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Industries

  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 3, 2021
From home improvement to home building, shortages causing major delays — and cancellations — for builders and contractors

Rising costs and material shortages put the construction and homebuilding industries in peril — while the economy wobbles.

  • Construction-Development
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 3, 2021
Health care double down

Sila Realty Trust’s plan to shed its portfolio of data centers will further focus the Tampa company and better position it for its future goal.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 3, 2021
Pair of investments total $53.65 million

Lakewood Ranch office building, Tampa industrial asset sales for $53 million signal that investors are looking post-COVID-19.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 27, 2021
Bank on environmental mission names two new senior executives

Chris Van Buskirk and Marcio deOliveira have gone to work at Climate First Bank ahead of its June 1 opening in downtown St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 27, 2021
Hundreds of apartments proposed for Tampa neighborhood address growth but draw the ire of neighbors

Developers are responding to a population surge in a Tampa neighborhood with a trio of multifamily project proposals . One early challenge: opponents are mobilizing.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 27, 2021
Plant City berry farm's new state-of-the-art headquarters a nod to the future and the past

Wish Farms, a nearly century-old Plant City farm, gets flashy with its new company headquarters. There's also some purpose behind the pretty details.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 27, 2021
Championships aren't just about trophies, they're a chance to make money

Sports is big business and when you win, like Tampa Bay's teams have, it's even bigger. Companies big and small in the region have found different ways to capitalize on the success.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 27, 2021
Industrial real estate sector is experiencing sustained growth

The design of industrial real estate today reflects logistics changes that have been influenced by a move to e-commerce. Experts say those shifts will propel new development for years to come.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 27, 2021
What They're Saying: Cushman & Wakefield

Projected Tampa Bay job growth through 2025 will further boost apartment rent growth to among tops in the nation, new report states.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 27, 2021
Midwestern firms make Naples deals

Combined $31 million in investments buys flex buildings, business center office in Naples for $31.05 million

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Beth Luberecki
  • May 27, 2021
Entrepreneur sees the light on virus elimination

Forward-thinking entrepreneur makes pandemic shift to create a device that can eliminate pathogens. Up next: more market need-based shifts.

  • Industries
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 20, 2021
Renewed Confidence

After a COVID-related pause last year, apartment sales have ticked up amid improving fundamentals throughout the Gulf Coast.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 20, 2021
Benderson Development expanding through net-lease investments

University Park-based Benderson Development has completed more than a half-dozen such acquisitions since 2019 totaling $1.5 billion.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 20, 2021
LSI taps Brewer to lead land services

Former WCI Communities executive Rhonda Brewer will direct all zoning, permitting and feasibility analysis at Fort Myers commercial real estate brokerage LSI Cos.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 20, 2021
Market Trends scheduled for September

Real estate forum Market Trends will address “historic year” in Southwest Florida in September gathering.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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