwest Florida

  • Commercial Real Estate
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